COUNCILLORS in Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s London constituency were forced to consider divestment from arms firms backing Israel after mass local pressure.

But Camden’s Labour ruling group fudged the issue by referring a petition signed by more than 4,000 residents of the north London borough to its pensions committee.

The debate was preceded by a large demonstration outside the Town Hall as many hundreds demanded that the council act to move £83 million its pension fund has invested in arms companies supplying weapons to Israel.