MORE than 150 Muslim Labour councillors came together today to demand that the party’s leadership call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

In a letter addressed to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner, the councillors highlight the disaster and death toll caused by Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip since October 7.

It reads: “Every day we fail to call on the government and the international community to push for [a] cessation of hostilities, Gazan children and hundreds of innocent men and women pay the price.