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Labour amends G4S boycott to remove Israel reference

January 27, 2016 17:27
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Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

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A planned boycott of global security giant G4S by the Labour Party will no longer make reference to the firm’s work in Israel.

Members of Labour’s national executive committee agreed to remove all mentions of Israel from the record of its discussions on G4S at a meeting on Tuesday .

The committee voted to end the party’s dealings with the security firm in November , blaming G4S’s work in some Israeli prisons in the West Bank.

But following a series of controversies around the company, and after complaints from pro-Israel activists in the party, the minutes from the previous meeting were amended.