Local authorities are set to receive an extra £1m to help tackle antisemitism, the Government has announced.
Barnet Council will also receive an immediate £500,000 in response to recent incidents of antisemitism in the borough, including the stabbing of two people in Golders Green last week.
The additional funding will expand the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) Common Ground programme, which currently provides more than £4m to communities across the country.
Launched in September, the Common Ground programme is aimed at boosting social cohesion by supporting local places and the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.
According to the Antisemitic Incidents Report 2025, published in February by the charity the Community Security Trust (CST), there were 3,700 instances of anti-Jewish hate across the UK in 2025. This is the second highest annual total ever reported to CST with the highest total being recorded in 2023 (4,298).
Secretary of State for Housing and Communities Steve Reed said: ‘The horrific rise of antisemitism and anti-Jewish hatred in Britain and across the world is intolerable. I will not rest until Britain is a place where every Jewish person can live openly, safely and proudly.’
The Prime Minister will today convene leaders from across society to call for everyone to fight against antisemitism.
‘Last week’s terrorist attack in Golders Green was utterly appalling. But it was not an isolated incident,’ PM Keir Starmer will say.
‘It is part of a pattern of rising antisemitism that has left our Jewish communities feeling frightened, angry, and asking whether this country, their home, is safe for them.’
