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The Supreme Court is open to the public from 9.30am-4.30pm Monday to Friday and any member of the public can enter the building during these hours without booking in advance. Please note that external tour groups (where a tour operator is charging to guide a group around the building) are charged at £3 per head, in order to regulate the number of such parties and to help reduce the Court’s demands on public resources.

However, we also offer pre-booked guided tours led by a member of Court staff.

How long do guided tours last and what will I see?

Tours last about an hour. You will be shown around our beautiful courtrooms as well as the magnificent Justices' Library, which is not normally open to the public. After the tour you are welcome to visit our exhibition area where you can spend time at leisure browsing the information on display. You might even want to relax with a cup of tea or light meal in our café. Your tour will be led by an experienced member of staff who will give your group an introduction to the Court's role in the UK justice system, explain about the history and artwork of the building, give interesting examples of cases heard by the Court and answer any questions which your group may have. Where possible the tour will include all three of the courtrooms but, in the event that one of them needs to be used for an urgent court matter or event, the tour route might be amended slightly, whilst still covering all the same subject matter.

Tours are occasionally subject to variation or cancellation due to Supreme Court business.

When are tours available?

Tours are available at the following times:

In addition to the usual Friday tours, during the Court's recess periods, we will be offering tours on the following dates:

December 2018

August 2018, how many people can i book for.

We can accommodate up to 25 people per tour group, but due to high demand pre booking is essential. We usually also reserve an extra 5 places per tour for those people who might want to book a tour as individuals or for smaller groups or families. Due to staff resources, we cannot guarantee that a tour will run if fewer than five individuals are booked on it.

How much does it cost?

The prices of our guided tours are £7 for adults and £5 for concessions. As these tours are always very popular, we would also encourage you to book early to avoid missing out on any dates you find particularly convenient.

How do I pay?

Payment should be made when you arrive for your tour, preferably by cash or card. We do not take payment over the telephone or online. If you are the group organiser booking more than 10 places, we would ask that you co-ordinate the payments from your group and make a single payment on arrival.

Please note that we do not accept American Express cards.

How do I book?

If you would like to book a guided tour, please complete the booking form below and send to Enquiries or alternatively call us on 0207 960 1900/1500 .

Please note that there are no facilities to deposit coats, bags etc. at the Court, and that all visitors are subject to a security search upon arrival.

Tours are suitable for adults and children over twelve years old. Children under 16 years must be accompanied by an adult.

For schools, colleges and universities, please see the Visits for schools, colleges and universities page of this website.

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This Summer, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (UKSC) is offering outdoor architectural tours of our beautiful, Grade II listed building on Parliament Square.

Tours are led by an experienced guide who will give you insight into the rich heritage of the site. Tours last 15 minutes and include an opportunity to ask questions.

When are outdoor public tours available?

Outdoor tours are offered at 10am on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in August, and on the following dates in September:

• Thursday 8th September
• Friday 9th September
• Wednesday 14th September
• Friday 15th September
• Wednesday 21st September

How much does it cost?

Outdoor tours are free of charge.

Do I need to book in advance?

Spaces are available on the day on a first–come, first–served basis. There is no way to book in advance.

How many people can come on a tour?

A maximum of 20 people per tour

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If you have any questions, contact Enquiries or telephone 0207 960 1900/1500.

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A fascinating visit

We visited as part of the Open House weekend and really appreciated the efforts made to make a visit possible when so many buildings and organizations had not felt able to take part in the programme this year. It’s a beautiful building and you gain a fascinating insight into how the highest court in the land works. Good cafe too!

Across Parliament Square from the Palace of Westminster, in what was once the Middlesex Guildhall, sits the Supreme Court of the UK. Visitors are welcome to visit the historic and beautiful court building. In the basement is a small museum, a very nice cafe and clean toilets. You can also watch the live court proceedings from there. You have to pass though an airport style security check to get in but, liquids are fine (I had a bottle of water with me).

Saw this impressive building and the saw the sign to visit for free. Took advantage and what a great building. Went in court 2 which is very modern, but the jewels are courts 1 and 3. They are both original and have so much history attached. Great free attraction

I just visited the Supreme Court. I got to sit in the chairs that the judges sit in. It was incredible. I also talked with the executive chair of the court and he explained everything to me. It was a once in a lifetime experience. Go see this amazing place where decisions are made that affect the lives of every UK citizen. I would never be allowed to be this close in the US Supreme Court.

Wish I could have seen the interior, but I arrived at the same time as a huge school party and didn’t have the time to wait until they had been admitted. But the exterior is a wonderful example of early 20th century gothic architecture. The exquisitely carved stone statues and friezes on the front elevation are gorgeous. I shall be back another time to see the interior.

Gorgeous on the outside and inside Was lucky to be passing by on their open day Inside there is a cute library and stylish staircase which is a must for taking pictures. They had talks too

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Court sittings for JCPC cases

Monday 15 April 2024

There are no court sittings

The Court building will be closed for the Bank Holiday.

Courtroom 1

Abbasi and another (Respondents) v Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Appellant) Haastrup (Respondent) v King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Appellant)

Lord Reed, Lord Hodge, Lord Briggs, Lord Sales, Lord Stephens

Tuesday 16 April 2024

Courtroom 1 | judgment hand-down.

Hassam and another (Appellants) v Rabot and another (Respondents)

Lord Reed, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows, Lady Rose

Wednesday 17 April 2024

Courtroom 2 | judgment hand-down.

Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Respondent) v Mercer (Appellant)

Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Hamblen, Lord Burrows, Lord Richards, Lady Simler

UniCredit Bank GmbH (Respondent) v RusChemAlliance LLC (Appellant)

Lord Reed, Lord Sales, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows, Lady Rose

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Visiting a court, preparing for your visit.

We recommend contacting the court in advance so you can find out more about when to attend. You can find and visit any court you like for your observations and see opening hours and contact details.  

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) publishes public lists of hearings. If you’re interested in observing a particular case type, search for it on Courtserve . 

For your two required observations as part of your application, you should only observe magistrates’ sittings, and not District Judges . Staff at the court will be able to tell you which court(s) have magistrates sitting. 

What to expect

• When you arrive at the court, you must pass through security. This is to check that you are not carrying something which is not allowed in the courtroom. You may take in phones and cameras, but you must not take photos or videos with them. 
• After going through  security, please attend reception and let them know you wish to observe magistrates’ cases. They will let you know what cases are being heard that day. 
• You can observe hearings from the public gallery. This tends to be at the back of each court room.  

What will I see?

Magistrates deal with three main types of offence:

• Summary offences – these are less serious offences, such as speeding and criminal damage. In such cases, the defendant would likely not get a trial by jury. 
• Indicatable-only offences – these are much more serious offences, such as murder, manslaughter and robbery. Generally, these cases must go to a more senior court called a Crown Court. For such cases, magistrates will decide whether to release the person accused on bail.  
• Either-way offences – these can be dealt with either by a magistrate court or in the Crown Court. They include offences such as theft and handling stolen goods. 

Magistrates hear cases on a broad range of issues. The court staff will be able to tell you more about what the hearings in different courtrooms are about.  

Who will I see?

Courtrooms are often busy. There will be several people present in the courtroom at any time.  

No matter what court you attend, most attendees will be one of the following: 

• Magistrates usually sit as benches of three. One person known as a Presiding Justice, who acts as the chair, sits in the middle. Two other people, called wingers, sit on either side. All three magistrates contribute equally to the decision-making, but only the Presiding Justice speaks on their behalf in court. Magistrates may also sometimes sit as a pair.  
• Legal adviser sits in front of the magistrates and provides them with legal advice when required. They are qualified solicitors or barristers, and ensure that all proper procedures are followed.
• Usher – they prepare the court room for the hearing. They will ensure that everyone involved in the trial is taken to the courtroom at the right time. They will ask all attendees to rise for the magistrates at the start and close of a hearing.
• Defendant – this is the person who has been accused of the offence. For more serious offences, they may stand in a secure room, known as a dock, away from the other people in the courtroom.  
• Defence and prosecution – they face the legal adviser and magistrates. The prosecuting solicitor presents the prosecution case on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The defence solicitor protects the interests of their client – the defendant. 
• The court manager – they oversee the cases that are being brought before the court. The magistrates and legal adviser will liaise with them about upcoming cases for that day’s sitting. 
• The witnesses – witnesses may also give evidence and answer questions, from the witness box.  

For more information, please read the guidance.

Watch this video to learn more about a typical magistrates court and its key attendees: 

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You will be asked to rise, or stand, when the magistrates enter or leave the room. This might be for a break, or to agree a decision.  

Photography, filming, or audio recording in the courtroom are not allowed. 

Making the most of your observations

The court observations are the best way to learn more about what a magistrate does in their role. They show you up-close the important decisions that magistrates make every day. 

We therefore recommend that you visit multiple courtrooms during your observations.  

You will also be asked about your observations as part of your application. You therefore may want to think about the following questions:  

Before you attend: 

• What do I expect to see at my court observations? 
• What subject areas would I be interested to hear a case on?  
• Which parts of the magistrate role would I most like to learn more about? 

After you attend: 

• What did I find most interesting about my observations? Was there anything I saw which was surprising? 
• How did it feel to see magistrates making important decisions on cases? 
• Do I understand why the magistrates made the decisions they did? 
• What would I do if I were one of the magistrates making these decisions?  

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Scene of Black students and Trump at Chick-fil-A may be more than meets the eye

“I don’t care what the media tells you, Mr. Trump. We support you," said Michaelah Montgomery, who hugged Trump during the recent stop in Atlanta.

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After former President Donald Trump greeted some young Black students during a Chick-fil-A visit in Atlanta, Democratic strategists are throwing cold water on any suggestions that the viral moment signals broader support for him among young Black voters. 

“I don’t think that changes the established norm that Donald Trump has an agenda that’s pretty hostile to Black folks overall,” Joel Payne, a Democratic strategist, told theGrio. “It doesn’t mean that every African-American voter will feel that way. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t outlier opinions that exist.”

On Wednesday, Trump dropped in at a Chick-fil-A restaurant near Atlanta’s prominent HBCUs: Spelman College, Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University, and Morris Brown College. The Republican presidential candidate, who faces four criminal charges – including one in Atlanta prosecuted by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis – greeted the mostly young, Black customers and workers.

The former president, who purchased milkshakes for the young patrons, was met with smiles and glee, including from Michaelah Montgomery, who told him, “I don’t care what the media tells you, Mr. Trump, we support you.” Trump then offered to hug Montgomery, who later declared, “Tell my momma I made it!” 

According to her LinkedIn account, Montgomery graduated from Clark Atlanta in 2020 and is the founder of Conserve the Culture, a conservative grassroots group. She appeared to suggest to Fox News on Friday that the students at the Chick-fil-A were part of her organization.

Though the planned Trump visit (the Chick-fil-A chain is owned by one of his golf club members) garnered a lot of social media attention, political experts say it doesn’t change the facts about Trump’s standing with Black voters.

“I don’t want to overblow a minor viral moment inside of a Chick-fil-A in Atlanta and make it seem like … Donald Trump is winning Black people,” said Tolulope Kevin Olasanoye, executive director of the Democratic Party of Georgia. “He didn’t get a lot of Black people in 2020. He didn’t get that many Black people in 2016. He ain’t gonna get that many Black people in 2024.”

Though some polls last year indicated that Trump was gaining upwards of 22% among Black voters in key battleground states, a recent poll conducted by Pew Research Center found that only 12% of Black voters say they support the Republican Party. According to Pew, Trump earned 8% of the Black vote in 2020. 

However, several polls also indicate a decline in Black voter support for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, primarily due to their feelings about the economy and the Biden-Harris administration’s foreign policy in support of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. 

“We’ve just got to be talking about this stuff in a real way that gets people to remind themselves about what the real record of the Trump presidency is [and] what the real record of the Biden presidency is,” said Olasanoye. 

Reecie Colbert, a political strategist and host of “The Reecie Colbert Show” on Sirius XM, told theGrio that while she doesn’t “begrudge” the excitement displayed toward Trump by some of the Black students in Atlanta, it may speak to a segment of young Black voters who are being “targeted by disinformation [and] misinformation.”

Some of that misinformation is coming from rap culture, said Colbert, who noted that Montgomery referred to the rapper Lil Baby’s song “4PF.”

“I think her referencing that kind of taps into some of these rappers who have been perpetuating this notion that Trump gave us stimmies [stimulus checks] and gave us money when the actual opposite is true,” she noted. “We saw Black businesses shutter, we saw Black unemployment surge, we saw a lot of Black wealth wiped out.” 

By contrast, said Colbert, during the Biden-Harris administration, which also issued stimulus checks through the American Rescue Plan two months into office, there has been a persistent record low Black unemployment and a significant comeback for small Black businesses . 

She added, “And don’t forget the fact that the child tax credit cut Black child poverty in half for the year that that was in existence.” 

Colbert said despite the numbers, there remains an “appeal” for Trump that perpetuates the “false idea that he was an economic boon for the country and Black people.”

There’s also the celebrity factor of Trump, noted Payne, who was the director of paid Black media for former Sen. Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential election. 

“There is something about fame that kind of washes over people, and that allows folks to either forget or to compartmentalize the other things that are there, and that’s something unique about Trump,” he said. “I think his fame and name brand do have some kind of an outsized impact on their view of him. But I think it would be unfair to characterize that as a quality only to Black voters.”

Payne said Democrats will have to “persuade” young Black voters rather than simply motivating them to “turn out” like in years past. 

“What’s more important to do is continue to put the case in front of large numbers of African-American voters, of young African-American voters, to remind them of the reality of what the Trump presidency was,” he said. “To remind them of things that they may have forgotten.”

“This is a party that stood in the way of young Black voters having student loans forgiven,” Olasanoye said of the Republican Party. “This is a party that doesn’t agree with the younger Black voters on climate justice.”

Trump, he argued, is not running an “issues-based campaign … by any stretch of the imagination.” He added, “I don’t believe what Donald Trump says, I believe what he does, and I think that Black people should do so too.”

Olasanoye said the challenge for Democrats is that “we’re not talking about this in a way that’s resonating with people, and particularly not with Black voters.” He continued, “We’ve got to do it fast because there’s only 207 days left until the most important election of our lifetimes.”

He added, “If we lose that election, it’s because we didn’t tell our own story. We have nobody to blame but ourselves.”

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‘I’m here to get an abortion’: Arizona women dodge protesters before the window closes

PHOENIX — Jordan Johnson, 29, was one of several patients who waded through a half dozen anti-abortion activists on Thursday while making her way into the Acacia Women’s Center. Just two days after the state’s Supreme Court ruled that an 1864 abortion ban was enforceable, the activists were outside the clinic, yelling at women not to go in and running up to cars entering the parking lot.

“Walking past those guys was very angering and emotional,” Johnson told NBC News just before her appointment for an abortion. She responded to the activists with an expletive-laden demand to leave her alone. “If they’re going to yell things at me, I’m not holding back.”

Johnson was at the clinic to see Dr. Ronald Yunis, a long-time OB-GYN. Just outside his office, protesters stood on the sidewalk with large, red signs displaying Yunis’ name and face, alleging that the doctor “kills 150 innocent babies here every month.”

On Tuesday, the state’s high court ruled in favor of an 1864 policy that outlawed abortion from the moment of conception, with an exception to save the woman’s life. It made abortion a felony punishable by two to five years in prison for anyone who performed an abortion or helped a person obtain one. Tuesday’s decision effectively reverses a lower court’s ruling that held that a recent 15-week ban superseded the law.

Even with pro-abortion-rights protests being held across the state, an effort to put a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights on Arizona’s November ballot, and vows from elected officials to thwart the ruling, patients who spoke to NBC News said they were disappointed in the state’s failure to protect abortion rights, and are making plans for an uncertain future.

“It is absolutely heartbreaking to know that there are so many women who are going to hurt themselves or come to other means because they can’t medically get one the way they should,” Johnson said. She added that she plans to get her tubes tied after this procedure, understanding that abortion may no longer be accessible to her in Arizona. “I’m here to get an abortion because I think [being pregnant] threatens my life because of how sick it makes me and I can’t do anything.”

Amber Adams, 30, said Thursday was her second time seeing Yunis for an abortion. She recalled her first visit to the clinic, when she was confronted by anti-abortion activists.

“The first time I was fairly young,” Adams said. “I almost turned around because they made me feel so bad. An old lady was screaming at me, telling me I’m a bad person. But I know I made the right choice that day.”

The state Supreme Court said Tuesday it would put its decision on hold for 14 days so a lower court can consider “additional constitutional challenges.” Reproductive rights advocates can appeal the ruling in the two-week window. Meanwhile, a separate, ongoing suit would allow practitioners to continue providing services through the 15th week of pregnancy until the end of May.

Tuesday’s ruling is the latest setback for abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling , which guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion. With the future of reproductive rights in the state up in the air, Adams said she would not give up on her right to receive an abortion.

“I would go to a different state. There’s a way around this, but they’re making it hard. If you can’t go here, go to California or Mexico, go somewhere,” Adams said. “But it’s dangerous,” because without access to medication abortion , “people will start doing them on their own.”

Activists have been parked outside of Yunis’ office for years. One told NBC News that they’ve been trying to shut down the center and keep people from seeing Yunis. But the doctor said he hasn’t been fazed by this. Yunis told NBC News that he’s dealt with opposition for years, but his ultimate goal is to continue helping and caring for his patients.

“What they’re doing is terrorizing our patients. Not everyone’s going to agree with you all the time. But to me, those people don’t affect what I do,” Yunis said Thursday. He said he’s seen firsthand the impacts of abortion bans, including women bleeding and going into the emergency room after trying to perform the procedure on themselves. “I don’t want to see any patient hurt, whether they’re mine or not.”

Adams said she has been seeing Yunis for several years, and trusts him to treat her for all her reproductive health needs. “I have friends that came to him, family members,” she said. “He also advocates for birth control. He tries to make sure you’re safe next time so you aren’t a person that’s in here often.”

As for the law, Adams said abortion should be the private decision of a patient, and condemned the ban. “People need to mind their business and let people do their own thing,” Adams said.

“They’re using a law from 160 years ago, but times have changed,” she added. “The world has evolved.”

Char Adams is a reporter for NBC BLK who writes about race.

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Former supreme court judges say UK arming Israel breaches international law

Exclusive: More than 600 prominent lawyers sign letter that calls for end to exports as a ‘measure to prevent’ genocide

Three former supreme court justices, including the court’s former president Lady Hale, are among more than 600 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges warning that the UK government is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel.

In a letter to the prime minister, the signatories, who also include former court of appeal judges and more than 60 KCs, say that the present situation in Gaza is “catastrophic” and that given the international court of justice (ICJ) finding that there is a plausible risk of genocide being committed , the UK is legally obliged to act to prevent it.

The 17-page letter , which also amounts to a legal opinion, was sent on Wednesday evening and says: “While we welcome the increasingly robust calls by your government for a cessation of fighting and the unobstructed entry to Gaza of humanitarian assistance, simultaneously to continue (to take two striking examples) the sale of weapons and weapons systems to Israel and to maintain threats of suspending UK aid to Unwra falls significantly short of your government’s obligations under international law.”

It comes as Conservative MPs piled pressure on Rishi Sunak to act after seven international aid workers, including three British citizens , were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Monday. Party sources believe that the foreign secretary, David Cameron, has been pushing for the government to harden its approach to Israel but has been met with resistance from Downing Street.

Three Tory backbenchers and one former minister now in the Lords said that the UK should stop exporting arms to Israel after the airstrike, while the findings of a YouGov poll, conducted before the strike, suggested that the government and Labour are out of step with public sentiment, with a majority of voters – by 56% to 17% – in favour of an arms ban.

The letter calls for the government to work towards a permanent ceasefire and to impose sanctions “upon individuals and entities who have made statements inciting genocide against Palestinians”. It says that restoring funding to Unrwa – which was withdrawn after Israel’s yet-to-be-substantiated allegations that 12 staff at the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees were involved in the 7 October attacks – is necessary for “effective entry and distribution of the means of existence to Palestinians in Gaza, and by extension the prevention of genocide”.

On arming Israel, it says: “The ICJ’s conclusion that there exists a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza has placed your government on notice that weapons might be used in its commission and that the suspension of their provision is thus a ‘means likely to deter’ and/or ‘a measure to prevent’ genocide.”

The Conservative MPs David Jones, Paul Bristow and Flick Drummond, and the Tory peer Hugo Swire, all called for the suspension of arms exports to Israel after Peter Ricketts, who was a government national security adviser during David Cameron’s premiership and now sits in the Lords, expressed similar sentiments.

Drummond, the MP for Meon Valley, said: “This has been concerning me for some time. What worries me is the prospect of UK arms being used in Israel’s actions in Gaza, which I believe have broken international law.” Lord Ricketts told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I think there’s abundant evidence now that Israel hasn’t been taking enough care to fulfil its obligations on the safety of civilians. And a country that gets arms from the UK has to comply with international humanitarian law. That’s a condition of the arms export licence.”

The Scottish first minister, Humza Yousaf, warned that by refusing to stop arms sales to Israel, “the UK is in danger of being complicit in the killing of innocent civilians”.

The letter’s significance lies not just in the number of signatories but the fact that it has been signed by senior retired judges, who normally shy away from commenting publicly on issues that are politically sensitive.

Prominent signatories include the former supreme court justices Lord Sumption and Lord Wilson, the former Lord Justices of Appeal Sir Stephen Sedley, Sir Alan Moses, Sir Anthony Hooper and Sir Richard Aikens, and the former chair of the Bar of England and Wales, Matthias Kelly KC.

They say in the letter: “The UK must take immediate measures to bring to an end through lawful means acts giving rise to a serious risk of genocide. Failure to comply with its own obligations under the genocide convention to take ‘all measures to prevent genocide which were within its power’ would incur UK state responsibility for the commission of an international wrong, for which full reparation must be made.”

The letter goes further – and has a more eminent list of signatories – than a previous one sent to Sunak in October, concerning the government’s obligations to avert and avoid complicity in serious breaches of international humanitarian law.

It says there have since been “significant developments” in relation to the situation in Gaza. These include the interim orders issued by the ICJ and the worsening situation in Gaza, with at least 32,623 Palestinians killed by the Israeli offensive, “imminent famine”, caused by Israel’s blocking of aid , the destruction of health facilities, killings of healthcare and humanitarian workers, and reports of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.

One of the signatories, Phillippa Kaufmann KC, said: “That so many senior members of the UK legal profession are speaking with such force to urge the government to act upon its legal obligations, demonstrates the depth of our concern about the clear evidence of gross violations of international law in Gaza.”

The letter also calls on the government to continue to “use all endeavours” to secure the release of the Israeli hostages seized in the 7 October attacks in which Hamas and other militant groups killed approximately 1,200 people in Israel.

The UK government has refused to publish its own legal advice on the matter but a leaked recording suggests its own lawyers have advised that Israel has breached international humanitarian law in Gaza.

Sunak told the Sun on Wednesday night that arms licences were kept under “careful” review according to “regulations and procedures that we’ll always follow”.

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