Government announces £25m for security after Golders Green attack

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30 Apr 2026 • 2:26 PM MYT
The Independent
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Government announces £25m for security after Golders Green attack

A further £25 million will be invested to increase security for Jewish communities after the suspected terror attack in north London, the Government has said.

The funding will be aimed at boosting police patrols and protections around synagogues, schools and community centres.

Legislation creating powers to target people and organisations acting on behalf of state-sponsored groups will also be “fast-tracked” in the coming weeks, the Government said.

Police across the country have stepped up patrols in response to the attack that saw two Jewish men – 34-year-old Shilome Rand and 76-year-old Moshe Ben Baila, named locally as Moshe Shine – taken to hospital after being stabbed in the Golders Green.

A 45-year-old man, said by police to be a Somali-born British national, was arrested following the incident on Wednesday.

The stabbings are the latest in a series of attacks on Jewish sites over recent weeks and have prompted calls for urgent action and accusations the Government has not done enough to tackle antisemitism.

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