Overview
- Correspondence shows officers sought advice from Muslim community leaders, including three Birmingham mosques previously linked to speakers accused of anti‑Jewish rhetoric.
- Leaked and released Safety Advisory Group and council minutes state police initially preferred a ban in the absence of intelligence and later revised threat assessments to support it.
- Dutch police and the justice inspectorate disputed West Midlands claims about large‑scale violence in Amsterdam and a 5,000‑officer deployment, saying about 1,200 officers were used.
- Guildford acknowledged there was no documented Jewish support for the prohibition as Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood publicly criticised the decision.
- Guildford is due before the Home Affairs Select Committee on Tuesday, where MPs are expected to probe the consultations and the disputed evidence cited to justify the ban.