Calls for more antisemitism teaching in UK schools to tackle rise in hate

Adviser urges governments to act before this form of racism poisons the minds of many more young people'

Schools should be required to teach about contemporary antisemitism, not only the Holocaust, as part of a drive to combat an alarming" rise in hatred towards Jewish people among British pupils, a government adviser has said.

The former Labour MP Lord Mann, who now sits as a non-affiliated peer, urged ministers across the UK to take action after an investigation found the number of antisemitic incidents in English schools had almost trebled over the past five years.