Shabana Mahmood: “And to those cheating the system, your claim will be thrown out, and you will be removed from this country.”

The past year has seen a spate of attacks in the British capital targeting Jewish or Israel-linked locations.

To the gangs profiting from this disgraceful fraud: you will be prosecuted, stripped of your dirty money and shut down.

Those faking persecution are beneath contempt and mock real victims who need protection.

Let no one make any mistake: an attack on anyone in politics is an attack on us all.