UK Government Halts Engagement With Student Union Over Antisemitism Allegations

Minister for Higher and Further Education Michelle Donelan (R) and Secretary of State for Education Nadhim Zahawi (L) leave 10 Downing Street in London following a Cabinet meeting on April 19, 2022.Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The UK government is to suspend all engagement with the National Union of Students (NUS) amid long-standing concerns about antisemitism in the body.

Universities minister Michelle Donelan has ordered the NUS to be removed from all the Department for Education (DfE) departmental groups and replaced with alternative student representation.