Palestine Action to be banned after break in at RAF base, Sky News understands | UK News

The home secretary is planning to proscribe the Palestine Action group, effectively branding them as a terrorist organisation, Sky News understands.

Yvette Cooper is preparing a written ministerial statement which would make becoming a member of the group illegal.

The statement is expected on Monday and will then need to be enacted through new legislation.

It comes after pro-Palestinian activists targeted RAF Brize Norton and damaged two military aircraft – with Sir Keir Starmer describing their actions as “disgraceful”.

A security review has now been launched after the breach at the air base in Oxfordshire.

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