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The government continued to use counterterror laws to restrict peaceful protests against the genocide in Gaza and ban the organization Palestine Action. Arms exports to Israel continued. The authorities intensified their hostile agenda to suppress asylum seekers’ and migrants’ rights in the UK. Racist and religious hate crimes remained prevalent. A Supreme Court decision greatly reduced the scope of legal gender recognition. Social security reforms pushed people into poverty, including people with disabilities.

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