The Board of Deputies is the UK’s main umbrella for Jewish communal leadership, and it is currently tangled in a row over a controversial advisory appointment after a local council role candidate with a Nazi-era history was linked to the matter.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has defended offering a former neo‑Nazi, Joshua Bonehill‑Paine, a role advising on culture and integration, amid protests from Jewish groups and victims. Bonehill‑Paine has withdrawn from standing in Crewkerne South for Somerset Council next year and may take an advisory position instead; critics question vetting and the impact on victims.