The Government must address “gaps in the law” after police found that a pro-Palestine demonstrator who chanted “jihad” had committed no offence, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

“Obviously, the police are independent operationally, so these are decisions for them,” the Labour leader told broadcasters during a visit to the Port Talbot steelworks.

“I think there have already been identified some gaps in the law in a previous review under this Government and I think the Government needs to look at whether there are gaps in the law that need to be addressed as well.”

His comments came after footage from a demonstration by the Hizb ut-Tahrir group surfaced over the weekend in which one member of the crowd could be heard chanting “jihad, jihad”.

The Met Police concluded that no offence took place during the demonstration, held in London on Saturday. 

The force said that jihad has “a number of meanings”, adding that specialist counter-terrorism officers had not identified any offences arising from the specific clip from Saturday.

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