More than 300 British artists, doctors, activists and academics have signed an open letter urging British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to end UK complicity in Gaza war crimes and broker an immediate and permanent ceasefire.

The prominent public figures have also demanded that the prime minister suspend all UK arms sales to Israel. “We urge you to take immediate action to end the UK’s complicity in the horrors in Gaza,” the letter starts.

“Violence stamped with UK inaction - flown with parts shipped from British factories to Israel, could be obliterating families in seconds. Each arms shipment makes our country directly complicit in their deaths.”

Amongst the signatories are singer-songwriter Dua Lipa, actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Brian Cox, Toby Jones and Andrea Riseborough, broadcaster Gary Lineker, film director Danny Boyle, and Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos.