No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/no-further-action-against-government-adviser-s-wife-over-palestine-action-post-police-sayContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. Met Police rule Sarah Helm's Palestine Action post non-criminalhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/no-further-action-against-government-adviser-s-wife-over-palestine-action-post-police-sayhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/no-further-action-against-government-adviser-s-wife-over-palestine-action-post-police-say#u144992Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:11:26 +0000The Metropolitan Police will take no further action against Sarah Helm after assessing a social media post in which she appeared to support Palestine Action. Helm is a journalist and author married to Jonathan Powell, the UK national security adviser. The investigation began after Helm responded on X to news that publisher Faber stopped supplying Sally Rooney's novels to British bookshops. While pro-Israel groups urged police intervention, the Met Police ultimately ruled that the post was not criminal.Why it mattersPalestine Action is a pro-Palestinian group that has been banned as a terr