LONDON — Britain will spend more than £250 million ($335 million) across the next three years to better protect its Jewish communities, the government said Monday, following a series of recent antisemitic attacks.

The funding will deliver over 500 additional officers across England and Wales, boosting security in Jewish neighborhoods and around schools, synagogues and community centers, the government said.

There has been a string of attacks on Jewish-linked sites in ​the capital this year, including the torching of four Jewish community ambulances in March. In April, Britain raised its national terrorism ​threat level to “severe” from “substantial” in response to an antisemitic stabbing attack in north London.

The new package, which is on top of a £25 million funding announced following the stabbings in April, includes around 300 additional officers in London and around 80 in Greater Manchester — where a synagogue was attacked last year by a terrorist, resulting in two dead — alongside £43 million for forces serving other areas with significant Jewish populations.

“The rise in antisemitism we have seen in recent years is a test of our values as a country and........

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