Britain will spend over £250 million ($335 million) across the ‌next three years to better protect its Jewish communities, the government said on 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, 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 — 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 tackling it has been central to my leadership from day ‌one," outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in Monday's statement.

London's Metropolitan Police is due to receive £86 million from the ‌new funding, ​while £59 million was ‌earmarked for counter-terrorism policing.

Police will increase patrols at times of heightened vulnerability, offering visible reassurance and ​helping to deter hate crime and antisemitic incidents, the government said. ($1 = 0.7460 pounds)