Keir Starmer orders urgent review into leaked antisemitism report
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Labour leader calls for independent inquiry into internal review revealing party failings
The new Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, has ordered an immediate review into a leaked internal report into antisemitism in the party that concluded factional hostility to his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn, hampered efforts to tackle the problem.
Starmer and his deputy, Angela Rayner, said on Monday that an independent investigation would examine the leaking of the 860-page document, details of which emerged over the weekend, as well as its contents including the “wider culture and practices” it refers to and the “background and circumstances in which the report was commissioned and the process involved”. Continue reading...