Over a year after the Equality and Human Rights Commission launched its investigation into anti-Semitism in the Labour party, the findings have been published. In what Sir Keir Starmer has described as a ‘day of shame for the Labour Party’, the report comes after years of allegations of anti-Semitism that dominated Jeremy Corbyn’s time as Labour leader.
In the build up to the report’s republication, a number of Corbyn’s closest allies attempted to put their side of the story out first. In a statement today, Corbyn claimed the scale of Labour’s anti-Semitism problem had been ‘dramatically overstated’. While the row over the episode is likely to rumble on for some time, here are five main takeaways from the report:
1. Labour responsible for three breaches of Equality Act
The equalities watchdog has found the party guilty of three breaches of the Equality Act (2010). These are: Political interference in antisemitism complaints.
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