Jeremy Corbyn pledges a party crackdown on anti-Semitism
The Labour leader held a crunch meeting with Jewish community leaders last night, having apologised for “the hurt and distress caused”.
The comments followed months of criticism, including from his own MPs, for apparently failing to acknowledge the scale of the problem.
Mr Corbyn yesterday met representatives from the Board of Deputies of British Jews, who are elected by synagogues and community groups, and the Jewish Leadership Council charity at Westminster.
Ahead of the meeting, Mr Corbyn said he looked forward to “a good discussion about their concerns and about my absolute determination to ensure there is no anti-Semitism anywhere, in any party in Britain, including my own”.
He added: “We have not done enough fully to get to grips with the problem, and for that the Jewish community and our own Jewish members deserve an apology.