Why is the Labour Party being investigated for anti-Semitism?
THE Human Rights watchdog has launched a formal investigation into whether the Labour Party "unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are Jewish".
The Equality and Human Rights Commission said it had contacted Labour after receiving a "number of complaints" and had "carefully considered" their response before opening the probe.
Why is the Labour Party being investigated for anti-semitism?
Since Mr Corbyn became leader in 2015, he has been dogged by critics claiming the party harbours anti-Semitic activists and campaigners among its membership.
Labour has come under fire over its handling of disciplinary action against members accused of making anti-Semitic remarks - such as Ken Livingstone, who was suspended for two years for claiming Hitler was a Zionist.
Naz Shah, the MP for Bradford West, also resigned as an aide to shadow chancellor John McDonnell after she was accused of sharing anti-Semitic graphics on social media.
In 2018 the Labour party was urged to adopt the 's (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, including of "contemporary anti-Semitism".
The definition has been adopted by 31 countries as well as more than 130 UK councils, police forces, the Crown Prosecution Service and the judiciary.
But in July Labour's ruling National Executive Committee voted to leave out some of the IHRA examples, sparking fury.
Labour claimed it wanted to protect freedom of speech, but it caused uproar with Jewish newspapers joining forces to condemn Labour's "sinister" refusal to adopt the IHRA's definitions in full".
Corbyn faced a tough summer personally after he was pictured holding a wreath, apparently in a ceremony honouring terrorists who murdered Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics.
And Labour veteran Margaret Hodge branded him "racist" in a stand-up row in the Houses of Parliament.
In February 2019 the party was thrown into crisis by the resignation of seven MPs who said Labour is "now racist and anti-Semitic".
They included Jewish MP Luciana Berger, who has been bombarded with vile abuse by Corbyn supporters.
The watchdog launched a formal probe into Labour this morning after opening a preliminary investigation earlier this year.
The EHRC said the party ";may have committed unlawful acts" by failing to crack down on anti-Semitism.
The far-right British National Party is the only political party to have been investigated by the EHRC.
What has Jeremy Corbyn and Labour said about anti-semitism?
Jeremy Corbyn insists he is "not an anti-Semite in any form". His supporters say he has spent his career opposing racism.
But he had admitted Labour had a "real problem" with anti-Semitism within the party and vowed he would "root out" any abuse.
In March 2108 he accused of anti-Semitism after defending an East London mural depicting Jewish bankers playing monopoly on the backs of the poor.
Labour said it would "cooperate fully" with the EHRC, and rejects "any suggestion that the party does not handle anti-Semitism complaints fairly and robustly".
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