Labour anti-Semitism row: Hodge claims Corbyn 'misled' her
Margaret Hodge has written to Jeremy Corbyn about the party's approach to anti-Semitism
In a letter to Jeremy Corbyn, she claims she has been misled over assurances that his office was not involved in any disciplinary process.Labour has dismissed her suggestion as"categorically untrue".showed senior Labour figures last year opposed recommendations to suspend several party activists accused of anti-Semitism.
Referring to a discussion she had with Mr Corbyn, she said:"I distinctly remember it being said that it would be appalling if staff in the Leader's Office intervened or had a role in complaints."However, it is clear from the whistleblower's account [in the Observer] that your staff did intervene and have had a direct role in complaints.
However, she claimed"a whole number of his top team, not just one person, lots of them" were involved in decisions about individual complaints, adding:"They interfere and they lower the sanctions. People aren't suspended, they're just given a warning letter.
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