Jeremy Corbyn made his comments ahead of a meeting with two Jewish groups

Jewish leaders have lambasted Jeremy Corbyn for failing to agree the “minimum level of action” they claim is needed to tackle antisemitism in the Labour party.

Jonathan Goldstein, chairman of the Jewish Leadership Council, and Jonathan Arkush, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said that two-hour meeting with the Labour leader this evening had been “a disappointing missed opportunity”.

Their scathing response was not echoed by Mr Corbyn, who called the meeting “positive and constructive”.

Amid a wave of criticism about Labour’s handling of hostility towards Jews, Mr Goldstein and Mr Arkush wrote to Mr Corbyn last month setting out a series of steps to tackle the problem in the party’s ranks.

Their proposals included a fixed timetable for dealing with antisemitism