Jewish delegates at next month's Labour Party conference will be given bodyguards as fears grow for their safety amid the raging anti-Semitism row that has engulfed Jeremy Corbyn.

The protection will even be offered to Jewish Labour MPs who have been the victims of abuse from many hardline supporters of the party leader.

The row deepened this weekend when Jewish Labour MP Luciana Berger attacked Mr Corbyn for accusing British Zionists of having 'no sense of irony' despite having 'lived in Britain all of their lives'.

The protection will even be offered to Jewish Labour MPs (pictured left to right: Ruth Smeeth, Margaret Hodge, Luciana Berger) who have been the victims of abuse from many hardline supporters of the party leader

The former Shadow Minister for public health said she felt 'unwelcome' in her own party after Mr Corbyn's 'inexcusable comments'.

Now, The Mail on Sunday understands that the Jewish Labour Movement, whose Parliamentary chair is Ms Berger, has held talks with the Community Security Trust – which guards the Jewish community in Britain – about providing minders for the Liverpool conference.

A source said: 'This conference will be particularly tense as much of the worst anti-Semitic trolling on the internet has been traced back to hotspots in Merseyside.

'The CST are reporting back with a full assessment of the security requirements. There is a real concern about safety.'

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg had to be provided with her own security team at last year's conference in Brighton after being bombarded with sexist abuse by some Corbyn supporters for alleged anti-Labour bias.

Yesterday, Home Secretary Sajid Javid turned up the heat on Mr Corbyn over the 'irony' row, saying: 'If Corbyn had said 'Asians' or 'Blacks' instead of 'Zionists', he'd be gone by now.

'The fact he's still there tells us all we need to know about what the Labour Party has become.'

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg had to be provided with her own security team at last year's conference in Brighton (pictured)

The Conservatives have tried to exploit the row by lodging a formal complaint with the Parliamentary standards watchdog, asking it to investigate if Mr Corbyn breached the code of conduct, which says MPs must not damage the reputation of the Commons.

Mr Corbyn's remarks, to Jewish blogger Richard Millett during a meeting in 2013, were captured on film. Mr Millett – whose family arrived in England more than 100 years ago and founded the eponymous outdoor clothing chain – said yesterday he feared for his safety.

'I don't know what will happen,' he added. 'I am scared on a physical level and the Jewish community is upset about what they see is happening. I think we are all scared.

'I am sure he [Mr Corbyn] knows me and knows I am Jewish as we had come across each other on a number of occasions before this meeting.

'He would have been aware of who I was when he made his outrageous and racist comments.' He demanded an apology, saying: 'I am English. I have been part of English irony, humour, culture, for the past 50 years. It just seems to be that I am not part of Jeremy Corbyn's Britain'.

Mr Corbyn said he was referring to Zionists in the political sense.

A spokesman said: 'The Labour Party is committed to tackling anti-Semitism both in the party and in wider society and is committed to the security and well-being of all Jewish people.'

Labour members who questioned the loyalty of British Jews 'have been investigated as part of the Party's internal inquiries into anti-Semitism'

By Brendan Carlin

Jeremy Corbyn pictured this month in Edinburgh

Labour members who questioned the loyalty of British Jews have been investigated as part of Labour Party internal inquiries into anti-Semitism, it was claimed last night.

A former Labour investigations officer sought to lift the lid on the nature of anti-Semitism allegations within the party.

Dan Hogan, who quit his party post earlier, added that he had also carried out disciplinary inquiries into party members who 'promoted Holocaust deniers' and praised terrorists. The revelations came as the relative of a teenager killed in a terror attack spoke of his horror that Jeremy Corbyn had once met a Hamas chief linked to the murder.

Adam Ma'anit accused Labour of sinking 'into an anti-Semitic cesspit of its own making'.

In a tweet last week, Dan Hogan, who worked on Labour's internal disciplinary inquiries, stunned MPs by revealing the nature and scale of allegations investigated. Mr Hogan said: 'I've done plenty of disciplinary cases against Labour members who compared Israel to the Nazis, peddled conspiracy theories about Israel, promoted Holocaust deniers, praised terrorists, and who questioned the Britishness or loyalty of British Jews.'

His remarks came amid private claims from MPs that the party does not have enough staff to handle all the anti-Semitic allegations coming in.

Separately, Mr Corbyn came under fire from Mr Ma'anit, whose 16-year-old cousin was reportedly killed by terrorists linked to ex-Hamas military leader Husam Badran, who appeared at a 2012 conference in Doha also attended by the Labour leader. Mr Ma'anit said: 'I've been watching in quiet horror and with increasing anxiety as the Labour Party sinks deeper by the day into an anti-Semitic cesspit of its own making.

'Recently revealed details of Corbyn's troubling past associations means I can no longer remain silent. This is personal.'

Labour last night said: 'Jeremy is determined to tackle anti-Semitism both within the Labour Party and wider society and the Party is committed to rebuilding trust with the Jewish community.'