Jeremy Corbyn does not fully understand that anti-racism campaigners can have antisemitic attitudes, according to a report

Senior Labour figures are braced for a weekend of scrutiny about the party’s record on Jewish issues as a report is set to accuse Jeremy Corbyn of not understanding modern antisemitism.

The report by the home affairs select committee will accuse Baroness Chakrabarti’s recent report into antisemitism within Labour of being compromised by its failure to differentiate between antisemitism and other forms of racism — and by her subsequent acceptance of a peerage and a position in the shadow cabinet.

The committee’s findings will provoke renewed angst among Labour activists and parliamentarians over whether it has become a safe space for people harbouring anti-Jewish attitudes.

The row erupted in April when Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London and a close confidant of Mr Corbyn,