Dame Margaret Hodge, who is Jewish, was reported to have told Mr Corbyn: “You have proved you don’t want people like me in the party”

A Jewish Labour MP was alleged to have called Jeremy Corbyn an antisemite and racist last night after the party approved a new definition of antisemitism.

Labour’s national executive committee overrode the concerns of more than 65 senior British rabbis and the parliamentary party to wave through its proposed new rules on antisemitic behaviour in its ranks.

The veteran MP Dame Margaret Hodge was reported to have confronted Mr Corbyn outside the Commons chamber after the NEC meeting, telling him, according to sources quoted by HuffPost: “You’re an antisemite and a racist. You have proved you don’t want people like me in the party.”

Mr Corbyn was reported to have said in response: “I’m sorry you feel like that.”

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