Derek Hatton has been suspended from the Labour Party just a day after his readmission was confirmed, the Echo understands.

The controversial former deputy leader of Liverpool Council has been notified of the suspension pending an investigation into a tweet he posted in 2012.

Derek Hatton, a controversial former Liverpool politician, was only readmitted to the Labour party on Monday after 34 years.

Mr Hatton was expelled from the party by then Labour leader Neil Kinnock for belonging to the far left Militant group.

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The ECHO understands that the tweet - which has now been deleted - included criticism of the actions of the Israeli government and urged British Jews to speak out against its actions.

A Labour Party source said: "Derek Hatton was given provisional membership, pending NEC approval. The Party was not aware of this material. Once this was brought to our attention he was suspended pending the NEC’s decision.

"Under Labour’s processes when a panel agrees to readmit someone, that person is a provisional member pending NEC approval, which is the final stage of the process. Once the material came to light, Mr Hatton‘s provisional membership was suspended, pending that decision by the NEC."

Mr Hatton declined to comment at this time.

Mr Hatton, 71, remains a controversial figure in the city, and beyond, after setting an illegal council budget which caused havoc in Liverpool during the height of Thatcherism.

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He was expelled from the Labour Party in 1986 for being a member of Militant Tendency, a Trotskyist entryist group which breached the party's constitution.

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Mr Hatton confirmed on Monday he had been readmitted to the party, on the same day that seven Labour MPs resigned to join a new Independent Party, including Wavertree MP Luciana Berger who said she quit because of anti semitism within the party's ranks and the Labour leadership's perceived inaction in dealing with it.

Mr Hatton wasted no time in condemning those former members, saying on Monday "For them to leave now is at best hypocritical and at worst dishonest.

"All seven of them increased their majorities standing on a Jeremy Corbyn manifesto."