The Labour Party allowed a member who was being investigated for anti-semitism to be a delegate at its recent conference — despite Jeremy Corbyn pledging in his speech to make the party “allies” of the Jewish community.

Kayla Bibby, 33, represented the Liverpool Riverside constituency at the conference in September, when she had been under investigation for more than three months over an image she posted on Facebook.

According to Labour, she has since been found “guilty” by the party and will receive training about anti-semitism. It is unclear whether attending this course is a condition of her remaining a party member.

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