Labour is accused of antisemitism on billboards driven through the capital

A Labour council candidate who heads a left-wing Jewish group has said that Jews are “often agents” of exploitation.

Leah Levane is a co-chairwoman of Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL), which has been invited by Jeremy Corbyn to a round-table discussion next week on antisemitism in Labour. Yesterday mainstream Jewish leaders said they would boycott the event.

The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council will meet Mr Corbyn at a separate event next Tuesday. They organised a protest in Parliament Square last month over Labour’s handling of antisemitism. JVL organised a counter-demonstration.

Ms Levane, who is Jewish, is a candidate for Hastings in elections next month. Last year she commented on an article posted on Facebook titled “Austria’s neo-Nazis find