The Labour party has been criticised for failing to clamp down on anti-Semitism after it emerged that a member it did not take action against was suspended only after being reported to the police.



In what is believed to be the first case of a complaint to Labour also being reported as a potential crime, Stephane Savary made a report to Greater Manchester police after he was targeted in an online video by a fellow Labour party member.

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester police said the force is investigating the report as a suspected hate incident.

The video targeting Savary was posted by a Facebook account in the name of Paul Hinshelwood. Screenshots from an account by the same name were sent to Labour in January, but no action was taken.

BuzzFeed News understands that Hinshelwood has now been suspended, and that an administrative error meant he was not suspended earlier.

However, at the time the complaint was made to Labour, in an email seen by BuzzFeed News, the complainant was told: “Having reviewed the content of the attachments we have been unable to identify the individual as a member of the Labour Party, we will therefore not be able to progress your complaint.”