Lee Jasper was banned from the party in 2012

A former adviser to Ken Livingstone who was forced out of his role in a corruption scandal has been readmitted to the Labour Party.

Lee Jasper was banned from Labour after standing for George Galloway’s Respect Party in the 2012 Croydon by-election.

He had earlier stepped down as Livingstone’s “race tsar” after leaked emails revealed he had an intimate relationship with a woman whose organisation received City Hall funds, telling her: “I want to . . . honey glaze you.”

Jasper did not declare his relationship with the woman, whose organisation received a grant of £100,000.

He was also accused of using his influence to help friends and alleged associates. He denied all the allegations, saying he was “absolutely confident and clear” in his integrity,