The simmering row between Jeremy Corbyn supporters and the BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg has erupted once again after a “drafted finding” by the corporation’s watchdog found that a report on the Labour leader’s views on shoot-to-kill had breached accuracy guidelines.

The provisional findings by the BBC Trust said that there had been a “failure of impartiality” in the News at Six item, according to The Herald newspaper, which has seen a leaked copy of the report.

However, following feedback from the BBC, the regulator has agreed to reconsider the case, in part because Ms Kuenssberg - who was named journalist of the year at the British Journalism Awards last month - was not spoken to by the Trust during its investigation.

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No final decision has been reached as a result.

A viewer complained to the Trust about the November 2015 News at Six report about security measures being considered by the British government in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks.

Ms Kuenssberg said that she had asked the Labour leader whether he would support a shoot-to-kill policy if a similar attack happened in London, in the event of him becoming prime minister.

The footage showed Mr Corbyn responding: “I’m not happy with a shoot-to-kill policy in general. I think that is quite dangerous and I think can often be counter-productive. I think you have to have security that prevents people firing off weapons where you can."

The viewer said this was misleading because no reference had been made to the Paris attacks when Mr Corbyn had been asked about the issue.

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The question in the longer interview that elicited his response was: “But if you were Prime Minister, would you be happy to order people - police or military - to shoot to kill on Britain’s streets?”

Mr Corbyn later told Labour’s national executive committee the day after the report that he supported “strictly necessary force” in the event of a Paris-style attack.

In the provisional findings, obtained by The Herald newspaper, the BBC Trust’s editorial standards committee concluded: “There was a significant difference between what Mr Corbyn said and what the report inferred. This led to a failure of due accuracy.”

It added: “Trustees considered that the effect of the failures to observe due accuracy had, on this occasion, also resulted in a failure of impartiality.” The Trust said there was “no evidence of any intent to deceive or distort”.

As the revelations emerged Ms Kuenssberg and the BBC were criticised on social media.