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Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Labour’s headquarters in London to protest against anti-Semitism in the party.

A crowd waving British flags and placards braved the elements for the protest organised by the Campaign Against anti-Semitism.

Messages on placards read "Zero tolerance for anti-Semitism", "Labour hold Corbyn to account" and "Anti-Semitism is racism".

There were shouts of "Corbyn out", "racists" and "shame", and boos when the Labour leader was named by speakers.

There were also boos for Momentum leader Jon Lansman and Christine Shawcross, the former NEC member who resigned after backing a party member accused of anti-Semitism.

Actress Maureen Lipman was among those who addressed the demonstration.

She said she was attending "as a disenfranchised socialist" and identified with a placard reading "Corbyn made me a Tory".

She attacked the Labour leader for attending a Seder organised by left-wing Jewish group Jewdas, saying it was "the absolute cherry on the top of Jeremy Corbyn's behaviour".

Mrs Lipman said: "He is standing with elements who are against everything that we stand for; hardworking, decent Jewish people of whom I am incredibly proud."

The demonstration followed comments bade by the shadow education secretary Angela Rayner who said she has been "frustrated" at the slow pace of steps taken to tackle anti-Semitism in her Party.

Ms Rayner admitted the implementation of measures outlined in Baroness Chakrabarti's 2016's report into the problem was not moving "as fast as I would have liked to have seen".

Speaking on BBC1's Andrew Marr Show, she said: "Jeremy has been quite clear there's no place for anti-Semitism in our party but I have been a little frustrated that we haven't moved forward on the Chakrabarti report as fast as I would have liked to have seen.

"But Jennie Formby, our new general secretary, made it her number one priority and we need to make sure that the full Chakrabarti report is implemented and we have absolute zero tolerance."

She added: "It can't be right when people see on social media - and it's not just in the Labour Party but across the board - anti-Semitic rhetoric and they see no action taken or the action is far too slow."