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Jeremy Corbyn last night refused to take further action against a Scots MP who made offensive remarks about Chinese and gay people.

The UK Labour leader said Hugh Gaffney was “completely wrong” to use the slurs, but said he recognised his mistake and had apologised.

Arriving at a campaign rally on a whistle-stop tour of Scotland, Corbyn told reporters: “He’s undertaking appropriate diversity training. He’s met and talked to people from the Chinese community and he’s meeting other communities as well.

“What he said was completely wrong of course. But he has recognised and understood that and apologised, and that’s what we’ve done.”

More than 100 supporters were at the rally at Shottstown Miners Welfare Club in Penicuik, Midlothian. Corbyn made no further mention of Gaffney in his speech, instead focusing on his core anti-austerity message.

Last week, footage emerged of Gaffney, MP for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill, making offensive terms as part of what he thought was an entertaining Burns supper speech.

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has already defended the decision not to suspend him.

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Days earlier, the Record revealed claims that Glasgow MSP Anas Sarwar was told the country wasn’t ready for a “brown, Muslim Paki” to lead the party.

He accused South Lanarkshire Council Labour group leader Davie McLachlan of making the offensive slur during last year’s leadership contest, which he lost to Leonard.

McLachlan, who denies the allegation, has been suspended during an investigation.

The explosive allegations were made just as Scottish Labour were trying to publicise their alternative tax plans for the Holyrood budget.

Sarwar then submitted an eight-point plan to challenge “everyday racism” among party figures.

Two weeks after the allegations were made, Leonard announced the party’s ruling Scottish Executive would look at Sarwar’s proposals.

Last night, Corbyn focused on his plan to beat the Tories at the next election.

He called for a crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion, better public services, a nationalised Royal Mail, railway - and a protected NHS.

Corbyn said: “I don’t want us to win opposition day debates - I want us to win a general election.”

In a Q&A session, Corbyn also failed to give details on how Brexit would look under a Labour Government.

Afterwards, SNP MSP Joan McAlpine said Corbyn missed the big issues.

“The single biggest threat to jobs and household incomes in Scotland is the prospect of a hard Brexit - and Jeremy Corbyn is completely behind Theresa May’s disastrous plan to drag us out of the single market.”

She added: “Labour’s wall of silence around the disgraced Hugh Gaffney is shameful.”