John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, met Jeremy Corbyn to criticise his approach to antisemitism in the Labour Party

Jeremy Corbyn is under pressure to disavow one of his leading allies on Labour’s ruling body after he was recorded accusing “Trump fanatics” of making false claims of antisemitism in the party.

The Jewish Chronicle released an audio recording of Peter Willsman, a veteran hard left activist, angrily disputing claims of anti-Jewish hatred in the Labour Party at a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC).

Mr Willsman is currently standing for re-election to the body on a slate called the “JC9” after Mr Corbyn.

Luciana Berger, the Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, said that the recording was “sickening”. She wrote on Twitter: “The fact that it took place in a meeting of Labour’s sovereign body the other week after all that’s happened