Jeremy Corbyn has said the police need more powers and resources to tackle the rise of the far right.
The Labour leader spoke about the "horrifying rise of hate crime in this country and across Europe with attacks on synagogues, attacks on mosques and racist abuse on the streets".
Mr Corbyn attacked the Tory cuts to police which have seen their numbers shrink by 20,000.
But he also emphasised the need for "community-based policing so we have policing by consent within the community".
He said: "Do we need more powers to challenge racist behaviour? I think we need to look at that and we probably do.
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"Do the police need more powers to be very active in dealing with racist language and racist activities? Yes we do.
"We also need to make sure that all police understand they have a duty to bring communities together by dealing with that kind of hate crime and hate language that occurs."
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Speaking at Labour's European election launch in Kent, Mr Corbyn hit out at the "snake oil" of Nigel Farage whose new Brexit Party is flying high in the polls.
He said: "Nigel Farage’s Brexit is a Brexit for conspiracy theorists. For those who see Muslims and migrants or George Soros as the enemy.
"Only Labour can see off the Farage snake oil in this election. And stand by our country’s values of tolerance, openness and diversity."
Mr Corbyn said: "I'm appalled at the remarks made by Farage and many others that do create a degree of toxicity in our society.
"And we have to stand up against it."
