The Latest Breaking News from Martin Forde QC

Delegates were split at last year’s conference, but leader’s supporters now hold almost all the levers of power

It is understood the damning findings of the Forde report has pushed the Labour leader to set up a meeting with members of the black parliamentary party, after many had restated their concerns of anti-black racism and afrophobia.

Many staff members felt that the “overwhelmingly white” Labour Party is an “unwelcoming place for people of colour”, the Forde report concluded

FACTIONS within the Labour party treated antisemitism as a “weapon”, a long-awaited report into a leaked dossier has found.

The long-awaited Forde Report paints a picture of a party riven by factional differences with a complaints system that was ‘not fit for purpose’ and anti-Semitism that was weaponised by both sides

The investigation also found the disciplinary process was ‘not fit for purpose’ and ‘potentially prone to factional interference’.

Report commissioned by Keir Starmer highlights ‘toxicity on both sides’ under Jeremy Corbyn

The report will be made public as soon as possible, the party's NEC has said

The party’s general secretary will recommend that the document should be published as soon as possible.