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Furious backlash after Starmer caves into Panorama whistleblowers
Corbyn criticises ‘political decision’ to hand over out-of-court payment to former staffers in libel case lawyers say the party has a ‘strong defence’ against
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer during a visit to Whitmore Park Primary School in Coventry

SIR KEIR STARMER faced a backlash today following the “disappointing” decision to pay out an estimated six-figure sum to former senior staffers who claimed defamation following a BBC Panorama investigation into allegations of anti-semitism within Labour.

Jeremy Corbyn criticised Labour’s “political” decision to apologise to the ex-employees and pay damages reportedly amounting to £500,000.

The Islington North MP, who was leader at the time of the 2019 BBC documentary Is Labour Anti-Semitic? said that the decision risked “giving credibility to misleading and inaccurate allegations” that the party was unwilling to investigate claims of anti-semitism.

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