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Chris Williamson raises £10k within nine hours to ‘take on’ EHRC in court
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CHRIS WILLIAMSON is taking legal action against the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) after he was named in its confidential draft report into alleged anti-semitism in Labour.

The former Labour MP for Derby North said today that he will be “taking on” the EHRC.

The equalities watchdog launched an investigation in May last year to determine whether Labour had “unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are Jewish.”

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