CLAIMS submitted to a probe into alleged anti-semitism within the Labour Party are based on “prejudiced gossip, distortion, double standards and presumed guilt without investigation,” according to analysis by Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL).

The socialist group said today that evidence sent by the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) to the Equality & Human Rights Commission is “largely worthless” as it “misstates facts and draws false conclusions.”

JVL said it had received expert help in analysing more than 150 claims that JLM included in a submission to the commission in December.