Jeremy Corbyn 'in denial of anti-Semitism in Labour'
Jeremy Corbyn is "in denial" about the extent of anti-Semitism within the Labour Party, Conservative MP Tim Loughton has said.
Mr Loughton, the acting chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, suggested the Labour leader is not doing enough to challenge anti-Semitism within Labour.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Loughton said: "We pay tribute to Jeremy Corbyn's long and proud record of fighting racism over many, many years - that is not in doubt.
"What we do question is his leadership in actually doing something serious about this emerging problem of anti-Semitism. Up to 50 members of the Labour Party have been suspended over the last year on his watch."
Mr Loughton added that Labour's "mismanagement" of its alleged anti-Semitism problem has "created an air of it being safe for these anti-Semites within the Labour Party to operate".