Labour seeking to delay antisemitism leak lawsuit until after election
Costs of lawsuit against five staff accused of leaking a 2020 report said to have apparently soared to £1.4m
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Costs of lawsuit against five staff accused of leaking a 2020 report said to have apparently soared to £1.4m
Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer Labour is refusing to identify alleged leakers of a controversial internal report on anti-Semitism because it fears a backlash for “pointing the finger” at supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, the High Court has heard. Lawyers for former senior official Emilie Oldknow made the claim as they sought a court order to release the names of those linked to the unauthorised release of the explosive dossier. But lawyers for Labour stressed that its own investigation had not found a “smoking gun” on who had leaked the report and urged that the individuals, who are repres...
Emilie Oldknow demands names in order to gain the option of taking legal action against them