A candidate in the Labour national executive committee (NEC) by-elections has been suspended from the party over alleged anti-semitism.

Graham Durham, of Brent CLP, was suspended over his criticism of Labour leadership candidate Rebecca Long Bailey at a meeting in January.

The Jewish Chronicle reported that he had said: “She has been cuddling up to the Jewish Labour Movement and the Chief Rabbi, a well-known Tory. We should not be allowing that.”