THE National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned Labour’s withdrawal of press accreditation for a member to cover its annual conference and called for the decision to be overturned.

Independent journalist Asa Winstanley, who writes for the Electronic Intifada publication, was granted press accreditation on July 22 to cover Labour’s annual conference in Brighton from September 21 to 25.

But he received an email from the Labour press team three weeks later telling him that his credentials had been cancelled due to his personal suspension from the party pending an investigation.