SOCIALISTS called today for Labour leader Keir Starmer to commit to “absolute transparency” over a report into the party’s handling of anti-semitism allegations that its lawyers are advising against sending to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

The 860-page internal investigation, leaked to Sky News, reportedly found that hostility to former leader Jeremy Corbyn led to key figures such as former party general secretary Iain McNicol and former former acting head of the governance and legal unit Sam Matthews failing to co-operate with the leadership in investigating complaints. 

But Labour is not planning on submitting it to the EHRC, despite the light it might shine on the motives of figures whose attacks on the left leadership included speaking to the widely panned BBC Panorama “investigation” into anti-semitism in Labour broadcast last year.