Sir Keir Starmer has admitted it has taken his party "too long" to deal with the antisemitism disciplinary case involving suspended Labour executive committee member Pete Willsman.
Pressed by LBC radio presenter Nick Ferrari over a 16-month delay in completing an investigation into comments made by the left-winger, Sir Keir conceded, "it has taken too long - and I want it to be speeded up".
The Labour leader said that dealing with Labour's anti-Jewish racism crisis has remained one of his "central concerns" ever since he became leader in April.
Mr Ferrari had asked: "In May of last year, the Labour Party was given a recording of Pete Willsman saying that the Israeli Embassy was behind claims of antisemitism. Mr Willsman is still in the party 16 months on?"
