Labour leader under pressure to withhold whip from Corbyn despite readmission to party

Keir Starmer. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Labour leader Keir Starmer is facing pressure to keep his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn out of the parliamentary party after he was reinstated as a member three weeks after being suspended.

Mr Starmer has yet to decide whether to restore the whip but said the move to readmit Mr Corbyn by the party’s ruling National Executive Committee marked “another painful day for the Jewish community”.