Internal Labour Party documents have revealed only three per cent of nearly 900 anti-Semitism disciplinary cases have resulted in a member's expulsion from the party.
One his his own MPs said either Jeremy Corbyn had lied to her, or his office had lied to him, after emails leaked to the Sunday Times appeared to show direct involvement by the leader's office in some members' cases, despite his personal assurances he does not intervene.
The Sunday Times said leaked internal documents show the party's system for dealing with complaints had been beset by delays, inaction and interference from the leader's office.
Some members investigated for posting comments online such as 'Heil Hitler' and 'Jews are the problem' had not been expelled despite complaints being made a year ago.
And Jeremy Corbyn's office had been involved in approving, delaying or blocking at least 101 complaints, the paper reported.
Jeremy Corbyn promised Margaret Hodge MP he never intervened in members' disciplinary cases but the Sunday Times reports his office has done so
But Labour said lines from internal emails had been 'selectively leaked' to 'misrepresent their overall contents', adding that it was 'committed' to rooting out anti-Semitism within the party.
According to The Sunday Times, the hard drive of emails and a confidential database last updated on March 8 also showed that a trade union official was readmitted after being accused of sharing material saying 'Jewish Israelis' were behind 9/11.
In another case, a Labour official ruled a council candidate accused of describing Jewish MPs as 'Zionist infiltrators' met the threshold for suspension, but then ruled he should not be suspended as he 'is a candidate', the paper said.
It reported that 454 of 863 complaints were unresolved, including 249 where the party had not started an investigation, and that of 409 cases where a decision was reached, 191 members faced no further action, 145 received a formal warning and fewer than 30 were expelled.
Labour said the figures quoted in the story were 'not accurate'.
Dame Margaret Hodge has previously accused members of Jeremy Corbyn´s inner circle of interfering in the outcome of anti-Semitism cases
A spokeswoman said: 'The Labour Party takes all complaints of anti-Semitism extremely seriously and we are committed to rooting it out of our party.
'All complaints about anti-Semitism are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures. We can't comment on individual cases.
'Lines have been selectively leaked from emails to misrepresent their overall contents.
'One of the emails shows the General Secretary's Office ending the practice started by former staffers of asking the Leaders' Office for their help with clearing the backlog of cases. This practice lasted for a few weeks while there was no general secretary, and was ended by Jennie Formby.'
Other emails are reported to show Thomas Gardiner, head of Labour's governance and legal unit, stepping in to frustrate efforts by a member of his staff to fast-track an investigation of a member who condemned two Jewish MPs for being 'sh**-stirring c** buckets” in the pay of Israel'.
People with placards and Union flags demonstrated as part of the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism outside the head office of the Labour Party in London last April
A Labour Party source said: 'These emails show Thomas Gardiner arguing for an anti-Semitism complaint to be recorded as anti-Semitism, in line with the Macpherson principle, and to ensure the case is dealt with through the fast-tracked anti-Semitism procedures.
'In another email Thomas makes clear it's right and appropriate that Jennie Formby had ended the practice of LOTO (leader of the opposition's office) being asked for help with cases, and it is untrue and misleading to say LOTO are involved as there is a firewall between the complaints process and the Leader's Office. He was outlining and supporting this process.'
Margaret Hodge, the Labour MP for Barking, told the paper: 'The scale of the abuse, the depth of the hatred and the total lack of action by the Labour Party is astonishing.'
Jewish MP Luciana Berger received death threats and a slew of abuse. She left the Party
She added: 'Jeremy gave me assurances that he does not intervene [in complaints].
'This investigation proves that either he is lying to me or his office are lying to him.'
The paper also revealed that in a meeting in which Corbyn and his political secretary, Amy Jackson, assured Hodge his team would 'never' interfere in complaints, he told the MP: 'It doesn't come here . . . I don't involve myself in the complaint at all.'
And Ms Jackson added: 'Absolutely not. I could tell you 100% we would never do that, that would be an appalling thing to do.'
But in the leaked emails the leader's chief of staff says Jackson herself must be kept abreast of certain complaints.
In an email dated April 5 last year, Corbyn’s chief of staff, Karie Murphy wrote: 'I think it's important for Amy Jackson to have an overview of all complaints that involve elected politicians or candidates.'
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