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Politics

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Labour pays estimated £2m to settle claims by 20 people over leaked antisemitism dossier

Jeremy Corbyn Martin Forde QC Joe Goldberg John Ware Sir Keir Starmer

Jeremy Corbyn in 2017. A report commissioned under Keir Starmer found it was ‘highly unlikely’ Labour staff sought to sabotage Corbyn’s campaign. — Jeremy Corbyn in 2017. A report commissioned under Keir Starmer found it was ‘highly unlikely’ Labour staff sought to sabotage Corbyn’s campaign. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Labour has settled claims brought by 20 people, mainly former staffers, who featured in a leaked internal document about antisemitism in the party, with the costs estimated to be close to £2m.

The settlements include a payout to Labour’s former elections chief Patrick Heneghan, who was falsely accused in the dossier of having tried to sabotage Jeremy Corbyn’s chances of winning the 2017 general election.

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