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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent

Tory councillors disciplined for ‘hate’ directed at Jewish Labour candidate

Dan Ozarow
Dan Ozarow stood as a candidate in the Borehamwood Kenilworth ward byelection in 2020 and won a byelection the following year. Photograph: Hertsmere Labour Party

Conservative councillors in Oliver Dowden’s constituency have been disciplined for a “hate” campaign against a Jewish Labour candidate, according to an independent investigation commissioned by Tory HQ.

The report found the behaviour of five Hertsmere Tory councillors “may well have encouraged” antisemitic abuse of Labour’s Dan Ozarow, as well as multiple breaches of the party’s code of conduct.

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