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What does the EHRC report mean for Labour? In a landmark moment for equalities law, the party is facing a question that goes far beyond the issue of Jeremy Corbyn and anti-Semitism. When the landmark Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report into Labour anti-Semitism was published last October, it immediately became a story about Jeremy Corbyn. The former Labour leader released his own statement within hours of the report’s publication, saying the anti-Semitism problem in Labour had been “dramatically overstated for political reasons”. Only hours after that, he was expelled from the party.  In the weeks and months afterwards, the focus on Corbyn was a source of regret and sadness across Labour, including among those who strongly supported the decision to expel him. So many had wanted a serious moment of reflection on the experience of Jewish members and MPs within the party, and there was a feeling they had been denied that on the day when Labour and the EHRC r

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