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Jeremy Corbyn has been told that he will not be allowed to be a Labor MP for three months, Sky News has understood.
But leader Sir Keir Starmer is reviewing the length of that suspension, pending an investigation into his predecessor’s conduct.
Corbyn was informed of the move in a letter from Labor chief Nick Brown sent Thursday night.
The former Labor leader was suspended at the end of October for your response to a long-term research by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on how complaints of anti-Semitism were handled during his tenure.
A panel of the ruling National Executive Committee of the party then voted this week to let him come back as a member, but Sir Keir said that I wouldn’t automatically get the Labor whip back.
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‘I don’t want a split in the Labor Party’
The refusal to allow Corbyn to return to the parliamentary party has caused consternation among his allies.
Len McCluskey, leader of the Unite union, said it was “a vengeful and vindictive action that strips party democracy and due process alike.
And John McDonnell, Corbyn’s former shadow chancellor, called the decision “simply wrong” and warned it “will cause further division and disunity.”
Thirty Labor MPs in total and two colleagues have opposed Corbyn being denied the whip, and in a statement released through the Socialist Campaign Group that it is “detrimental” to party unity.
However, other Labor politicians have voiced support for Sir Keir’s decision.
Dame Margaret Hodge said: “As Corbyn has refused himself to accept the findings of the EHRC report, refused to apologize for his actions and refused to take any responsibility, withholding the whip is the right decision.”
Neil Coyle said that continuing to hold onto Corbyn’s whip was the “only option” until a new, independent complaint process was established.
