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		</div><p>Jeremy Corbyn has been warned he faces more resignations by Labour MPs unless he gets a grip of the problem of anti-Semitism within the party’s ranks.</p>
<p>Party chairman Ian Lavery faced an angry backlash at a stormy meeting on Monday of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) after seven MPs earlier announced they were quitting in protest at Mr Corbyn’s leadership.</p>
<p>Labour sources said Mr Lavery stressed the leadership’s commitment to rooting out anti-Semitism at what was described as a “heated” behind-closed-doors gathering at Westminster.</p>
<p>But his claims were greeted with derision by some of those present with accusations that he failed to understand the “enormity” of the problem.</p>
<p>The clashes came at the end of a day which saw seven MPs walk out of the party, condemning Mr Corbyn’s stance on Brexit as well as his handling of the anti-Semitism issue, in potentially the most significant split in British politics for a generation.</p>
<p>Chuka Umunna, Chris Leslie, Luciana Berger, Mike Gapes, Angela Smith, Gavin Shuker and Ann Coffey said they would be sitting as a new Independent Group in the Commons and urged MPs – from Labour and other parties – to join them.</p>
<p>The response from shadow chancellor John McDonnell was to call on the MPs to do “the honourable thing” and stand down from Parliament to contest by-elections.</p>
<p>But at the PLP, a number of MPs turned their fire on the leadership after Ms Berger, who is Jewish, told a press conference she was ashamed to be a member of a party which was “institutionally anti-Semitic”.</p>
<p>Mr Lavery was said to have have expressed anger at the claim, saying that if the party was anti-Semitic he would not be a member.</p>
<p>But he was challenged by other MPs who said he showed no understanding of the scale of the problem.</p>
<p>In an emotional intervention, Jewish MP Ruth Smeeth said she and another Jewish MP, Louise Ellman, had been told by a party member they did not have “human blood”, but no action had been taken against the individual concerned.</p>
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<p>Afterwards Ms Ellman said. “It was appalling. He (Mr Lavery) showed no understanding of the enormity of what is going on.”</p>
<p>Ian Austin, a long-standing critic of Mr Corbyn’s leadership, said Mr Lavery’s performance had only made the situation worse.</p>
<p>“The party has got to show it is tackling anti-Semitism. I don’t think he came close to demonstrating the leadership understand the scale of the problem we have,” he said.</p>
<p>“I think it will result in people thinking long and hard about their position in the party.”</p>
<p>Another MP left the meeting saying: “It was a complete and utter waste of time – a dialogue of the deaf.”</p>
<p>A party source said Mr Lavery had spelt out the measures being taken to deal with the “appalling abuse”.</p>
<p>“Ian Lavery spoke about the party’s traditions as a broad church, in which there is a wide range of opinions, but we work together to build a brighter future for millions of people and transform our society,” the source said.</p>
<p>“He made clear the party’s absolute determination to root out anti-Semitism and the work that is being done to improve procedures to tackle this appalling abuse.”</p>
<p>Earlier however, deputy leader Tom Watson – who has been critical in the past of efforts to deal with anti-Semitism in the party – said he feared there could be further resignations.</p>
<p>“I confess I feared this day would come. And I fear now that unless we change, we may see more days like this,” he said.</p>
<p>He called on Mr Corbyn to reshuffle his frontbench team so it better reflected the balance of opinion in the PLP where many MPs reject the leader’s left-wing agenda.</p>
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