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		</div><p>Another British Labour MP has quit the party over allegations of anti-semitism within its ranks.</p>
<p>Ian Austin has become the ninth Labour MP in a week to quit Jeremy Corbyn&#8217;s party, claiming there was a &#8220;culture of extremism, anti-Semitism and intolerance&#8221;.</p>
<p>The Dudley North MP said he was quitting the &#8220;broken&#8221; party and was &#8220;ashamed&#8221; of what it had become under Mr Corbyn.</p>
<p>But the former minister said he had no plans to join his eight former colleagues in the Independent Group they established this week.</p>
<p>In an interview with the Express &; Star newspaper he said: &#8220;The Labour Party has been my life, so this has been the hardest decision I have ever had to take, but I have to be honest and the truth is that I have become ashamed of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn.&#8221;</p>
<p>He added that &#8220;I could never ask local people to make Jeremy Corbyn prime minister&#8221;, and said he was &#8220;appalled at the offence and distress&#8221; the party had caused to Jewish people.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is terrible that a culture of extremism, anti-Semitism and intolerance is driving out good MPs and decent people who have committed their life to mainstream politics,&#8221; he said.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The hard truth is that the party is tougher on the people complaining about anti-Semitism than it is on the anti-Semites.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Mr Austin added that &#8220;the hard left is now in charge of the party&#8221; and &#8220;I just can&#8217;t see how it can return to the mainstream party that won elections and changed the country for the better&#8221;.</p>
<p>His resignation follows those of eight other MPs who quit Labour and formed the Independent Group.</p>
<p>But Mr Austin said he had not spoken to the group, which also contains three ex-Tories.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think the Labour Party is broken and clearly things have to change but that&#8217;s not what today is about, and I&#8217;ve not talked to them about that,&#8221; he said.</p>
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