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		</div><p>Labour must end the factionalism which developed under Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer said after being <em>“shocked”</em> by the contents of a leaked dossier which detailed splits in the party’s headquarters.</p>
<p>Mr Starmer said the party must unite and concentrate on getting Labour into a position to form the next government.</p>
<p>The leak of the document reignited Labour’s bitter civil war between left-wing supporters of Mr Corbyn and the party’s centrists.</p>
<p>The 860-page leaked document found <em>“no evidence”</em> of anti-Semitism complaints being handled differently from other forms of complaint, or of current or former staff being <em>“motivated by anti-Semitic intent”</em>.</p>
<p>But it found that <em>“factional opposition”</em> in the upper echelons of the party towards Mr Corbyn contributed to <em>“a litany of mistakes”</em> which hindered the effective handling of the issue.</p>
<p>Mr Starmer told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: <em>“This is a leaked report into what was apparently happening before I became leader. I was shocked by what I saw and the circumstance in which it all came about.</em></p>
<p><em>“That’s why I have ordered an inquiry, which I want to be professionally done, independently done and quickly done, because our party needs to unite and face the future and get back to our historic purpose, which is getting a Labour government in so that we can actually change lives for millions of people for the better.”</em></p>
<p>He added:<em> “We absolutely have to turn our back on factionalism and that was the whole basis of my leadership campaign.”</em></p>
<p>Allies of Mr Corbyn claimed the document showed that elements within the party hierarchy undermined efforts to win the 2017 general election.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Statement from the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs in light of the recent revelations about senior officials undermining the 2017 general election campaign. <a href="https://t.co/8ejTl1Utve">pic.twitter.com/8ejTl1Utve</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardBurgon/status/1249732630901338112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs – including former shadow cabinet minister Diane Abbott, John McDonnell and Richard Burgon – has called for the document to be officially published with an emergency meeting of Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee to consider its findings.</p>
<p>They said <em>“it contains revelations of senior officials undermining the 2017 general election campaign and suggests there are cases to answer on bullying, harassment, sexism and racism”.</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Many members are shocked by the contents of a leaked Labour Party report which outlines how the senior HQ management team deliberately undermined the 2017 GE campaign and encouraged a culture of bullying, racism and sexism. 1/3<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LabourReport?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LabourReport</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LabourLeaks?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LabourLeaks</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Islington North Labour Party (@IslingtonNorth) <a href="https://twitter.com/IslingtonNorth/status/1250099153851617281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Mr Corbyn’s constituency party’s Twitter account said the NEC should <em>“recommend urgent changes of party structure and staffing practices to guarantee our HQ campaigns on Labour’s socialist policies”</em>.</p>
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