Labour drops lawsuit against ex-staffers accused of leaking

Action against five accused, including Jeremy Corbyn’s former chief of staff, estimated to have cost £1.5m

Labour has withdrawn a costly lawsuit against five former staffers accused of leaking an internal report on antisemitism and “conspiring” against Keir Starmer.

The legal action is expected to have cost the Labour party more than £1.5m and it was estimated the party could have spent almost £900,000 more, according to documents shown in open court last year.