Members of a Merseyside Labour group want an apology from Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger over a Radio 4 interview in which she discussed how local Labour groups have responded to the issue of antisemitism in the party.

Speaking on The Week in Westminster, Ms Berger said: "We heard from a meeting in my region on Merseyside last week where an executive were meeting and a proposal was put to them to bring forward the training that the Jewish Labour Movement, an organisation which is one of the longest standing affiliated Socialist societies within the Labour Party. But they said they were in receipt of funding from the Israeli government. Well that's categorically untrue.

“Someone in that meeting was able to verify the fact that it was categorically untrue, but in spite of that they still rejected the opportunity to provide antisemitism training to their members."

It is believed Ms Berger – Britain’s youngest female Jewish MP - was referring to the Birkenhead constituency party.

The Liverpool Echo reported that a motion was submitted to the Birkenhead party deploring the MP’s account of the meeting and resolving “to send her a letter demanding an apology on the grounds that her account was misleading and deeply offensive to committee members".

It is understood the motion was narrowly defeated in its original format but was passed in a softened version.