Council officials in Camden, north London, have held a “closed-group meeting” to discuss the impact of adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition on antisemitism in the borough.

The meeting, held on Tuesday evening, had been scheduled to take place six months after Camden first voted to adopt the IHRA definition back in April.

An authority spokesman confirmed that the working-party would be publishing the results of the review next year.

Councillor Abdul Hai, Cabinet Member for Young People and Cohesion, told the JC: “Camden Council wants all its communities to know that our borough is no place for hate and so, in April, the council adopted an adapted version of the IHRA definition for antisemitism.

“A working group made up of councillors met on Tuesday to discuss how we will assess the impact of adopting this definition. 

"We will make findings available in early 2018.”

Anti-Zionist campaigners from groups including Jewish Voice For Labour and Free Speech On Israel have attempted to build opposition to the definition by claiming it was a means of stopping legitimate criticism of Israel.

But the definition has now been adopted by more than 100 local authorities across the UK.