Labour’s National Constitutional Committee (NCC) has deferred its decision on whether to expel Ken Livingstone from the party. An announcement will now be made next week.
The NCC has spent the past two days hearing evidence over comments Mr Livingstone made 11 months ago when he claimed that Hitler was “supporting Zionism… before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews”.
Some Jewish social media users suggested the NCC was waiting until Shabbat had come in before giving its verdict.
But the committee said the verdict will be revealed on Tuesday afternoon, when the former mayor of London, who was suspended from the party after making the remarks, will learn his fate.
