The Labour Party has missed the latest deadline to deal with its outstanding antisemitism cases.

In August John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor, declared that the party would have “resolved all the issues” in relation to allegations of antisemitism by the time MPs returned from summer recess.

Mr McDonnell said: “Once we get back in September we’ve got our Parliamentary Labour Party, we’ve got the NEC, then we’re into the Labour Party conference.

“We need to resolve all these issues by then, and that means the consultation over the definitions, the examples, how we go forward.”

It is unclear whether the party has set itself a fresh deadline to deal with approximately 300 complaints of antisemitism by members, the Evening Standard reports.

Conflicting reports suggested the Shadow Chancellor had referred to a deadline for the party to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism, rather than one for complaints.

The Labour Party said: "There is no missed deadline. The Party adopted all of the IHRA examples in September, in addition to the IHRA definition, which Labour adopted in 2016."

Labour MP Neil Coyle even suggested during the summer recess that the party requires more members of staff to cope with the increased volume of complaints.

Labour denied allegations that its complaints unit has struggled to keep pace with complaints, although the party has reportedly advertised for additional staff for its governance and legal department.

A Labour source told the JC that claims of under-staffing were "absurd and entirely untrue".