Leading figures on the left have responded to the news of Corbyn's suspension. Here are some of the most significant reactions.

A spokesperson for the Labour Party said: "In light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them subsequently, the Labour Party has suspended Jeremy Corbyn pending investigation."

“I found this report hard to read,” Starmer said. “It is a day of shame for the Labour Party."

In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Corbyn said that reform of the Party’s complaints process was “stalled by an obstructive party bureaucracy” and that the system was “not fit for purpose” when he became leader in 2015.

A long-awaited review, published this morning by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, identified “serious failings in the Labour Party leadership in addressing antisemitism and an inadequate process for handling antisemitism complaints.”

It is an especially crucial moment for Jeremy Corbyn, under whose leadership the party was accused of institutional antisemitism.

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John Penrose, a millionaire publisher and former minister, made the controversial comments in a letter to a constituent.

Ministers have handed at least £56 million to companies like Deloitte and McKinsey.

Experts pointed out that the current tariff on soy sauce is zero - because the EU has a FTA with Japan.

Secondary school attendance rates in some parts of the north of England have been as low as 61 per cent so far this year, as coronavirus infection rates in the area have rocketed.

A hilarious thread has poked fun at what Jesus would be like if he had been a Tory.

"She is working seven days a week, 19-hour days. This is a joint effort by many, many people, who work with Dido and are delivering the Test and Trace system."

The UK will need another 50,000 customs officers to help complete an estimated 260 million new customs declarations annually when it leaves the single market and customs union.

More than £526 million has been given to Conservative backers to manufacture personal protective equipment - often without a proper tender process.

“I don’t want his business and I don’t want any other Tory MP’s business or any politician who voted against feeding the neediest,” the shop's owner said.

Opposition parties and anti-corruption charities urged the chancellor to be “completely transparent” about what he put into the trust - amid particular concern that some funds may be held offshore.

“I totally understand the issue of holiday hunger,” Johnson said. “The debate is, how do you deal with it.”

Tom Beattie, the Labour leader of Corby Borough Council, told TLE that local leaders had made the decision to fund Free School Meals in the area “prior to any announcement from the government”.

Pakistan's prime minister Khan said online Islamophobia “is encouraging hate, extremism and violence across the world”.

Now The Mill in Stokesley, near Middlesbrough, has banned Tory MPs Matt Vickers, Simon Clarke, Jacob Young - and Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose constituency the pub falls in - “for life”.

The England footballer - who has spent months campaigning to try and end child hunger throughout the school holidays - has been sharing posts from businesses, local councils and schools who are unilaterally volunteering free food for children who might otherwise go hungry.

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Prison inspectors visited Tug Haven in Dover, where migrants are first taken from the beach or sea, and discovered a shortage of dry clothing and basic supplies.

Hospitality businesses, local councils, shops, cafes and schools from Hammersmith to Hexham have volunteered to offer free school meals over half-term.

Nobody denies that Rishi Sunak did a good job during the first wave of the pandemic. But, with winter approaching, the Chancellor is increasingly showing his true colours.

PestFix - a little-known pest control firm based in Sussex, with just 16 members of staff - was given a £168.5 million contract to provide three different types of face masks in April.

“Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God,” the pontiff said.

“Dom wanted £10,000,” one government source told the FT. “He’s weirdly obsessed with massive fines.”

"This isn't a game. It's about people's lives. This is a national crisis and we won't defeat this virus on the cheap."

“We took this stand for you, we will carry on fighting for you," Andy Burnham vowed.

This is the remarkable moment Andy Burnham was shown - in the middle of his press conference - that Greater Manchester would be put into a Tier 3 lockdown on Friday, with just £22 million of support from the government.

It is likely to be little more than a symbolic rejection of the government’s plans. MPs are overwhelmingly likely to overturn the amendment when it returns to the House of Commons.

Some governments, including the UK, have “made efforts to undermine public trust in public service media, and have limited their appearances on those media, thereby minimising opportunities to be held to account”.

The amendment to continue existing arrangements had been successfully moved in the House of Lords by refugee campaigner and Labour peer Lord Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child on the Kindertransport.

"You're a nutcase. You're a complete and utter nutcase, and you're dangerous as well," Bryant said - before hanging up.

“This is simply not a tolerable situation in a civilised society, and the chancellor must know now that his proposals from a month ago have been completely overtaken by the health problems that we have," Brown s

Passengers in taxis and private cars are required to wear masks. Any failure to do so can carry a fine of £200 - stretching to £6,400 for repeated breaches.

Reverend James Thomas said that the man was “not at all mentally very well”, adding that he hopes the suspect “receives the help he requires”.

According to the HSJ, staff have been pooled on whether they would prefer a thank you card from senior management or a “Graze-style snack box” to recognise their work over the past six months.

"Rather than paying into a multi-national media company, we are paying into a charity which helps starving people in the city. The solution was obvious and the fans have shown a great deal of kindness and generosity."

Socialist candidate Luis Acre is set to win a stunning victory in Bolivia’s presidential election, exit polls suggest, capping a remarkable political comeback for the leftwing party of ousted ex-leader Evo Morales.

A mobile testing unit - which was supposed to be introduced in response to a local spike in coronavirus cases - was not deployed to the site for an “unknown reason”, a spokesperson said.

“It is ajar; we hope the EU will change their position, we’re certainly not saying that if they do change their position we can’t talk to them.”

Asked by Andrew Marr on the BBC this morning whether the extortionate spending was a good use of public money, Gove said: “Yes.”