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March 17, 2022

Libel | Laura Murray vs The Telegraph

17/3/22: The Telegraph has apologised and will pay "substantial" damages after falsely suggesting ex-Labour staffer Laura Murray was an “anti-Jewish racist” and part of the “vile anti-Semitism of Corbyn’s Labour”, allegations it now accepts are untrue.

17/3/22: The Telegraph has apologised and will pay “substantial” damages after falsely suggesting ex-Labour staffer Laura Murray was an “anti-Jewish racist” and part of the “vile anti-Semitism of Corbyn’s Labour”, allegations it now accepts are untrue.

The comments were made in an opinion piece by former Labour MP Ian Austin, who also apologised, in December. (Read more).

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