Labour Party suspends Naz Shah over 'anti-Semitic Facebook post'

Labour MP Naz Shah has been suspended from the party pending an investigation into alleged anti-Semitic posts on social media, it has been announced.

Party leader Jeremy Corbyn had faced a growing clamour to take action against the Bradford West MP over a Facebook post from 2014.

In the post, Ms Shah shared a graphic showing an image of Israel's outline superimposed onto a map of the US under the headline "Solution for Israel-Palestine Conflict - Relocate Israel into United States", with the comment "problem solved".

A Labour spokesman said this afternoon: "Jeremy Corbyn and Naz Shah have mutually agreed that she is administratively suspended from the Labour Party by the General Secretary.

"Pending investigation, she is unable to take part in any party activity and the whip is removed."

Earlier today, Ms Shah used a point of order in the Commons to say she regretted the posts - made before she was elected in 2015 - and to say she was working with Jewish groups.

It came after Prime Minister David Cameron said it was "quite extraordinary" that she had not been disciplined despite Mr Corbyn telling her the remarks were "offensive and unacceptable".