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Is Labour’s witch-hunt breaking the law?
Rumoured use of election data to carry out Labour purge could be a breach of Data Protection Act
LABOUR’S attempts to weed out “infiltrators” from its leadership election could be in breach of data protection laws, lawyers warned yesterday.
Candidates Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Jeremy Corbyn and Liz Kendall met acting leader Harriet Harman after Mr Burnham’s campaign raised concerns that thousands of people opposed to Labour remained eligible to vote.
Some members believe they have been targeted specifically for supporting leftwinger Mr Corbyn.
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