LEFT MP John McDonnell and leading lawyer Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC have urged the Charity Commission to reopen its investigation into the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA).

In a letter to the commission’s chief executive Helen Stephenson, the MP said he found “it difficult to accept” it had not undertaken a “thorough and comprehensive” investigation into the group’s charitable status.

He cited the evidence presented to the body on “the political behaviour” of the CAA and referred to "serious complaints" meriting a "thorough and comprehensive investigation of the organisation’s charitable status."