A former head of the country's equalities watchdog has been suspended from the Labour Party over allegations of Islamophobia.
Trevor Phillips, an anti-racism campaigner who previously chaired the Equality and Human Rights Commission, faces an investigation and could be expelled from the party.
The Times reported that he is being investigated over past comments including remarks on Pakistani Muslim men sexually abusing children in northern British towns.
The paper said many of his statements date back years but that Labour's general secretary Jennie Formby suspended him as a matter of urgency to "protect the party's reputation".
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