Frank Field MP resigns Labour whip over anti-Semitism row

Frank Field has resigned the Labour whip, accusing the party leadership of becoming "a force for anti-Semitism in British politics".The prominent backbencher said he was quitting to stand as an "independent Labour" MP because of a "series of attempts" by leader Jeremy Corbyn to deny previous statements were anti-Semitic.Mr Field said soldiers fought in the Second World War to "banish these views" but that the Labour leadership was "doing nothing substantive" to address the "erosion of our core v