'Hierarchy of racism' fears threaten Starmer's hopes of Labour unity

After the antisemitism rows of the Corbyn era, there are concerns that black voters are now being pushed away

When Keir Starmer approved apologies and six-figure damages last month for former Labour officials who had accused the party of antisemitism, he probably hoped to draw a line under a damaging issue that had dogged the party under its former leader Jeremy Corbyn.

But rather than solving Labour's problems, the settlements - regarded by some on the party's left as principally about repudiating Corbyn's leadership - could transform one racism row into another.