Labour group leader Carli Harper is calling for compulsory sessions across Norwich City Council, warning she has been worried about the rise in antisemitism.

Ms Harper says she will submit her proposal to the council in the coming weeks.

It comes as the city’s ruling Greens remain embroiled in a deepening crisis sparked by their national party's vote to brand Zionism - the belief, shared by most British Jews, in a Jewish homeland - as racist.

Critics have described the position as an "attack on Jews" and say it stokes antisemitism.

Carli Harper, the leader of the Labour group at City Hall (Image: Labour)

Ms Harper said the vote was the primary factor in her decision to call for the training.

She also pointed to an incident during the spring election campaign, when a Green canvasser was accused of telling a Jewish resident that the October 7 massacre was “a........

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