Ms Ali was due to stand as an MP in the Falkirk seat in Scotland in the general election. However, Labour decided to remove her as a candidate in the Scottish constituency after they were informed of anti-Semitic posts on an old Facebook page. Falkirk was won by the Labour Party in 2010 but has been an SNP constituency from 2015.

The Scottish Labour general secretary Michael Sharpe said: “I deeply regret the people of the Falkirk constituency will no longer have a Labour candidate to campaign and vote for on December 12.

“There is no place for anti-Semitism, or any form of racism and bigotry, in our party. That is why Labour is taking robust action to root it out of our movement and wider society.”

The Labour Party has also said: “We are campaigning to get Labour MPs elected across Scotland and elect a Labour government to end austerity and invest £100 billion in Scotland’s public services, people and communities over the next 10 years.”

In an interview on Tuesday with Andrew Neil, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was asked four times whether he would like to apologise to the British Jewish community, but he declined.

This comes at the country’s chief rabbi has warned the “very soul of our nation” would be at stake if Corbyn were to clinch the election.

Ephraim Mirvis delivered the warning ahead of Britons going to the poll on December 12 that “the overwhelming majority of British Jews are gripped by anxiety”.

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Speaking on the issue, a Labour Party spokesman said: “Jeremy Corbyn is a lifelong campaigner against anti-Semitism and has made absolutely clear it has no place in our party and society and that no one who engages in it does so in his name.

“A Labour Government will guarantee the security of the Jewish community, defend and support the Jewish way of life, and combat rising anti-Semitism in our country and across Europe.”

The Scottish Tories have withdrawn support for their Glasgow Central candidate Flora Scarabello for allegedly using Islamophobic language.

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A spokesman said: “We take allegations like this extremely seriously.

“There is no place in the Scottish Conservatives for anti-Muslim language, or any other form of racial or religious discrimination.

“As such, we have immediately suspended the candidate and the complaint will be thoroughly investigated.”

The Equality and Human Rights Commission continue to investigate the Labour Party over its handling of anti-semitism allegations.

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