According to court documents the party has already spent almost £1.4m on the case and anticipates spending at least another £800,000 taking the case to trial.
The Labour Party could end up spending more than £2.2million in its legal action against five of its own former employees.
It was intended to be submitted to the equalities watchdog which had launched an investigation into allegations of antisemitism within the party at the time.Yousaf on cover of Time Magazine as he is named ‘next generation leader’ If the party were to lose the case, they would also be required to pay legal costs of the five former staff members – which would see the total cost rise further.The five employees have all repeatedly denied the accusations that have been made against them.
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