Labour's new Islamophobia definition could be 'used to hinder police'

Labour's new Islamophobia definition could be 'used to hinder police'

Labour's plans for an official definition of Islamophobia will be used to object to police investigating Muslims for criminal offences, a lawyer claimed.Prior to her resignation earlier this month, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner set up a group to advise the Government on "appropriate and sensitive language" to use when discussing "unacceptable treatment, prejudice and discrimination against Muslims".Tom Cross KC has however, said the…