Jeremy Corbyn has condemned a former Labour MP who appeared to say he had lost respect for the Jewish community following the anti-Semitism row engulfing the party.

The party leader also vowed to take action against anyone who behaves in an anti-Semitic way as he visited a bus firm in Falkirk during a four-day stint in Scotland.

Jim Sheridan has been suspended from Labour following a complaint about a social media post.

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The former Paisley and Renfrewshire North MP, now a councillor in Renfrewshire, is under investigation over the comments, in which he is reported to have expressed a loss of "respect and empathy" for the Jewish community.

Mr Corbyn said: "It's completely wrong what he (Jim Sheridan) said. He did withdraw it later on, he has been suspended from membership, there will be an independent investigation - independent of me that is - so I can't comment any further.

"We do not tolerate anti-Semitism in any form, in our party or anywhere in our society."

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He added: "The NEC, our party, our party members, are fully aware of that and we take action against anyone who behaves in an anti-Semitic way."

The Labour leader has come under increasing pressure over a number of issues linked to anti-Semitism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the party's definition of anti-Semitism, his 2014 visit to a Palestinian cemetery in Tunisia and meetings with those connected to the Palestinian cause.

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Mr Corbyn said he could not remember having dinner with Hamas chief Khaled Mashal in Gaza in 2010 despite reports of him recounting such a meeting in a column for the Morning Star newspaper.

He said: "A takeaway dinner? I don't remember any takeaway dinners.

"I have met many people from many aspects of the Palestinian cause as a way of bringing about dialogue, as a way of bringing about peace."