Home Office promises full investigation after word Israel defaced on babys birth certificate [Video]

A Home Office contractor has launched a “full investigation” into allegations the word Israel was defaced on a baby’s birth certificate when it was submitted with a passport application.

Private company Sopra Steria said it was “shocked and saddened” by the allegations and is treating the incident with “the utmost seriousness”.

It comes after Home Secretary James Cleverly said staff had been suspended by a “commercial partner” and that the Home Office had launched an urgent review into the claims.

The certificate was sent off as part of a passport application two weeks ago and returned on Monday with the father’s place of birth “scribbled out” and the document torn, charity the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) said.

Sopra Steria told the PA news agency on Thursday: “We are shocked and saddened by these reports and are working closely with …