Jeremy Corbyn 'To Set Up New Left-Wing Party' With Former Labour MP

Zarah Sultana is setting up a new party with Jeremy Corbyn.Jeremy Corbyn is reportedly to set up a new left-wing party alongside a former Labour MP.Zarah Sultana, who lost the Labour whip a year ago and currently sits in the Commons as an independent, announced the move in a statement posted on X.The Coventry South MP said other independent MPs would also be joining the new party.She said: “Today, after 14 years, I am resigning from the Labour Party.“Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.“Westminster is broken but the real crisis is deeper. Just 50 families now own more wealth than half the UK population. Poverty is growing, inequality is obscene and the two-party system offers nothing but managed decline and broken promises.”Sultana, who was first elected as a Labour MP in 2019, had the Labour whip removed last July after she voted against the government to back the lifting of the two-child benefit cap.She said Labour had “completely failed to improve people’s lives”, which had led to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK leading in the polls.She added: “We are not going to take this any more. We’re not an island of strangers, we’re an island that’s suffering. We need homes and lives we can actually afford, not rip-off bills we pay every month to a tiny elite bathing in cash. We need our money spent on public services, not forever wars.“In 2029 the choice will be stark: socialism or barbarism. Billionaires already have three parties fighting for them. It’s time the rest of us had one. Join us. The time is now.”Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: https://t.co/MAwVBrHOzHpic.twitter.com/z91p0CkXW0— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) July 3, 2025Corbyn, who led Labour to election defeat in 2017 and 2019, hinted that a new party was in the offing on ITV’s Peston programme on Wednesday evening.He said: ”That grouping [of independents] will come together, there will be an alternative.”He is yet to respond publicly to Sultana’s statement – and according to some reports, her announcement took him by surprise.Related...Huge Blow To Starmer As Labour Falls To Its Lowest Poll Rating Since The Corbyn EraIs Kemi Badenoch At Risk Of Becoming The Tories' Jeremy Corbyn?Jeremy Corbyn Defeats Labour To Win In Islington North

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