Suspended Labour MP Zarah Sultana has announced she is starting a new party with former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Sultana, stripped of the Labour whip last year for backing a move to scrap the two-child benefit cap, said she was also resigning from the party after 14 years of membership.
The MP for Coventry South said the new party would be formed with other independent MPs, campaigners and activists, aiming to challenge a “broken” Westminster system.
The BBC has approached Corbyn, who led Labour into the 2017 and 2019 elections, for comment.
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