Jeremy Corbyn poses outside Islington Town Hall, north London, after handing in his nomination papers for the General Election on July 4, June 5, 2024
Birmingham’s striking bin workers and supporters bring waste sites to a standstill
PROGRESSIVE independent MPs today formally constituted themselves as a new parliamentary group to fight for peace, equality and democracy “in a Parliament of despair.”
The five MPs formed the Independent Alliance, which will be the joint fifth-largest group in the house, alongside Reform UK and the Democratic Unionist Party.
The group, which includes former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, will now have greater opportunities to ask Commons questions and intervene.
Corbyn and Sultana commit to launching new socialist party
If Labour MPs who rebelled over the welfare reforms expected to be listened to, they shouldn’t have underestimated the vindictiveness of the Starmer regime. But a new left party that might rehome them is yet to be established, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Starmer doubles down on witch hunt by suspending the whip from Diane Abbott
