YOUR PARTY MP Zarah Sultana has backed an electoral pact with the Green Party to stop Reform UK leader Nigel Farage becoming prime minister.

The Coventry South MP told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg today: “I think it’s important that voters have a choice and that they are able to look at the left of politics, given the fact that the Labour Party has left the scene, and see multiple parties that are speaking to their interests.”

Asked if she would work with Green leader Zack Polanski and defect from the new party, the former Labour MP said: “I think there has to be conversations around electoral alliances. We have to look at the next election where the goal has to be to stop Nigel Farage from getting the keys to Downing Street.

“But fundamentally we are different parties: we are a socialist party. We’re a party that is going to represent the working class, that isn’t shy about talking about material issues affecting workers.”

Ms Sultana also called for a referendum on the monarchy.

“When you’ve got a royal family with a sovereign grant that will increase to £132 million next year, and you’ve got Prince Andrew who’s had £12 million of taxpayers’ money to fund his legal costs — a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein — we need to have a referendum on the monarchy and talk about democratising society as well,” se said.

Asked if she would campaign to abolish the monarchy, the Your Party MP said: “Absolutely. I’m a republican.”

Your Party’s inaugural conference last week voted narrowly against having a single elected leader, opting instead for a collective model that puts a committee of members in charge.