SOCIALIST MP Claudia Webbe confirmed today that she will fight her Leicester East seat in the general election as an independent candidate.

She pledged to place people and planet over profit and work for justice for her diverse working-class constituency in the city she was born and raised in.

Elected for Labour in 2019, Ms Webbe now sits as an independent in an area marked by violent disturbances between communities in 2022. 

She said: “I have shown that I will not stand by silent while division and damage is done to Leicester East and the needs of the people ignored or injustice is perpetrated elsewhere in our name.

“After so many years of cuts and cruelty in this country, and wars overseas, the needs of ordinary people in Leicester East have never been greater,” Ms Webbe said, saying that it requires an MP “who will genuinely stand up for them and what they care about, and not serve narrow party agendas or corporate donors.”

 “My track record as MP for Leicester East shows that I understand their concerns and that I will work for the issues they care about, from low pay and exploitation in the garment industry and the closure of local services, to protecting access to NHS doctors, to speaking out for justice in Palestine, calling for a lasting, permanent ceasefire in Gaza,” she said.

 “With the support of the people of Leicester East, I will continue to campaign tirelessly for real change, real justice and a reversal of the inequality that has enriched a few while the many struggle.”