MP quits Labour to set up new party with Jeremy Corbyn
Former Labour MP fires parting shot at government in resignation
- Independent MP Zarah Sultana has announced her intention to co-lead a new political party alongside Jeremy Corbyn.
- Ms Sultana resigned from the Labour Party, having had her whip suspended last year for voting to abolish the two-child benefit cap.
- The new political initiative is set to include other independent MPs, campaigners, and activists from across the country.
- Sultana criticised the existing political landscape, arguing that the two-party system leads to "managed decline and broken promises".
- She protested against the government’s policies on social welfare and shared her opposition to the two-child benefit cap and cuts to winter fuel payments.