Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has announced that he is forming a new political party alongside another ex-member of Britain's ruling party.
Mr Corbyn, who lost two elections as Labour leader in 2017 and 2019, and fellow independent MP Zarah Sultana said the new outfit would be called Your Party.
"It's time for a new kind of political party. One that is rooted in our communities, trade unions and social movements," they said in a joint statement.
They called for a "mass redistribution of wealth and power" and said they would "keep demanding an end to all arms sales to Israel".
Mr Corbyn and Ms Sultana also committed to a "free and independent Palestine". It comes as Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces growing calls within Labour to recognise a Palestinian state.
It's time for a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you.
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) July 24, 2025
Sign up at https://t.co/0bhBHhWvVa. pic.twitter.com/UwjHBf4nZQ
Mr Corbyn, 76, stepped down as Labour leader after overseeing its worst result in decades, when it was trounced in the 2019 general election by the Conservatives, then led by Boris Johnson.
Labour under Mr Starmer suspended him in 2020 after he refused to fully accept the findings of a rights watchdog's probe into claims that anti-semitism had become rampant within Labour's ranks under his leadership.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission ruled the party had broken equality law when Mr Corbyn was in charge.
Mr Corbyn said anti-semitism had been "dramatically overstated for political reasons".
Last year Mr Corbyn announced he would stand as an independent in the July 2024 general election after Labour failed to put him forward as a candidate.
He was expelled from the Labour Party but still went on to win comfortably his Islington North seat in London, which he has represented for more then 40 years.
