Corbyn’s new party — what changes?

Lucy Lydekker
Sep 6, 2024
2 min read

Updated: Sep 16, 2024

Strictly speaking, this is not a political party. Together with four other independents elected in July’s general election— Adnan Hussain, Iqbal Mohamed, Ayoub Khan, and Shockat Adam— the former Labour leader from 2015 to 2020 Jeremy Corbyn has formed a parliamentary group known as The Independent Alliance.

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