Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in talks to start new political party


FILE PHOTO: Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn attends a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in London, Britain, July 6, 2024. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -The former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced on Friday he was in talks to start a new political party because Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government had "refused to deliver the change" that voters expected during its first year in office.

Labour suspended Corbyn in 2020 and then kicked him out of the party following a report into how anti-Semitism complaints were handled under his leadership.

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