Is Jeremy Corbyn preparing to launch a new party?

Former Labour leader being urged to run under the banner of his charity at next election

Jeremy Corbyn
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Jeremy Corbyn could establish his own political party after privately accepting that his suspension as a Labour MP will never be revoked.

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.