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PA Staff & Aaron Morris

Fresh calls to allow Jeremy Corbyn to stand for Labour at next General Election

Sir Keir Starmer has faced fresh demands to pave the way for Jeremy Corbyn to stand as a Labour candidate at the next general election.

Former Labour leader Mr Corbyn remains a party member but sits in the Commons as an Independent MP, after having the whip withdrawn due to his response to an Equality and Human Rights Commission report into antisemitism in the party.

But some party delegates have forced a vote on a proposed rule change in a bid to allow Mr Corbyn (Islington North) to be re-selected as a Labour candidate.

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