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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Jeremy Corbyn to form alliance with four independent pro-Gaza MPs

Jeremy Corbyn speaking on election night after being elected
Jeremy Corbyn was elected as an independent MP for Islington North after being barred from standing as a Labour candidate. Photograph: Jon Rowley/EPA

Jeremy Corbyn is to form an official parliamentary alliance with four independent MPs who were elected on pro-Gaza platforms – issuing a call for more MPs to join.

The group will have the same number of MPs as Reform UK and the Democratic Unionist party, who each have five MPs, and more than the Green party and Plaid Cymru on four.

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