Disgraced ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that 200,000 people have joined his new hard-left Your Party in under 24 hours.
Corbyn, who made the bombshell announcement yesterday, has been documenting the surge in grassroots support on social media.
Supporters can sign up to join Your Party, which is being co-led with Zarah Sultana, for free.
There is a separate option to donate to Your Party ahead of an inaugural conference.
Despite not requiring any donation to join, Your Party is now closing in on Reform UK’s 230,000-strong membership.
Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain appeared to try to motivate potential supporters to sign up by sharing Reform UK’s membership tracker, adding: “Let’s do this.”
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NHS workers reject pay offer as union calls for ‘urgent meeting’ with Streeting
NHS staff who form part of the GMB union have voted to reject the pay award offered for 2025/26.
Union members in England voted by 67 per cent majority to reject the offer.
GMB has now written to Health Secretary Wes Streeting calling for an urgent meeting to discuss pay and other issues for members across the NHS and ambulance services.
Rachel Harrison, National Secretary at the union, said: “GMB members in England have voted by a 67 per cent majority to reject the pay award offered for 2025/26.
“Our National NHS and Ambulance Committees met on Thursday, July 24, to discuss the ballot results and determine what the next steps should be.
“Today, we have written to the Secretary of State, Wes Streeting, asking him to meet with us to discuss pay and other issues of significant importance to GMB members. We await his reply with interest.”
Technology secretary says Labour correcting ’14 years of mismanagement’ under Tory Government regarding doctors’ pay as strike begins
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said Labour are “in the process of correcting” years of “mismanagement” under the Conservative Government regarding doctors’ pay as a five-day strike gets underway.
The Hove and Portsdale MP told GB News: “We have delivered the fairness that the public expect of us, that patients require of us and we accept that under the 14 years of mismanagement that went before that we were issues with regards to pay which we are now in the process of correcting.
“What is not fair is the expectation that you can negotiate a 28.9 per cent increase over three years and then straight come back for more.
“That is not in the interest of the NHS, it is not in the interest of patients themselves.”
He added that doctors are being “poorly led” by British Medical Association (BMA).
“I hope those doctors will think very carefully about the interest of the patients they are there to serve”, the MP told the People’s Channel.
‘Let’s tax the billionaires’ says Corbyn as he joins Birmingham bin strike picket line
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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has joined Birmingham bin workers on the picket line this morning as they continue to strike over pay.
Members of the Unite union began strike action in March.
Corbyn called for billionaires to be taxed and instead to “give to those who keep our country running”.
The MP wrote in a post to X: “I’m in Birmingham this morning to join bin workers on the picket line.
“No worker should face an £8,000 cut to their pay. An injury to one is an injury to all. Let’s tax the billionaires and give to those who keep our country running!”
Corbyn’s visit to Birmingham comes after he confirmed plans to create a new political party with Zarah Sultana.
Among his policies he said the party will tax the richest in the UK.
PM to have emergency call with German and French leaders on ‘unspeakable’ Gaza situation
Sir Keir Starmer will have an emergency call with German and French leaders today after condemning the “unspeakable and indefensible” humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
It comes after President Emmanuel Macron confirmed France will recognise Palestine as a state.
It will make his country the first G7 nation – a group of the world’s seven largest advanced economies – to do so in a move he said he would formalise at the UN General Assembly in September.
Starmer is facing pressure to follow suit, including from Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey who said Britain “should be leading on this, not falling behind”.
London Mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan, has also called for immediate recognition, while the Trades Union Congress have pushed for formal recognition of Palestine “not in a year’s time or two years’ time – but now”.
An official statement from the Prime Minister on Thursday, July 24, he said: “The suffering and starvation unfolding in Gaza is unspeakable and indefensible.
“While the situation has been grave for some time, it has reached new depths and continues to worsen. We are witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe.
“I will hold an emergency call with E3 [Germany and France] partners tomorrow, where we will discuss what we can do urgently to stop the killing and get people the food they desperately need while pulling together all the steps necessary to build a lasting peace.”
Trump braces for ‘anti-far-right’ protests in Scotland as police ready ‘significant operation’
Donald Trump braces for ‘anti-far-right’ protests in Scotland as police ready ‘significant operation’
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Donald Trump braces for “anti-far-right” protests in Scotland as police ready a “significant operation”.
The US President is expected to touch down in the UK for a four-day trip, visiting his golf resorts at Turnberry on the Ayrshire coast and Menie in Aberdeenshire.
The White House has described the visit as a “private” trip and confirmed he will meet Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and First Minister John Swinney.
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