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McCluskey warns Labour could lose trade union support to new party

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 Len McCluskey talks on stage during a live debate, at the Labour Live event at White Hart Lane Recreation Ground, north London, June 16, 2019

LABOUR could lose trade union support to a new party of the left, former union leader Len McCluskey has warned.

Mr McCluskey, general secretary of Unite the union from 2011 to 2021, told GB News that the new party called for by independent MPs Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn could prove attractive to disillusioned trade unionists.

“If this new party demonstrates it’s credible, then trade unions will consider their affiliations,” he said.

“If the new party proves credible, then I will join it, I will campaign for it and I will urge individuals and trade unions to give their support.

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Jeremy Corbyn addresses meeting on formation of new leftwing party

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/15/jeremy-corbyn-addresses-meeting-new-leftwing-party-collective

Exclusive: Ex-Labour leader gives speech at event where organisers say they aim to start party named Collective

Jeremy Corbyn has addressed a meeting for a new leftwing political party named Collective attended by the former Unite general secretary Len McCluskey and a number of former independent candidates.

Key figures in the group said they hoped the party would act as an incubator for future leaders who could replace Corbyn as a figurehead of the left, and aim to contest seats at the next general election.

At the private meeting on Sunday, where Corbyn gave the opening speech, founders said they would begin drawing up democratic structures for a new party to launch.

A source close to Corbyn said his attendance was not an official endorsement and that he had attended the meeting to “listen to and share a variety of views about the way forward for the left”.

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