Why seven MPs are quitting Labour

The Independent Group will sit together and vote as a separate block in Commons

The Independent Group
Luciana Berger and Chuka Umunna at press conference to announce new breakaway group
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Seven Labour MPs have left the party over Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of the anti-Semitism row and Brexit policy.

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