Former Labour Party leader and Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn has launched a new political party.

Corbyn has issued a joint statement with Zarah Sultana, who recently quit Labour to become an independent, saying: “It’s time for a new kind of political party – one that belongs to you”.

The pair are encouraging people to sign up to get involved in what they are calling Your Party, to build “a new kind of political party – one that belongs to us all”.

Labelling the current political system as “rigged”, they are inviting supporters to an inaugural conference “to be part of the founding process”.