Zarah Sultana says new party is aiming to ‘run government’

Zarah Sultana has said her new left-wing political party founded with Jeremy Corbyn is aiming at “running” the government despite high-profile splits emerging in the movement.

The Coventry South MP left the Labour Party in July to form a new group, operating under the temporary name Your Party, which she said was a “40-year project” and not a protest.

Her comments follow a difficult start for the party – which has attracted hundreds of thousands of sign-ups – but has been dominated by rows over leadership, finances and even its name.

Speaking to BBC’s Political Thinking with Nick Robinson, the MP said she wanted to “change people’s lives for the better”, which requires “winning state power”.