Labour is dead, says Zarah Sultana as she calls for patience over party launch

Co-leader of nascent leftwing party says more than 750,000 people have registered their interest

“Labour is dead” after failing to deliver for working people, Zarah Sultana said as she urged supporters of a new leftwing party she is creating to be patient and “watch this space”.

Sultana, the independent MP for Coventry South who quit Labour after losing the whip for backing a move to scrap the two-child benefit cap, is co-leader of a nascent party with Jeremy Corbyn.