'Exasperation' over row between senior Your Party figures

FORMER Labour MP Beth Winter, a senior figure involved in Your Party, the new political party involving Jeremy Corbyn, has said she is "exasperated" by a row between him and Zarah Sultana.

- RUTH MOSALSKI

The new political party does not yet have an official name but is being called "Your Party" in campaign material.

Ms Winter is involved in a company linked to the party called MOU Operations Ltd.

The latest row between the two former Labour figures Ms Sultana and Mr Corbyn comes after an email went out to supporters inviting people to sign up for full membership for £5 a month or £55 a year.

Ms Sultana had posted online asking people to join as paid-up members and claimed more than 20,000 people had signed up.

In a statement on Thursday, Ms Sultana said she had launched a membership portal to allow supporters to "continue to engage and organise".

She insisted it was "in line with the road map set out to members" and was "a safe, secure, legitimate portal for the party".

She also said membership funds were being held by a company set up by the party to safeguard money until its founding conference.

But in a statement, Mr Corbyn said the emails were "unauthorised" and should be ignored, while any direct debits set up should be "immediately cancelled".

On Sunday, Ms Sultana said she was "determined to reconcile" and acknowledged that people felt "demoralised" after the row.