Jeremy Corbyn will be blocked from standing as a Labour MP at the next general election, Sir Keir Starmer will confirm at a meeting of the party’s ruling body today.
The Labour leader will propose a motion that will make clear that the National Executive Committee will not endorse his predecessor to fight for his Islington North seat.
The move has been branded a “venal and duplicitous act” by Momentum, the left-wing grassroots group set up in the wake of Mr Corbyn’s leadership victory.
Sir Keir ruled out the veteran MP standing again for Labour last month, as he insisted the party has undergone a transformation since he took over.
The motion, which the NEC is expected to back, says the Islington North MP “will not be endorsed by the NEC as a candidate on behalf of the Labour Party at the next general election”.
A senior Labour source said: “Keir Starmer has made clear that Jeremy Corbyn won’t be a Labour candidate at the next general election. The Labour Party now is unrecognisable from the one that lost in 2019.
“Tuesday’s vote will confirm this and ensure we can focus on our five missions to build a better Britain.”
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Mr Corbyn was suspended from the parliamentary party in October 2020 over his reaction to a report which was critical of the party’s handling of antisemitism complaints under his leadership.
Immediately after its publication, Mr Corbyn claimed “the scale of the problem” of Labour antisemitism allegations was “dramatically overstated for political reasons by our opponents”.
Last month he called plans to ban him from running as a Labour MP a “flagrant attack” on his future, arguing it should be up to his constituents to decide who their candidate is.
A Momentum spokesperson said: “We utterly condemn this venal and duplicitous act from Keir Starmer, which further divides the Labour Party and insults the millions of people inspired by Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.”
