Independent Alliance (UK)
Independent Alliance | |
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| Founders | |
| Founded | 2 September 2024 |
| Ideology | Pro-Palestinianism Anti-austerity politics Antimilitarism |
| Colours | Green White Black Red |
| House of Commons | 5 / 650 |
| Website | |
| independentalliance | |
The Independent Alliance is a parliamentary faction in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom comprising five members of Parliament (MPs) who were elected as independents. The group is not a political party.
The Independent Alliance was formed on 2 September 2024 by Jeremy Corbyn, formerly leader of the Labour Party, alongside Shockat Adam, Adnan Hussain, Ayoub Khan and Iqbal Mohamed. All five members were elected as independent MPs in the 2024 general election. The group was created partly to gain more speaking time in Parliament.
At five MPs, the Independent Alliance is currently the joint fifth-largest grouping in the House of Commons, tied with Reform UK and the Democratic Unionist Party.
The group opposes austerity, the two-child benefit cap, the sale of arms to Israel and the abolition of the winter fuel allowance for most pensioners.