The former Labour leader is distributing leaflets in Islington North constituency calling for the welfare limit to be scrapped, in challenge to Sir Keir Starmer.
has been running a local campaign against the two-child benefits cap in a fresh sign that he could stand against Labour in his constituency at the next election.has seen leaflets distributed on behalf of the now-independent MP for Islington North, in which he calls for the limit to be scrapped.
It stands in contrast to Labour policy after Sir Keir Starmer in July confirmed the party in government would not immediately repeal the two-child benefit cap introduced by former Conservative chancellor George Osborne as part of his austerity programme. Mr Corbyn, who remains a member of the Labour Party but sits as an independent after losing the whip in the wake of anti-Semitism rows, has been told he will not be able to stand for Labour in his Islington North constituency at the general election.
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