The inaugural Your Party conference has descended into chaos as Zarah Sultana decried its “toxic culture”, despite Jeremy Corbyn’s plea for unity.

Ms Sultana said she would not enter the nascent left-wing party’s conference centre in Liverpool on Saturday in protest at a “witch hunt”, after one of her supporters, Kingston councillor James Giles, was denied entry.

She said she was “disappointed” people had been expelled from the party over alleged membership of the Socialist Workers Party.

Your Party denied claims of a “purge” of members, saying those pushed out were members of another national political party and had therefore broken “clearly stated membership rules”.

Former Labour MP Ms Sultana told the Press Association: “I’m disappointed to see on the morning of our founding con

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