Jeremy Corbyn ’s new left-wing movement, Your Party, has rejected him as leader, opting instead for a collective leadership model.

During a tense inaugural conference in Liverpool members voted against having a single elected leader, voting for the party to be led by "ordinary members" not MPs .

Mr Corbyn previously said he backed the "sole leader" model and would stand for the position.

The decision of a joint leadership model sided with Mr Corbyn’s rival, Zarah Sultana , who boycotted the conference's first day amid a row over expulsions.

The former Labour MP said she had “fought for maximum member democracy since day one” and described the decision as “exciting”.

She said: “Together, we're building a new socialist party - radically democratic and powered by a mass movemen

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