A fresh row has erupted between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations to the leftwing Your Party, deepening months of political infighting between their camps.
Sultana offered to transfer £600,000 from MOU Operations Ltd, a company set up earlier this year to handle early donations, but Corbyn allies rejected the offer, accusing her of playing “political games” with supporters’ money. Your Party officials had been seeking about £800,000 from the company, even threatening legal action.
Sultana, who recently took sole control of MOU Operations, proposed returning £600,000, arguing the rest should be retained for future legal or administrative expenses. A spokesperson for Sultana said the first £200,000 is scheduled for transfer on 12 November, with remaining funds to follow once liabilities are settled. However, Your Party officials are understood to be rejecting this offer, insisting the full £850,000 collected in the party’s early weeks should be repaid.
The dispute centres on whether Sultana should also hand over a separate pot of about £500,000 collected after she launched an unauthorised membership portal on 18 September. Corbyn allies believe Sultana may be holding back funds to fight a leadership contest, while her supporters say some money must be reserved for potential refunds to early donors.
The row comes ahead of Your Party’s first national conference in Liverpool later this month, where members will approve a draft constitution and elect a 21-member executive. Sultana’s allies want funds transferred before the event to avoid scaling it back.
The feud has simmered since Sultana resigned from Labour in July to co-found Your Party with Corbyn. Corbyn supporters see him as the only figure with a national profile to lead the party, while Sultana’s camp highlights her strong online following, including nearly 490,000 TikTok followers compared to Corbyn’s 280,000.
