An independent group of councillors have expressed anger after a new party was formed by ex-Labour party members under a similar name. On Thursday, 20 members of Broxtowe Borough Council in Nottinghamshire,

Labour councillors from Broxtowe Borough Council resigned from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s party on Wednesday, declaring they “can no longer be in a party that has abandoned

Twenty Labour councillors have quit the party in protest at its direction under the leadership of Sir Keir Starmer, accusing the prime minister of having "abandoned traditional Labour values".

The newly-formed Broxtowe Independents said "with a heavy heart" that they can "no longer be in a party that has abandoned traditional Labour values under Sir Keir Starmer's leadership".

Twenty Labour councillors at Broxtowe BC, including the leader, have resigned from the party, accusing it of "abandoning traditional values" under the

Labour has lost control of one of its key Nottinghamshire councils with just months to go until the local elections after 20 people quit the party. A shock announcement by longstanding council leader Milan Radulovic also means that Labour is no longer the party of either administration or opposition at Nottinghamshire County Council.