Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn faces potential expulsion from the party after accepting a £5,000 donation from the grassroots movement We Deserve Better, PoliticsHome understands. The donation has sparked controversy within the party, with critics such as SaulStaniforth pointing out the perceived hypocrisy of Labour accepting large sums from private health firm donors while targeting Corbyn for a smaller, grassroots-funded contribution. Wes Streeting, a prominent Labour figure, has received £175,000 from donors linked to private health firms and has announced plans to expand NHS use of private health providers. OwenJones84 has also criticized the party, accusing it of factionalism and double standards.
Rank hypocrisy from Labour. They can't justify expelling @Jeremycorbyn for accepting our donation when they let 30 other Labour candidates take the same kind of donation. A desperate and transparently factional attack. Join our movement to fight back https://t.co/E0Piy7md4e https://t.co/ozex4UDvFa
❌£5,000 donation to Jeremy Corbyn from our people-powered movement funded by small donations ✅Wes Streeting taking £175,000 from donors linked to private health firms and announcing expanded NHS use of private health providers Starmer's Labour is in the pocket of lobbyists. https://t.co/zeGdbmclGY
Labour are happy to take money from right wing businessmen who expect, in return, a government which will protect their wealth and power. A grassroots campaign based on small donations to back candidates on a case by case basis? That becomes a pretext to boot out Jeremy Corbyn. https://t.co/Vn5PbTsZKH
Streeting is asked about Corbyn being threatened with expulsion from the Labour party for accepting a donation from @_we_deserve_, and says he should be Donations from people connected to private healthcare is ok, but donations from people committed to the NHS is beyond the pale https://t.co/dfzLGBAx3F
Former party leader Jeremy Corbyn faces the prospect of being excluded altogether from Labour after accepting a donation from We Deserve Better, PoliticsHome understands https://t.co/h7MmMljH6k