Labour focused on appeasing Reform, not beating them, says Jeremy Corbyn

Former Labour leader says his new party will inspire hope, not fear, and promises to reset broken' political system

• Jeremy Corbyn: This Labour government has failed. People want real transformative politics - we will give it to them

Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Labour government of appeasing" Reform UK by scapegoating" migrants and minorities for its own domestic policy failures, saying his new leftwing political party would take on Nigel Farage instead.

The veteran leftwing MP, who confirmed last week he was launching a new, as yet unnamed, movement with former Labour MP Zarah Sultana, said British politics was at a critical juncture" with the rise of rightwing populism. He said he saw their role as providing hope, not fear.