The Independent Group for Change, the party established by centrist MPs defecting from the two main parties, is being closed down, with its leader saying it was “better to have fought and lost than never to have fought at all”. The party, started by disillusioned Labour MPs in February, unsuccessfully stood three candidates in the general election, with all losing out to their previous parties. She said they had hoped “more Labour and Conservative MPs would share our courage and leave their respective political parties”. Five of its MPs, including Umunna and Berger, quit the party to join the Liberal Democrats. She said it would contact the Electoral Commission to deregister as a political party.

Source: The Guardian December 19, 2019 18:34 UTC