Jeremy Corbyn will be blocked from standing as a Labour MP at the next general election, Sir Keir Starmer will confirm at a meeting of the party’s ruling body today.

The Labour leader will propose a motion that will make clear that the National Executive Committee will not endorse his predecessor to fight for his Islington North seat.

Sir Keir ruled out the left-wing veteran standing again for Labour last month, as he insisted the party has undergone a transformation under his leadership.

Mr Corbyn called that a “flagrant attack” on his future, arguing it should be up to his constituents to decide who their candidate is.

The motion, which the NEC is expected to back, says the Islington North MP “will not be endorsed by the NEC as a candidate on behalf of the Labour Party at the next general election”.

A senior Labour source said: “Keir Starmer has made clear that Jeremy Corbyn won’t be a Labour candidate at the next general election. The Labour Party now is unrecognisable from the one that lost in 2019.

“Tuesday’s vote will confirm this and ensure we can focus on our five missions to build a better Britain.”

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Mr Corbyn was suspended from the parliamentary party in October 2020 over his reaction to a report which was critical of the party’s handling of antisemitism complaints under his leadership.

Immediately after its publication, Mr Corbyn claimed “the scale of the problem” of Labour antisemitism allegations was “dramatically overstated for political reasons by our opponents”.

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