Momentum’s future hangs in balance after co-chair resigns and quits Labour

Party insiders say departure of Hilary Schan could mark start of end for grassroots leftwing group

Momentum’s future is “hanging in the balance” after the leftwing grassroots group’s co-chair resigned and quit Labour to campaign for the Green party and independent candidates.

Hilary Schan said she had begun contemplating her role within Labour in October when councillors first expressed their frustrations over the leadership’s “unwillingness to show value to the humanity of Palestinian lives”.