TWO more councillors have resigned from Labour in protest at the party’s lurch to the right and its stance on the war in Gaza.

The resignations of Sefton councillors Natasha Carlin and Sean Halsall come weeks before residents of the Merseyside borough go to the polls in local elections on May 2. They will now sit as independents.

Mr Halsall, who was elected in 2019, said: “The Labour Party of 2024 feels a world away from the hope and genuine change that inspired me to campaign for the party.