The Future Britain Group was a group of over 150 Labour parliamentarians (around 70 peers and 80 MPs) set up in March 2019 by then-Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Tom Watson, comprising those on the centre, centre-left and soft left of the party.
[3] Since the resignation of a few Labour MPs to form TIG, and 18 February 2019 registration, Future Britain's parked-website (www.futurebritaingroup.co.uk/) just said 'Coming Soon'.
[6] Additionally, in what was seen as an attack on Jeremy Corbyn and the left wing of the party, Watson argued that Labour's front bench should be reshuffled to accommodate "social democratic and democratic socialist traditions" of the Labour Party.
[5] Kinnock said the group was set up to promote "democratic socialist values" and "achievable, possible and affordable policies".
[2] Although Jones as convener denied allegations of factionalism, or that it was "a Labour equivalent of the Tory European Research Group",[2] the group had been called a "new faction" of deputy leader Tom Watson.