Dozens of former Republican party officials have held talks to discuss forming a new centre-right party that will break with Donald Trump, Reuters reports.

More than 120 people were on a Zoom call last Friday, the report says - including former elected Republicans, former ambassadors and strategists, and former officials in the administrations of Ronald Reagan, both Bushes, and Trump himself.

They are concerned at the grip Trump still appears to have on the party, according to Evan McMullin, who told Reuters he hosted the call. McMullin was chief policy director for the House Republican Conference and ran as an independent in the 2016 presidential election.

The plans - which remain at an early stage - would involve running candidates in some races but also endorsing centre-right candidates in other races, regardless of whether they are Republicans, independents or Democrats, the report said.

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