The Tory frontrunner, who will become the UK's new Prime Minister next week if he defeats Jeremy Hunt in the leadership race, is said to have told aides to prepare for an election as early as next summer.

The two leaders clashed angrily in Mrs May's penultimate Prime Minister's questions on the day 60 Labour peers took out a full-page newspaper advert criticising Mr Corbyn.

Boris Johnson goaded the Labour leader that he had abandoned his long-standing Euroscepticism as he claimed that the Tories were now the only ones 'on the side of the people'.

Jeremy Corbyn has refused to launch a vote of no confidence against Boris Johnson after Jo Swinson urged the Labour leader to join forces with her to bring down the government.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted about No Deal Brexit and flooding this morning, but did not mention the humiliating result in Wales.

The Shadow Chancellor said he would be 'sending Jeremy Corbyn in a cab to Buckingham Palace', at an event at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Some 48 per cent of people said they would rather the country left the EU without an agreement than for the Labour leader to get into Downing Street, the YouGov poll found.

Jeremy Corbyn wrote to opposition parties and Tory rebels inviting the SNP, the Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru, the Greens, Change UK and five Conservatives to am August 27 meeting to stop No Deal.

Boris Johnson laid down the gauntlet last night by demanding Jeremy Corbyn approves a poll on December 12, saying it is the only way to resolve the Brexit 'nightmare'.

Lord Mandelson (pictured) fires a broadside at Labour's 'statist' economic policies. He also launched a brutal attack on leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Boris Johnson met Jeremy Corbyn for crisis talks this morning in an effort to agree a timetable for passing the deal.

The Labour leader said he was not in favour of such a vote 'anytime soon' but did not rule one out in the future. Scottish Secretary Alister Jack accused him of 'already flirting with the SNP'.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn laid out a platform of tax hikes for the better-off and nationalisation of key industries in his first keynote speech of the contest.

Emily Thornberry was left scrabbling to defend Labour's commitment to spending billions renewing the Trident system given that Jeremy Corbyn has openly said he would never use it.

Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner conceded that the Labour leader was not proving universally popular 'on the doorstep' as party activists canvas ahead of the December 12 vote.

Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of plotting to take a 'sledgehammer to the UK economy' after unveiling an extraordinary hard-Left manifesto, vowing to tear up the 'political establishment'.

Millionaire popstar Lily Allen reacted to today's unveiling of the Labour Party general election manifesto by 'welling up' in a bizarre video which sparked ridicule after she posted it on Twitter .

Labour activists admitted Jeremy Corbyn 's performance in a BBC interview was 'truly horrific' as they vowed to 'push positive messages' to try and deflect from the 'awful' appearance.

In an interview with Tehran-backed channel Press TV - since banned from operating in the UK - he attacks the British broadcaster's coverage of issues in the Middle East.

A video posted on the Labour leader's Twitter feed shows flowers beside the roadsign in the capital, to a soundtrack of Jeremy Corbyn condemning Western wars and emotional music.

The opposition leader apologised in a bad-tempered exchange live on This Morning after being pressed by host Philip Schofield.

The Labour leader (pictured) was asked by Julie Etchingham if he sits down with his family to watch the monarch's annual 3pm address, but failed to give a clear answer when pressed.

Labour's bible, the New Statesman magazine, has refused to endorse Jeremy Corbyn at the general election as it branded him 'unfit to be prime minister'.

The now Labour leader is seen shaking hands with Sheikh Raed Salah after a 2012 talk in which he referred to him as a an 'honoured citizen' and invited him him to tea in the House of Commons.

Former Arsenal defender turned football pundit Lee Dixon has been savaged by Corbynistas on Twitter after saying he wasn't voting for Labour, despite saying he is voting for the Greens.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was outraged when she saw pictures of Mr Corbyn with his arm around his Hartlepool candidate during a rally in Middlesbrough yesterday.

Countdown's Rachel Riley tweeted 'love you Britain' as Jeremy Corbyn faced poll humiliation, last night. Meanwhile the editor of the Jewish Chronicle said the relief and gratitude is 'palpable'.

Both Mr Starmer and Ms Long-Bailey are at 3/1 to become leader if Mr Corbyn steps down as expected with Yvette Cooper in second position at 8/1, according to Ladbrokes.

Ex-Wakefield MP Mary Creagh said she confronted the outgoing Labour leader and told to 'apologise for what he'd done', after spotting him while in parliament to clear out her office.

Labour's vote share fell by almost eight per cent in the 2019 election compared to the poll two years ago and one fifth of those who defected this year cited the party's Brexit strategy.

Former Labour MP for Barnsley East Michael Dugher took to Twitter after Jeremy Corbyn's New Year message to compare the leader to Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda.

Jeremy Corbyn waded into the furious row over the royal couple with a spokeswoman saying he understood how coverage could have a 'negative impact on people'.

Morbidly obese Paul Stevenson, 38, couldn't walk ten steps and barely left his home for four years after his weight ballooned. He now works as a porter at the Royal Derby Hospital.

Residents living near the 'forbidden city' in Pyongyang have been faced with the measure to stop them snooping on Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un as he works (file photo).

JACK DOYLE: While the Tories realise that if they fail to deliver Brexit, they will be electorally dead, Labour is convinced that it must champion Remain voters to survive.

The senior minister told the Daily Mail the Prime Minister would fight in court to try to find a way around the law forcing him to extend the October 31 Brexit deadline.

The Tribune group of moderate Labour MPs said they were 'shocked' by claims made in a Panorama documentary 'about the handling of antisemitism complaints'.

Serena Williams tops Forbes' list of highest-paid female athletes for the fourth year in a row after amassing a huge £24million in 12 months.

The BGT host looked casual in a pair of tracksuit bottoms while his former PA looked chic in a khaki-hued jacket with a contrasting black collar

Josh, 21, who boasts a £250,000 collection of rare motorcycles features in tomorrow's episode of Rich Kids Go Skint on Channel 5, where he spent three nights sleeping rough in London.

EXCLUSIVE: The landlord said he received a booking for the apartment in Notting Hill, London at around 9pm on April 18, and warned that only two people could be inside the property at once.

CCTV footage showing thieves steal a motorbike in just seconds has led to a clampdown on a gang linked to a string of motorbike thefts across Leeds.

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visited a climbing centre in Leeds and was quick to slip off his jacket and scale the wall - a day after Theresa May boogied to Abba's Dancing Queen.

The Labour leader performed the viral dance move at the Pride of Britain awards last night, leading to some to suggest a dance-off between the party leaders to decide a general election.

Millions of pieces of space junk are whizzing around the planet at around 20,000 miles per hour - providing a threat to future rockets and space craft. Chinese experts may have a solution.

Furious former Labour MPs have lashed out at Jeremy Corbyn after he signalled he would be willing to scrap the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent if he becomes prime minister.

She's trying for a baby with boyfriend Ben Panangian.

Nicole Kidman, 52, and Margot Robbie, 29, have landed a spot on Forbes' Rich List, for highest-paid actresses of 2019.

The 47-year-old former WWE World Champion earned a whopping $89.4 million before taxes while the 35-year-old star of The Avengers was paid $56 million according to Forbes.

DAN HODGES: I'm in Bolsover, the sort of seat where they once needed scales to measure the size of the Labour vote.Local MP Dennis 'The Beast' Skinner is party royalty.