The outgoing leader, who led Labour to its worst election defeat since the 1930s in December, spoke as he toured areas affected by flooding in Wales this afternoon.

The former prime minister used a speech this morning to mark the creation of the Labour Party to criticise the current state of the political vehicle which he led to three election victories.

Angela Rayner has launched a savage attack on Jeremy Corbyn as she suggested he had failed as Labour leader because he 'didn't command respect'.

Jeremy Corbyn has made a plea to 'anointed' successor Rebecca Long Bailey to make him Shadow Foreign Secretary after he quits as Labour Party leader.

Thousands of members of the public voted for the 150 finalists to face the judges, who included the Labour MP Carolyn Harris, Conservative MP David Warburton and journalist Ash Sarkar.

GUY ADAMS: Trevor Phillips has fought racism all his life, while the party under Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of anti-Semitism and is being investigated by the EHRC.

The 72-year-old branded Gates and Soros 'control freaks' as he blamed them for Covid-19, which has so far killed 36 people in the UK, with the total number of cases now at 1,543.

Seb Corbyn, the Labour leader's second son and an aide to shadow chancellor John McDonnell, is taking the precautionary measure as the pandemic sweeps the country.

HENRY DEEDES: As Sir Lindsay Hoyle called time on Prime Minister's Questions, Jeremy Corbyn uncrossed his legs, wrinkled his nose and breathed a little sigh of relief.

Jeremy Corbyn today claimed the coronavirus crisis had validated his general election spending plans and showed he was 'absolutely right' to advocate boosting investment.

The outgoing Labour leader told the BBC he had been vindicated by the governments spending plans to tackle the havoc wreaked on the UK economy by the coronavirus outbreak.

In a valedictory message to thousands of devoted followers on social media the outgoing opposition leader, 70, said he would continue to campaign on issues close to his heart from the back-benches.

Piers Corbyn spearheaded the rally in Glastonbury, Somerset, against the Government's lockdown, which he said was causing more people to die. He claimed that around 100 attended the protest.

HARRY COLE Ever one to defy common sense, Jeremy Corbyn, 71 next month, not only shunned all lockdown etiquette to turn up in Westminster but brought with him his third wife.

A High Court judge has ruled that comments posted online by Laura Murray, head of complaints for the Labour party, against Rachel Riley showed a 'defamatory tendency'.

Rachel Riley stepped out for a refreshing stroll with her daughter amid her on going legal battle in libel claim against one of Jeremy Corbyn's aides.

Jeremy Corbyn's brother, Piers, has spearheaded an anti-lockdown protest where he claimed drug companies were 'suppressing information' on a cure for coronavirus 'because they want to impose a vaccine.'

He questioned the US operation that wiped out the Islamist mass-murderer, saying: 'If we want to live in a world of peace and justice we should practice it as well'.

Arriving in Glasgow, Mr Corbyn was heckled and labelled a 'terrorist sympathiser' by a Church of Scotland minister over his past associations with supporters of the groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

Tories warned Jeremy Corbyn would not 'keep the country safe' as PM after comments were highlighted in which he suggested branding ISIS jihadis 'terrorists' was a 'value judgement'.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We are only a few days into the election campaign and the conspiracy theories have already begun.

Boris Johnson insisted the Tories are the real party of the NHS as he faced off against the Labour leader for the last time before Parliament dissolves for the campaign.

The former prime minister was seen berating several Conservative MPs on the benches around her during PMQs this afternoon as they ribbed Mr Corbyn about his green tie.

Jeremy Corbyn staged a stunt claiming to reveal sensitive documents about US-UK trade talks, after he was left reeling by Britain's chief rabbi saying he is not fit to become PM.

A YouGov poll found Boris Johnson performed better in the primetime BBC One clash by 52 per cent to 48 per cent - mirroring the 2016 referendum and a result that will delight Tory strategists.

The UK's tax burden would hit a record high under Jeremy Corbyn, according to new research published by the TaxPayers' Alliance.

Boris Johnson today seized on comments made by Labour frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth who said Jeremy Corbyn would be a security risk if he becomes prime minister.

In an eve-of-poll interview with MailOnline, Boris Johnson accused Jeremy Corbyn of repeatedly 'siding with our enemies' and following the 'line to take' from Vladimir Putin.

The bitter recrimination between Mr Corbyn' hard-Left supporters and more moderate factions began as soon as the exit polls last night accurately predicted the party's brutal pummelling

Mr Corbyn endured the short trip from the Commons to the Lords this morning alongside the happy Prime Minister in stony silence, less than a week after his party was humiliated at the polls.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn awkwardly walked side by side during the State Opening of Parliament this morning, with Mr Corbyn striking a furious pose.

Jeremy Corbyn was cheered to the rafters by the newly-enlarged ranks of Tory MPs as he took to his feet in the debate on the government's legislative programme.

The Labour Party risked ridicule today after it attacked Boris Johnson for being 'scruffy' despite Jeremy Corbyn's own history of being criticised over his own appearance.

PETER OBORNE: Jeremy Corbyn has been a disappointment. This is not because he's too radical and Left-wing. It's because he has shown no leadership whatsoever.

Corbyn suffered three election blows as Labour's Jewish affiliate refused to back him, Nicola Sturgeon branded him 'useless' and the BBC slapped down a complaint about their Panorama exposé.

As well as believing that leaving the EU is an 'opportunity' for Britain, Claire Ainsley is an ardent pro-family campaigner.

Corbyn (pictured in parliament) sparked fury among Starmer loyalists by appearing to signal he was wrong to keep pressing the government over how the country will get out of the lockdown.

How very unbrotherly Left-wing Labour can be. Not all of them have rallied to defend their bearded poster-boy Jeremy Corbyn against attacks from the likes of Tony Blair, writes ANDREW PIERCE.

The Labour leader accused Asda - along with Amazon, Sports Direct, Uber and the outsourcing giant ISS - of having 'ripped off and dehumanised' their staff.

The campaign shared the same pattern of activity as a Moscow-controlled operation dubbed 'Secondary Infektion' uncovered by Facebook earlier this year.