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Corbyn is expected to receive a rapturous reception from trade union delegates in Brighton which will cap what he describes as his “extraordinary summer” that saw a quarter of a million supporters vote him Labour leader.

There is normally standing room only for Prime Minister’s Questions but the chamber will be especially packed today when Jeremy Corbyn makes his debut as Labour leader.

His comments came after another Conservative candidate for mayor, Andrew Boff, said: “I had the absolute tickles when I found out that Jeremy Corbyn was leader of the Labour Party”.

The pacifist and republican also came under fire after he declined to sing the national anthem at a service for veterans of World War II in London on Tuesday.

In the first “crowd-sourced” PMQs, Jeremy Corbyn asked questions that came from members of the public.

Corbyn, who voted “no” to Britain’s membership of the forerunner to the European Union in a 1975 referendum, has been ambiguous about his views, saying he wants to see what reforms Prime Minister David Cameron is able to achieve.

The Conservative front bench wasted no time in mentioning the issue of the national anthem during Commons exchanges ahead of the new Labour leader’s first outing at Prime Minister’s Questions.

NFU President Meurig Raymond said: “We look forward to working with Kerry McCarthy MP in her new role as shadow Defra Secretary”.

“He has a good team working for him“. “He is very determined that this will be a serious opportunity to put serious questions to the Prime Minister to which people want real answers”, she said.

The Labour leader said he would repeal the trade union reform bill the Conservatives have brought before parliament if he was elected Prime Minister. “The Rugby World Cup not only means that Wales will lift the Webb Ellis trophy, but it also gives us a great opportunity to...

The veteran left-wing MP was taking on David Cameron for the first time in the House of Commons, since his landslide leadership election on Saturday.

Some MPs have also expressed concern about his position on Europe amid uncertainty about whether he would countenance campaigning to leave the European Union in a referendum due to happen before 2017.

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