Jeremy Corbyn poses national security threat, says George Osborne

Chancellor says a Labour party led by Corbyn would oppose the renewal of Trident, a policy he claims would be disastrous for Britain

A Labour party led by Jeremy Corbyn would pose a threat to national security by undermining the future of the UK's nuclear deterrent, according to the chancellor, George Osborne.

The chancellor said "an unholy alliance of Labour's leftwing insurgents and the Scottish nationalists" would shatter decades of near-unbroken Westminster consensus in favour of maintaining a nuclear capability.