Corbyn Defiant As Virgin Casts Doubt On Leader's Packed Train Claim

Jeremy Corbyn's team has insisted the Labour leader could not find an unreserved seat when he got on a train - amid a row with Virgin Trains. The rail company took issue with Mr Corbyn after he complained in a video he was forced to sit on the floor because of "completely ram-packed" carriages on a service between London and Newcastle. The politician was travelling on the three-hour Virgin Trains service on 11 August for a leadership hustings in Gateshead.