'It isn't the end of the Corbyn project': Jeremy Corbyn will stay on as Labour leader regardless of the election result suggests shadow minister

Those hoping Jeremy Corbyn will step down as leader of the Labour party if the Conservatives win the general election are in for a disappointment.

One of Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet ministers has said that this is "not the end of the Corbyn project" and that he will stay on no matter the result.

According to BuzzFeed, shadow minister Ian Lavery, Labour's election coordinator, told the crowd at a rally in Glasgow that we can look forward to more time with Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.

He said: "People don’t want austerity, people have had enough of cuts. Today’s economy is completely fractured – it’s broken, it only serves the rich and the wealthy and we’ll change that.

"We want change that and we’re in the process – it will be a long, long, long process, of changing politics in Britain. Whatever happens at the election isn’t the end of the Corbyn project, it’s only the beginning of the Corbyn project."

Previously, Jeremy Corbyn had told the website that he intends to stay on after the election no matter the result.

He then denied saying this, but BuzzFeed produced a recording showing that he did.

Speaking after his shadow minister, Mr Corbyn claimed that in the final days of the election campaign, the Conservatives would play "all sorts of tricks" to ensure he does not win.

He urged his activists to "be strong", and take the "enormous opportunity" on offer next month.

"It's a simple choice before the country in this election," he said. "The Labour way of working for the good of the entire community, or the Tory way perpetuating the grotesque level of inequality that already exists within our society.

"We know which way works – the Labour way, for the many not the few."