JEREMY CORBYN will go head-to-head with Owen Smith for the Labour leadership after Angela Eagle dropped out of the contest yesterday.

Ms Eagle announced she was withdrawing in a statement to reporters in Parliament after early totals revealed she had received fewer nominations from MPs than Mr Smith.

The Wallasey MP, who triggered the election by formally challenging Mr Corbyn, said she and Mr Smith would now be “in lock-step together, arguing for a united Labour Party.”