JEREMY CORBYN brought down the house at the CWU conference today with a speech emphasising the importance of the trade union movement to the Labour Party.

The Labour leader arrived on stage to a standing ovation, telling delegates: “I have been a trade unionist all my life and I’m very proud to say I will die a trade unionist because I believe the trade unions are an essential part of our movement and our society.”

Mr Corbyn blasted the privatisation of Royal Mail as “totally wrong,” leading to attacks on workers’ pay and conditions by a privatised Royal Mail seeking “to imitate the temporary, low-pay, insecure employment model of its competitors.”