Retailers have already closed 5,834 shops in 2019, up 77 per cent on the whole of last year.

The Labour leader’s latest pledge follows his proposal to create a publicly-owned broadband service.

The case seems cruelly reminiscent of the Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake.

Did the CBI chief think his mic was off?

The worrying figures were revealed as the Fire Brigades Union warned that massive cuts had to be reversed and called the Bolton student flat blaze a 'shocking indictment of the government’s shameful inaction after Grenfell.'

Analysis reveals child poverty in working families rose to 2.9 million in 2018 – an increase of 38% since 2010 when the Tory and Liberal Democrat coalition came to power.

The experiment follows research which found Britain is a nation of ‘desk jockeys’, with half of employees listening to music while they work.

“Our NHS should not be being sold off to private companies who then sue it, lining the pockets of bosses and shareholders at the expense of the public” said the Labour Party leader.

The party leader is to make a speech at the Confederation of British Industry’s annual conference on Monday.