General election 2017: Labour faces split as manifesto leaks

Jeremy Corbyn's plans to renationalise railways and energy company revealed in draft document

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As many as 100 Labour MPs might form a breakaway group in parliament if Jeremy Corbyn refuses to stand down if the party loses the general election, the Daily Telegraph reports.

The claim was published shortly before the party's draft manifesto, due to be signed off today, was leaked to two newspapers and the BBC.

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