Jeremy Corbyn once called for Hamas, the militant Palestinian group, to be removed Britain’s list of banned terror groups, it can be revealed.

The Labour leader said in 2009 the group “should be removed from this list”, according to a report by BBC’s monitoring arm at the time.

The so-called “proscribed list” is made up of groups that the Home Secretary believes are "concerned in terrorism”.

Anyone found to be a member or supporter of such a group faces being charged with a criminal offence, under powers created in 2000.

A Tory candidate said Mr Corbyn’s comment raised questions about what his foreign policy would be if he won office on Thursday.