Jeremy Corbyn’ssuggestion that Britain’s involvement in military action abroad is linked to terror attacks like the Manchester suicide bomb has been condemned as “twisted reasoning” by the Government’s Security Minister.

Mr Corbyn will deliver a speech in London on Friday morning in which he will point to "the connections between wars the Government has supported or fought in other countries and terrorism here at home".

But Ben Wallace said the timing of Mr Corbyn’s speech, coming just days after 22 people lost their lives in Monday’s terror attack, is “appalling” and “crass”.

Mr Wallace categorically rejected the idea that there is a link between UK foreign policy and terror as he said “no one else is to blame” for the actions of terrorists but the terrorists themselves.