Jeremy Corbyn has insisted that he will not take the blame if Britain leaves the European Union despite accusations from his own MPs that he has failed to do enough to support the campaign.

The Labour leader, who is a lifelong eurosceptic, admitted that “there may well be” a vote to leave the European Union and said that “whatever the result we’ve got to work with it”.

Mr Corbyn also attacked plans for an EU trade deal with the US, which has been hailed by David Cameron and George Osborne as a reason for staying in.