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Jeremy Corbyn has taken an astonishing £100,000 in T-shirt sales in just a month as his campaigners cash in on his mass success.

With Labour preparing for a Corbyn victory, the left-winger's online shop has shifted 75,000 pieces of merchandise since August 12 - from branded clothes to coasters branded 'beer socialist'.

The sales surge helped Mr Corbyn's coffers top £400,000 by the time voting closed at noon today.

The cash has paid for a tour across the length and breadth of Britain which saw him address 50,000 supporters in packed town halls.

A source in the Corbyn camp said: "I've worked on a few campaigns and I've never seen anything like it.

"We ran dry and had to re-stock the shop."

The frontrunner will address hundreds of activists tonight at a homecoming rally in his north London constituency - his 99th since entering the race in June.

Today he issued a plea to unity to his rivals in the leadership race, who he's widely expected to beat when the result is announced on Saturday.

"Regardless of the outcome this has been an incredible leadership election," he said.

"What is clear is that there is a need for change in our party and in our country.

"Lastly, I would like to thank my fellow candidates for the good manner in which they have conducted this contest.

"Whatever the outcome on Saturday, the party must come together to strive for social justice, oppose the Tories and deliver a Labour government in 2020."

Mr Corbyn's shop was closed at the noon voting deadline due to Labour rules on collecting donations after a campaign ends.

Figures from his camp show 75,000 items were sold over three months, including 10,000 red 'Team Corbyn' T-shirts costing £10 each.

Tens of thousands more beer mats were shifted in £3 packs of 10, boasting messages including 'Cheers Jeremy!' and 'beer socialist'.

Posters, stickers and leaflets bearing the left-winger's name have also all been shifted in their thousands.

Another £150,000 was donated to Mr Corbyn's campaign by unions, with Unite out in front on £110,000.

The RMT rail union gave £25,000, train drivers' union ASLEF gave £10,000 and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association gave use of an office worth £2,925.

Mr Corbyn added today: "It has been a privilege to be a candidate in this leadership campaign.

"The huge numbers who have been inspired to join our party and be involved, some for the first time in years, has been truly uplifting.

“Our campaign has been far broader than the election of one individual to lead the Labour Party – it is about a new, kinder style of politics and a fairer Britain.”

The winner will be announced at 11am on Saturday.