Jeremy Corbyn has weighed in for the first time on Shamima Begum being stripped of her British citizenship by insisting she not only has a right to remain in Britain but that she deserves "support".

Home Secretary Sajid Javid revoked the jihadi bride's passport after the 19-year-old from London fled to Syria aged 15 and married an Islamic State terrorist.

After four years in the Middle East, she said she wanted to return to the UK to raise her son, who was born in a refugee camp in northeastern Syria on Sunday.

This was blocked by the Home Office this week, who stripped her of her British citizenship, a decision the Labour leader described as a "very extreme manoeuvre".

He told ITV News: "She was born in Britain, she has that right to remain in Britain and obviously a lot of questions she has to answer but also some support that she needs."

"She obviously has, in my view, a right to return to Britain. On that return she must face a lot of questions about everything she's done. And at that point any action may or may not be taken."