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Jeremy Corbyn spoke warmly of David Cameron after he announced he would be standing down as an MP - and wished him "good luck...on his bike".

Speaking outside the TUC National Congress in Brighton, Mr Corbyn wished the former Prime Minister "all the best for the future."

And he recalled his first meeting with Mr Cameron, following the death of his son Ivan.

He said: "His family have suffered a great deal with him being Prime Minister. And we shouldn't forget that he had the tragedy of losing a very young child.

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And the first time I met David Cameron was actually at an all party meeting to discuss the needs of multiply disabled children and the difficulties they go through and their parents go through. And at a very human level, at a very socially compassionate level we got on very well on that issue at that time.

He also found common ground with Mr Cameron on their shared love of cycling.

He added: "As a fellow cyclist I wish him well on his bike. I'm not going to say "on yer bike", I'm going to say good luck... on your bike. "

And he sent his thanks to Mr Cameron's mother for her :advice to me on appearances."

During a particularly fraught PMQs earlier this year, Mr Cameron said his mother's advice to Corbyn would be to "put on a proper suit, do up your tie and sing the national anthem."

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Mr Corbyn added: "I had a very nice exchange of letters with him when he resigned as Prime Minister. So this is a change of life for him.

"It's the end of one political period, the opening of another one, so I think we should just respect people when they move on to do something else in their lives."