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The Labour leadership hopeful, who is storming ahead in the polls, is set to launch consultations "to make public transport safer for everyone".

Launching his street harassment policy, Mr Corbyn said: "Some women have raised with me that a solution to the rise in assault and harassment on public transport could be to introduce women-only carriages.

"My intention would be to make public transport safer for everyone from the train platform, to the bus stop, on the mode of transport itself.