Labour are calling on the Government to instate a public bank holiday if England were to win the World Cup, Jeremy Corbyn’s spokesman has said.

While the Labour leader remains cautiously optimistic about England’s prospects, his spokesman added that a one-off public holiday should be granted in the event that Gareth Southgate's men pull-off the historic achievement.

Speaking to reporters following Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, they added: "The World Cup is a very special international competition.

“It's something that brings people together on a very large scale and we need recognition of that and recognition of the importance of football in the country.”

The spokesman added that Mr Corbyn had not ruled out allowing shadow ministers to attend the tournament if England were to progress past their quarter-final fixture against Sweden on Saturday.