GETTY/ PA Jeremy Corbyn's son was handed a top job working for shadow chancellor John McDonnell

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In a brazen display of jobs for the boys, Seb Corbyn was given the plum role of chief of staff to Mr McDonnell where he is thought to earn up to £48,000 a year, paid for from the public purse. Seb, a graduate of politics, political economy and international studies at ultra-elite Cambridge University, initially worked for his dad during Corbyn senior's leadership campaign in September 2015.

Seb Corbyn was promoted to the shadow chancellor’s chief of staff after helping his dad become leader

In February 2016, Seb was described as a “dedicated revolutionary” with one friend saying “Seb is very much his father’s son.” Seven months later the New Statesmen branded Seb a “bag-carrier and all-purpose aide” for the leadership election. Labour insiders said at the time Mr McDonnell, who is one of Jeremy Corbyn’s closest political allies, was keen for Seb to take a role in his back office because of the “name recognition thing”.

GETTY Seb Corbyn, pictured with his boss John McDonnell, was promoted in September 2015

PA Seb Corbyn is thought to earn up to £48,000 a year

According to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, senior parliamentary assistant’s in London earn between £33,000 and £48,913 a year. But the 25-year-old’s position is at odds with Mr Corbyn’s pre-election promise to tackle discrimination in the workplace. In May, Mr Corbyn said a Labour government would look at introducing ‘name-blind’ recruitment. Under the plans employers could be barred from seeing the names of candidates as part of a drive to cut unemployment among black, Asian and other ethnic minority communities.

GETTY John McDonnell is considered one of Jeremy Corbyn's closest political allies

Labour’s “race and faith manifesto” promised: “A Labour government will launch an inquiry into recruitment discrimination and consider initiatives to tackle ethnic bias, including exploring the practicalities in rolling out name-blind recruitment practices if necessary.” Seb is the second of three sons Mr Corbyn had with second wife Claudia Bracchitta and received media attention after his Tinder dating profile was revealed with a picture of him posing with actress Judi Dench. In the run-up to the June election Labour was forced to deny Seb would run for Parliament after he was rumoured to considering standing in an ultra-safe Liverpool seat.

A spokesperson for Mr Corbyn said it was “categorically untrue” that Seb was poised to try to follow his father. But Seb is already looking to the next election, using his Facebook page to criticise the Prime Minister and call for a Labour government. In a post on June 28, he wrote: “I look forward to getting rid of the self serving Tory elite running our country at the next election and to Labour giving public sector workers the pay rise they deserve.”