LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn is in Bolton today.
Mr Corbyn is continuing his summer blitz of marginal constituencies with a series of visits in Bolton and Greater Manchester.
He was at the Hope Centre, Tattersall Avenue, Johnson Fold, where he spoke to families collecting meals from a Urban Outreach's summer lunch project.
Jeremy Corbyn arrives in Bolton. He's at a foodbank in Johnson Fold pic.twitter.com/yt7w4LH8jy
— Daniel Holland (@DanHollandBN) August 17, 2017
He then took part in a round table discussion with community leaders, alongside former Bolton West MP Julie Hilling.
Mr Corbyn discussed issues including the loss of a bus service in Johnson Fold, the bedroom tax, and social housing.
Afterwards, he was due to travel to a private Labour Party members' meeting in Horwich.
St Andrews Church, home of the Hope Centre, also hosts and supports the Storehouse Pantry, which is a food bank co-operative.
The visit comes after Communities Secretary Sajid Javid suggested Mr Corbyn had forced Sarah Champion to resign as shadow women and equalities secretary.
Mr Javid insisted there must be an "honest open debate" about child abuse after the Labour frontbencher quit following a backlash when she claimed the country had a problem with British Pakistani men raping white girls.
Speaking to families now, with ex-MP Julie Hilling. Also spoke to Dave Bagley, of Urban Outreach pic.twitter.com/X13z39sUEp
— Daniel Holland (@DanHollandBN) August 17, 2017
Mr Corbyn insisted his party would not "demonise" any particular group and said the shadow cabinet minister had been right to go.
Ms Champion apologised for her "extremely poor choice of words" in a newspaper article but the Equality and Human Rights Commission described it as a "real shame" that she had resigned due to "over-sensitivity about language".
The Labour MP had warned Britain has a "problem with British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls" in a column for The Sun.
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