Jeremy Corbyn says June 8 win 'no small task' after local election losses

Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour faces a challenge on a "historic scale" if it is to regain power in the General Election on June 8 after the party suffered heavy losses in local council polls.

The Conservatives made sweeping advances across the UK, gaining more than 500 councillors, winning tightly-fought battles for elected mayors in the West Midlands and Tees Valley and forcing Labour into third place in its former stronghold of Scotland.