JEREMY Corbyn kicked off the final day of election campaigning in Glasgow, urging people to vote Labour to end austerity and tackle poverty.

The Labour leader started his whistle stop tour of Great Britain in Govan early this morning.

Mr Corbyn told the crowd of Labour activists that a Labour Government was needed to tackle poverty and austerity.

He said: “People have a choice. Get a government they can trust, that will eradicate child poverty, end the cruelty and injustice of Universal Credit and give hope to the next generation by investing in education.

"Elect a government that will not leave the Waspi women behind and will build the houses needed to end homelessness.”

Labour is looking to reclaim seats in Glasgow it lost to the SNP in 2015 and Mr Corbyn said that to get rid of a Tory government people need to vote Labour.

Labour had one MP elected in the city in 2017, to the SNP's six but his focus was on defeating the Conservatives.

He added: “In this city of Glasgow which has some of the poorest people and lowest life expectancy in the UK we need a government that will end austerity and give hope and security to people.”

He was joined by Labour Glasgow South West candidate Matt Kerr and Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard, before heading to his next stop in the north of England.”

The Labour leader said his party had suffered “unbelievable levels of abuse” during the campaign from sections of the media.

He added “We do not bow down. We have never indulged in politics of personal abuse. It doesn’t build a house and it doesn’t train a doctor.

“We will never accept racism in any form or discrimination.”

He then went on to question the honesty of Boris Johnson.

He asked: “Can you honestly trust a Prime Minister who can’t tell the truth about trade negotiations with America?”

He concluded: “You can vote for despair and dishonesty with this government or you can vote Labour and get determination to bring about justice and tolerance in society.”