A PROMINENT Labour critic of Jeremy Corbyn has quit the party with a scathing attack on his leadership.

In his resignation letter, Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock said Mr Corbyn would pose a “clear risk to UK national security as prime minister”.

And he said that, under Mr Corbyn, Labour was no longer “the broad church it has historically been” and there was little chance of returning it to an “inclusive, mainstream electoral force”.

Mr Woodcock, 39, had been sitting as an independent since having the Labour whip withdrawn in April.