Jeremy Corbyn has joined a busker for a rendition of the classic pop song Stand By Me after a marketplace rally in Greater Manchester.

The Labour leader sang with local man Dan Hetfield as he strummed on his Union Jack patterned acoustic guitar in front of a crowd of supporters in Ashton-under-Lyne.

The crowd joined in and gave the pair a rousing reception after a stump speech in which Mr Corbyn railed against his vision of "Tory Britain", where public services are ravaged by cuts.

He promised Labour would build a country "for the many, not the few".

He was joined by shadow education secretary and local MP Angela Rayner, who was a teenage single mother who left school with no qualifications.

Mr Corbyn said that when he appointed her, his decision was questioned by "somebody who should no better".

"I stared at them, gave them the real stare, the real side eye," he joked.

"And I said 'look, Angela's achievements are because she believes everybody can achieve something in their lives, given the opportunities to do it'."

The event followed Labour battle bus visits to Salford and Wythenshawe on the first official day of the party's General Election campaign.