Jeremy Corbyn has already ‘given up so many things’ he won’t be participating in Lent

Jeremy Corbyn won't be cutting anything out for Lent because he has already given up 'so many things', his spokesman claimed.

The Labour leader, a teetotaler, rarely has the heating on in his office and there's "not a lot of meat available", according to his aides.

Asked what the outgoing leader would give up for Lent, Corbyn's spokesman told journalists: "He's given so many things up already that there's very little left.

"If you work with Jeremy you will know that the heating is rarely turned on, there's not a lot of meat available - so he's a bit short of things to give up.

"Certainly the booze is a bit skimpy."

Downing Street has been silent about whether the prime minister Boris Johnson intends to give anything up for the six-week period leading up to Easter.

He previously claimed he was giving up alcohol over the election campaign until Brexit was done - a promise he appeared to almost instantly break.