Jeremy Corbyn's Prime Minister's Questions preparations have been leaked to the Conservatives by a party mole, according to his senior aide.
David Cameron's team has been routinely tipped off on the questions the Labour leader has prepared for their weekly showdowns, Mr Corbyn's chief spokesman Seumas Milne has claimed.
He said the leaks came after the weekly meetings to discuss how the Labour leader would tackle the head-to-head.
In a documentary on Mr Corbyn by Vice News, Mr Milne says after one PMQs session: "This time they did (know the questions) because it leaked. It leaked from that meeting.
"It's very annoying because it only happens about a third of the time, but it obviously gives them a little bit of extra time.
"Whenever there is a leak it gives them that advantage - it gives them the advantage on TV as well."
In the documentary Mr Corbyn also launched a scathing attack on the press, accusing a number of journalists of being "obsessed" with him.
And he voiced his anger over the coverage of the anti-Semitism row within the party.
But he reserved most of his criticism for the BBC, saying: "There is not one story on any election anywhere in the UK that the BBC will not spin into a problem for me.
"It is obsessive beyond belief, that they are obsessed with trying to damage the leadership of the Labour Party and unfortunately there are people in the Labour Party who play into that."
Since Mr Corbyn was selected as Labour leader the party has been riven by in-fighting and bitter public exchanges.
However, the Labour leader's support among the membership has grown, making a coup unlikely, if not impossible.
A number of high profile Labour MPs - including Sadiq Khan, Luciana Berger and Andy Burnham - have decided to focus their attentions on becoming city mayors instead, leading to claims of a party brain drain.
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