Jeremy Corbyn says Putin should be handed sample of novichok poison and give his verdict on where it came from

JEREMY Corbyn has sparked fresh anger by parroting Vladimir Putin’s demand for Britain to hand over samples of the Salisbury poison to Moscow.

Doubling down on his controversial stand, the hard left Labour leader insisted the move is the only way the Kremlin will be able to “categorically” say whether the nerve agent is theirs.

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Mr Corbyn also warned that Britain must not “shoot from the hip” over the crisis as he again refused to hold Russia firmly responsible for the outrage.

While admitting “all fingers point towards Russia”, Mr Corbyn again cast doubt on if the Kremlin was to blame, adding: “I think Russia has to be held responsible for it, but there has to be an absolutely definitive answer to the question where did the nerve agent come from?”

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The explosive interview with BBC Radio 4’s World At One yesterday deepened Labour MPs’ fury with him.

It also puts the Opposition Leader at odds with his closest ally, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who aligned himself with Theresa May to level full blame on Putin’s regime on Sunday.