Jeremy Corbyn has warned about how Cumbria would cope with future flooding if Government cuts continue.

The Labour leader also called for better flood defences and said the issue was not being taken seriously enough by those in power.

He made the comments as he spoke to party activists in Carlisle last night at a meeting in Yewdale Community Centre, on Hutton Way, off Wigton Road, Carlisle.

Mr Corbyn was in the city ahead of this week elections which will see people in the city vote for city councillors and a new Police and Crime Commissioner. He also visited other parts of the north west.

He told activists to stay positive when they went out to attract votes.

"Do it with a smile, do it with hope and get the best possible results that we can."

Mr Corbyn also spoke to the News & Star.

He said: "I was last here during the floods and I wanted to say thanks to all of the fire crews, council workers and volunteers."

Mr Corbyn also praised the city council for the support and advice it was providing to victims.

When asked if the Government was taking the issue seriously he replied: "Not really, I caught them out on a number of flood issues in Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire."

He added: "Cumbria as a whole has a problem but we are also getting these 100-year storms with greater frequency."

Mr Corbyn said there was a need for better up-river work to combat floods.

He was also confident as to how the party will fare at the polls this week.

"We are doing very well; we have got a lot of people knocking on doors and a lot of people very angry at the Budget."

He also spoke on the current alleged anti-semitism scandal in the Labour party, following comments made by former London mayor Ken Livingstone and Bradford West MP Naz Shah.

"Anti-semitism has no place whatsoever in our party."

He added that he had received support from Jewish Labour members about the action he had taken on the issue, which has seen him set up an enquiry into the issue, which could result in membership rule changes.

Mr Corbyn also pointed out that the north west and Scotland had suffered because of a lack of investment in infrastructure and that he wanted to rebalance spending on this issue to these areas and away from the south of England.

He added: "The council in Carlisle is doing its best but its funding is being cut year after year after year."