LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to get rid of the UK's submarine-based nuclear deterrent "as soon as I can" as he said he will be in Number 10 "within six months".

In a question and answer session on Sunday at the Speakers Forum in the Green Futures area of Glastonbury Festival, event organiser Michael Eavis revealed what Jeremy Corbyn said to him before appearing on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday.

The contents of the conversation were outlined in a report by the local Somerset Live publication.

When asked about the Labour leader's appearance, Michael Eavis said: "Wasn't he fantastic?"

"I said to when are you going to be prime minister? He said: 'In six months'."

Eavis, a long-time supporter of nuclear disarmament, said he asked Corbyn: "When are you going to get rid of Trident?"

"He said: 'as soon as I can'."

Mr Corbyn's reported claims have been met with anger by many Labour voters in Barrow, who called on Furness MP John Woodcock to respond.

Mr Woodcock had been an outspoken critic of his party's leader, and disagreed with his stance on the nuclear deterrent, but made a u-turn after his shock win in this month's general election.

He had apologised to Mr Corbyn, and said he had misjudged his abilities, but Mr Woodcock appears to have once more changed his mind following the comments at Glastonbury.

In response to the Labour leader's plans to scrap Trident as soon as possible, Mr Woodcock said on Twitter: "Folk go to Glastonbury and their perception of reality gets temporarily altered. Things usually return to normal when they get back home."

This comment was met with some criticism.

Mr Woodcock then replied: "Life really is too short for this. Our leader has just ignored party policy that employs 9,000 people in Barrow – again."