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Meanwhile, parties are ramping up their election campaigning with just three days left until polls open
Conservative leader Rishi Sunak tells the BBC's Chris Mason the election is "not over until it’s over" as he insists he hasn't given up on the campaign
Keir Starmer tells voters the choice "could not be starker" as he calls for a "summer of change"
At least six councils across the UK have had issues with delayed postal votes - here's what to do if your ballot hasn't arrived
Unsure who to vote for? Compare the main parties in our manifesto guide here
Home Secretary James Cleverly is about to deliver a round of interviews - first he'll be speaking to BBC Breakfast and then straight on to Radio 4's Today programme.
Stay with us as we bring you live updates.
Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay says his plan to spend £22bn to fix “crumbling hospitals” will need NHS investment, reiterating his party's position for a 1% tax on wealth and assets over £10m.
Appearing on BBC Breakfast, it's put to him his party's plan to increase National Insurance on those earning over £50,000 would affect NHS workers.
Ramsay says the plan to equalise the rate with earnings under that amount would cost someone earning £55,000 a year £5 a week, which he argues would be "good value for money", saying it could help pay for NHS dentistry, renewable energy and home insulation.
Asked how much sway four or five Green MPs could really have, Ramsay questions what difference would come from Labour or the Conservatives having around five extra MPs, and argues Green MPs could push to be "bolder" on investment in public services and tackling climate change.
With polls opening on Thursday, we’re on the home straight. Here's what to expect today:
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will visit Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. The party is warning of the "risk of waking up to five more years of Conservative government".
Rishi Sunak will be campaigning in the Midlands for the Conservatives. The PM is warning of the "dangers of an unaccountable and unchecked Labour government".
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey visiting Eastbourne, Wokingham and South Cotswolds today. The party is pledging £400m boost to bereavement payments, reversing “heartless” Conservative cuts.
SNP leader John Swinney will be campaigning across the North East of Scotland, and Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay will be in the east of England.
And Reform UK's Ann Widdecombe is due to take part in the Woman's Hour leadership election interviews this morning on Radio 4.
Sir John Curtice: Conservatives still behind Labour by 20 points... in 60 seconds
There's been better news for the Conservatives in the past week, as their support stopped falling.
But with four days to go to election day, the Tories are still behind Labour by 20 points.
Here's our favourite number cruncher, Sir John Curtice, with his take on the latest polls - in 60 seconds.
Leila Nathoo
Political correspondent
Forty days on from the prime minister's rain-soaked election announcement, it’s the final push for votes in a campaign in which there have been a few surprise turns, but nothing which has shifted the fundamentals.
Labour’s huge lead in the polls is still intact - their anxiety is ensuring that now translates into votes.
They have stuck with their one-word slogan of "change" - today they are reminding people to choose it on Thursday or risk waking up to five more years of "chaos" under the Tories.
For the Conservatives, their pitch is now imbued with a recognition that the result is unlikely to go their way - with Rishi Sunak warning voters not to hand Labour a large majority, and claiming the party would seek to entrench itself in power through lowering the voting age.
Smaller parties are focusing on policy. The Lib Dems are promising more funding for bereavement support payments, the Greens are pledging investment in NHS buildings in England and the SNP are pointing to their desire to re-join the EU.
Nigel Farage meanwhile told a Reform UK rally yesterday his party would become the voice of opposition.
For all parties there's not long to wait to learn their fate.
Image source, ReutersGreen Party co-leader Carla Denyer has accused the Conservative Party of “failing to deliver” on promises in their 2019 manifesto to build 40 new hospitals and says Labour is “holding the door open to the private sector”.
The Green Party has called for a £22bn cash boost to fix what it calls “crumbling hospitals”.
This money would be used for investing in primary care buildings, a £1.1bn annual fund to “clear the maintenance backlog” as well as £3bn a year for hospitals, Denyer says.
“No other political party is being honest enough with voters - the very fabric of our NHS is crumbling and must be repaired and rebuilt," she adds.
The front pages of today's newspapers are dominated by the French election and England's last-minute win over Slovakia at the Euros - but there are plenty of stories surrounding the UK general election as we approach polling day.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tells the Telegraph that Vladimir Putin is "hoping" for a Labour victory - claiming Putin doesn't want the Tories to be re-elected because of their support for Ukraine.
Sunak is giving a speech today where he will turn his fire on Nigel Farage, according to the Times, mocking Farage's ambition to become the leader of the opposition.
Sir Keir Starmer tells the Guardian , externalthat, if Labour wins the UK election on Thursday, it will have to stave off a rise of the populist right, by urgently restoring faith in British politics "through deeds, not words".
Image source, ReutersYesterday afternoon, Reform UK candidate for Erewash Liam Booth-Isherwood disowned the party and publicly backed the local Conservative candidate.
Booth-Isherwood says there is “significant moral issue” in parts of the party after what he called “reports of widespread racism and sexism”.
He went on to say that the failure of party leadership to address the issue meant he no longer wanted to be associate with it.
In response, the chairman of Reform UK claimed the party's candidates were being offered jobs and inducements “to persuade them to talk badly of Reform, stand down and then endorse the Tory candidate".
He said there were “dark forces at play by desperate Tories”.
Reform UK now has four less candidates standing at the election than it did this time last week, after it dropped three others over offensive comments.
Read more on Liam Booth-Isherwood’s deflection here.
Here’s a quick look at what happened on the final Sunday of the campaign ahead of Thursday’s vote:
There’s a lot happening today as the campaigns enter their final days, so stay with us and we’ll bring you all the key lines and updates.
We’re resuming our live coverage of the general election with just four days to go until polling day.
Leaders are back on the campaign trail and we’ll bring you all the updates and key lines so stay with us.
And don’t worry if you’re not fully caught up on what happened on the final weekend of election campaigning, we’ll catch you up on all of that, too.
Jamie Whitehead
Live reporter
So the final weekend of campaigning before the general election is over, but before we go, here's a quick rundown of what's happened today:
Not long to go now. Thank you for joining us today. We'll be back for the final few days of campaign coverage in the morning.
This page was written by Lora Jones, Gabriela Pomeroy, Sean Seddon and Hollie Cole, and was edited by Aoife Walsh, Alex Therrien and myself.
In a statement released on X, Reform UK chairman Richard Tice has claimed Tory candidates were offering jobs and inducements to Reform candidates "to persuade them to talk badly of Reform, stand down and then endorse the Tory candidate.”
"This shows dark forces at play by desperate Tories," he says.
Labour has responded to the Conservatives saying that Booth-Isherwood "knows a vote for Reform is a vote for Keir Starmer"
A Labour spokesperson said this is "further proof the only way to get the change we need is to vote Labour on July 4".
The statement goes on to say: "After 14 years of Tory chaos, Labour is the only party with a plan for economic security, secure borders, the NHS back on its feet, cheaper bills, safer streets and better opportunities for our children."
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Reform UK candidate Liam Booth-Isherwood is not the first candidate to drop out the race for the party.
Three other candidates are also no longer in the running for Reform UK - but what's the difference between them and Booth-Isherwood? They were removed by the party over offensive comments they had made in the past.
Edward Oakenfull, who is standing in Derbyshire Dales, who last year posted derogatory comments on social media about the IQ of sub-Saharan Africans. He's previously told the BBC those remarks had been taken out of context.
The Times reported on 8 June that Robert Lomas, a candidate in Barnsley North, had said black people should stop acting "like savages". Reform at the time claimed his comments were "out of context, part quotations" and that it needed more time to respond.
Leslie Lilley, standing in Southend East and Rochford, reportedly called people arriving in the UK on small boats as "scum" on social media, adding: "I hope your family get robbed, beaten or attacked."
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage disowned the candidates on BBC Question Time on Thursday, saying: "I want nothing to do with them".
Farage told supporters at a rally in Birmingham today that his party has had a “few bad apples" but that they're now "gone".
A Conservative party statement in reaction to Liam Booth-Isherwood stepping down says that he "knows a vote for Reform is a vote for Keir Starmer."
The Conservative statement goes on to say: "If just 130,000 voters like him currently considering a vote for Reform or Liberal Democrat voted Conservative, it would be enough to stop Labour’s supermajority which means higher taxes and an illegal immigration amnesty.
"There is no doubt, only a vote for the Conservatives can prevent an unaccountable majority for Labour, and the ruin this would bring for the country."
Reform UK have been approached for comment.
Harry Farley
Political correspondent
Political defections are not common, particularly in election campaigns. Although we’ve seen a splurge in the weeks before the election was called, in the sweep of history they remain rare.
So will this one from Reform UK to endorsing the Conservatives make a difference?
On the one hand you could argue Liam Booth-Isherwood is a relatively unknown figure to most people voting in this election.
But earlier at his rally in Birmingham, Reform UK’s leader Nigel Farage tried to draw a line under the controversies that have surrounded his party ever since Channel 4 revealed his campaigners had been filmed making racist and homophobic remarks.
This defection, and particularly the allegation there was a “significant moral issue” in parts of the party, means the accusations against Reform UK continue to heard and read across news bulletins and headlines.
Image source, .Liam Booth-Isherwood had been Reform UK's candidate standing in Derbyshire's Erewash until today’s announcement he was suspending his campaign and disowning the party.
In a biography on Reform UK's website, which has now been removed, it said the 35-year-old from Derby has worked in pubs and the hospitality sector all his life, through which he gained experience in liaising with pub managers and dealing with employment law.
Booth-Isherwood was previously a Conservative party member for over a decade, but said he had become "disillusioned" with the Tories.
"Reform UK better represents the values I wish to campaign on," he had said on the party's website.
More from Liam Booth-Isherwood's statement now.
As he will no longer stand in Thursday's general election as the Reform UK candidate for Erewash, he has endorsed the Conservative candidate Maggie Throup, saying only she can "stop Labour".
You can find a full list of candidates standing in Erewash here.
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Earlier this week, Channel 4 released secret recordings of some Reform UK canvassers using racist and homophobic slurs.
One canvasser, Andrew Parker, was covertly filmed using a racial slur to describe Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The Conservative leader has said he is "hurt" and "angry" by the comments.
Also in the Channel 4 secretly filmed footage, Parker said Islam is a “disgusting cult" and suggested army recruits should carry out “target practice” by shooting at small boats bringing illegal migrants to the UK.
Farage later told the audience on BBC Question Time that the footage was a "set-up" and suggested Parker may have been paid.
Yesterday, Reform UK said it had reported Channel 4 to the Electoral Commission. Its secretary, Adam Richardson, claimed in a letter to the independent body it was "entirely evident that Mr Parker was a plant within the Channel 4 news piece
Channel 4 has previously denied paying anyone in its report and that Parker was not known to the organisation.
Elsewhere, there have been reports of racist, sexist, and other offensive remarks said by its party's candidates.
Three Reform UK candidates were dropped by the party yesterday over offensive comments.
Now Reform UK candidate Liam Booth-Isherwood has disowned the party, saying reports of racism and sexism in the party have "made clear there is significant moral issue" in parts of the party.
Harry Farley
Political correspondent
A Reform UK election candidate has disowned the party and endorsed the local Conservative candidate instead.
Liam Booth-Isherwood, the Reform UK candidate for Erewash, said there is a “significant moral issue” in parts of the party following what he called “reports of widespread racism and sexism”.
He added the failure of the party’s leadership to address the issue means he no longer wants to be associated with it.
However, Booth-Isherwood's name will still appear on the ballot paper as the Reform UK candidate.
Reform UK have been approached for comment.
In a statement, Booth-Isherwood said that "over the past few weeks" he has become "increasingly disillusioned with the behaviour and conduct of Reform".
“Whilst I have campaigned alongside many decent, honest and hardworking people during the course of the General Election campaign in Erewash, the reports of widespread racism and sexism in Reform have made clear that there is a significant moral issue within certain elements of the party, and the failure of the Party’s leadership to not only take this matter seriously, but also to fundamentally address it, has made clear to me that this is no longer a party I want to be associated with," he added.
You can find the full list of candidates standing in your area here.