The Lib Dems say they would provide free sanitary products in schools to help tackle the hidden problem of "period poverty", the Guardian reports., external

The party said it would provide money for school nurses to buy stocks of tampons and sanitary towels, which girls could then access if they need to.

Theresa May was asked at her press conference earlier if she would commit to not raise employee National Insurance contributions, as Labour has done.

In reply she said: "It's not our intention to increase the level of tax but I'm not going to make any tax commitments that we are not absolutely sure we can keep.

"But our instinct is to reduce taxes for working families."

Labour has seized on this, with shadow chancellor John McDonnell, above, saying: "It is becoming clear they are looking to try to go ahead with this tax hike if they’re re-elected next month."

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There's endless focus on what women in politics wear, but Martha Kearney asks her guests, two male MPs retiring at this election, a different question. 

What should Philip May, the PM's husband, wear for his appearance on The One Show tonight?

"A Fred Perry (polo shirt), a pair of Levi's Stay Press and some Hush Puppies," Labour's Alan Johnson says definitively.

"Can't go wrong with Marks and Spencer," suggests Conservative Eric Pickles.

To which Mr Johnson jokes: "That's Karl Marx and Spencer." 

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Voters will be "astonished" to hear the Conservatives are copying Labour's 2015 policy on energy bill caps, the Lib Dems' former Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey says: 

Mr Davey suggests there's been a change of heart perhaps from the PM.

A few other snippets from Nick Clegg's Mumsnet chat:

• What do you think of Jeremy Corbyn?

"He seems a perfectly OK bloke on a personal level - and I admire the way he seems to remain civil despite all the abuse he gets (I know whereof I speak...) - but I'm afraid I think his politics of left-wing nostalgia and his hopeless attempt to ignore the disaster of Brexit altogether just is not right for our country at this time."

• Would you ever go on Strictly Come Dancing?

No. I absolutely love dancing. But my enthusiasm is only matched by my incompetence on the dancefloor. And my teenage kids find me embarrassing enough as it is.  

The Tories say 17 million households would benefit from a cap, but others could end up paying more.

The Greens accuse the BBC of giving "disproportionate coverage" to UKIP.

A classic of any election campaign, the Mumsnet webchat., external Today's participant is Nick Clegg, former Lib Dem leader and deputy PM-turned party Brexit spokesman.

Among some more political questions, he's been asked about his dream dinner party line-up, dead or alive - and it's fair to say it's a mixed bag...

• The singer Prince
• Czech writer, philosopher dissident, and politician Vaclav Havel 
• Actress Cate Blanchett  
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel
• Novelist J M Coetzee
• "Miriam and my kids, obvs"

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Mrs May defended the Conservatives' election pledge to "cap" gas and electricity tariffs.

It's a move similar to a 2015 pledge by Labour which was described as Marxist by then PM David Cameron.

Theresa May denied she was living in a "Marxist universe", saying the Conservatives believed in competition and free markets - but they wanted to see competition working.

On rumours of cabinet dissent about the proposed regulation, including from energy minister Greg Clark, she said: 

In the run-up to the general election we're asking people which issue is important to them.

Repyling to "what would get your vote?", Alex Cox said it would be the party which promises to protect the NHS.

The 24-year-old, from Heaton, said: "The way things are going at the moment, the NHS is going to take a massive hit.

"I’ve seen what it does in America to people - when they’ve got massive medical bills and they can’t afford to pay it. I never want to be in that position.

"I think it’s something that everyone in the world is entitled to - free health care."

Theresa May is campaigning in York, where she is talking about the party's priorities for the election campaign and says they are the "team" of people she needs behind her to get her message out to voters.

A Conservative government with a large majority would "not need to listen" and people would be "taken for granted", Lib Dem leader Tim Farron says. 

Campaigning in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, Tim Farron says people have a choice between voting for "somebody who will tug their forelock to a Tory majority government" or for a Liberal Democrat who would fight for them and make a difference.

"Nothing can go wrong," he joked as he headed off down the beach to get into a rescue boat, dressed in a rescue outfit.

Our colleague, Brian Milligan, answers some of the big questions that have come out of the Conservatives' pledge to cap energy prices.

They say that 17 million people will benefit - by saving £100 a year on their bills. But many in the industry think it's a bad idea, reducing competition in what is supposed to be a free market.

And while the majority of householders may benefit, at least in the short term, millions of people who are currently on cheaper deals could end up paying more.

So, if the Tories win the election, how would their plan work?

Find out here.

It was a little earlier but here's the moment when Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned of a "reckoning" to come for those who run the "rigged" system.