Mark Mardell
Presenter

Image source, Getty Images

Will UKIP voters defecting to the Conservatives prove an electoral headache for Jeremy Corbyn?

Theresa May has refused to say if she expects to bring net migration down to the tens of thousands within the five years of the next Parliament. 

Campaigning in Norwich, she said it was important to bring net migration down to "sustainable" levels - which she believed was the tens of thousands. 

Asked about the timescale, and whether that would be in the lifetime of the next Parliament, she said:

Bananas branded as "strong" and "stable" have been offered to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on his trip to Leamington Spa.

Warwick University student Scott Hamilton, who's a member of the Conservative Party, said it was a last-minute idea to try to hand over the fruit.

"I just wanted to convey that I think Corbyn's politics are a bit bananas," he said.

Image source, Nick Boles

A former Conservative minister who has spent six months being treated for cancer has told why he plans to stand again in the 8 June general election.

Writing in the Times,, external Nick Boles, who has been undergoing chemotherapy for a tumour in his head, said he'd consulted family, friends and his local party about coming back.

"Finally I checked with No 10 and got a lovely message back from Theresa May's team saying that while I might not be able to be the most energetic candidate, I was still the only person they wanted in the job."

The other declared candidates for Grantham and Stamford are Barrie Fairbairn for Labour, Anita Day for the Lib Dems and Rebecca Thackray for the Greens.  

In 2012, when she was home secretary, Theresa May scrapped post-study work visas, but the Lib Dems want them reinstated - for some sectors at least.

They'd be limited to graduates in science, technology, engineering and maths who find suitable employment within six months of completing their studies, the party says.

Earlier, leader Tim Farron said the current situation was "ludicrous".

Image source, PA

For Tim Farron, it was bottles (who's been visiting a bottle factory in Scotland). For Theresa May, it's planes. Today's unlikely backdrop for a campaign visit. The prime minister has been at the International Aviation Academy in Norwich.

Image source, PA

Dr Simon Peplow, an immigration and political history expert from the University of Exeter, tells us the Conservatives' position on immigration had seemed to soften as the economic realities of Brexit became clearer.

“For example, Theresa May hinted at temporary free movement to allow businesses to adjust, and Brexit Secretary David Davis indicated that immigration levels will rise if the economy requires it," he says.

Exactly two years ago today the votes were counted and David Cameron returned to Downing Street on the crest of a wave with an outright majority.

At BBC politics HQ in Millbank there was a high-tech election countdown tracker, which on results day was adjusted to take in the then predicted date of the next general election.

Just shows you, only fools try and predict the future...

Some of the filling in an election sandwich looking at what politicians have been up to on the campaign trail.

Labour has said it will not increase taxes for the 95% of the population who earn under £80,000 a year.

Well, out on the campaign trail with Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, BBC Scotland's political correspondent spots a potential divergence between her position and that of Jeremy Corbyn and his shadow chancellor John McDonnell.

Earlier, Ciara Riordan, external and correspondent Chris Morris took questions in a live broadcast on BBC News' Facebook page.

They considered the election of Emmanuel Macron as the new president of France and whether it was good or bad for Brexit.

Jeremy Corbyn tells the crowd in Leamington Spa his first priority when he gets into Downing Street would be "to build the housing we need in this country, to end homelessness in this country".

Jeremy Corbyn is addressing a sizeable crowd in the centre of Leamington Spa.

"There are greater levels of inequality in modern Britain now than have been almost ever in our history. It's getting worse and worse," he says to cheers.

"Because wages are too low. Because investment is too low. Because our public services are underfunded. And because we have a taxation system that favours super rich corporations."

Tim Farron has ticked a fair few election bingo boxes this morning on a campaign visit to East Dunbartonshire.

• Attempt to engage small child - CHECK
• Wear hi-vis - CHECK
• Look fascinated by *insert here* factory - CHECK

He's been pushing the day's campaign specifics too - better representation for ethnic minorities in the workforce, for example - but there's one message he keeps repeating.

"It is desperately important that people across Britain have a strong opposition," he told supporters.

Image source, PA

Image source, PA

Image source, PA

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has been launching her election campaign in Edinburgh.

She said her party faces a "massive" fight against an "all-powerful SNP".

"Across Scotland, it's a two-horse race," Ms Davidson went on. "Across Scotland, we also know people are looking for somebody to stand up to the SNP. 

"So, our challenge is this - it's to bring the SNP down to size."

STV's Holyrood editor shared this image from the stump:

Image source, Getty Images

Surrounded by supporters on the campaign trail in Worcester, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has insisted all of Labour's pledges will be fully-funded by looking at levels of corporate taxation, capital gains tax and inheritance tax.  

Under a Labour government, he said, people would not be held back by "the postcode where they were born or the poverty in which they were brought up". 

And he added:

Tim Farron says a vote for his party means keeping Scotland within the UK, the single market and Europe.