Election latest: Reaction to CPS decision on 2015 cases

Summary

CPS: No charges over 2015 battle bus
One file, for Kent, still being considered
Tories: 'Politically motivated complaints'
Labour and Lib Dem education pledges
The election is on 8 June

Live Reporting

Martha Buckley and Jackie Storer

Scotland Labour leader: 'People's issues aren't talked about'published at 12:56 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
BBC Radio 5 live tweets...
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Caroline Lucas: Appetite for progressive alliances 'is huge'published at 12:52 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
The Daily Politics
Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas says the people around Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn have "put a lid" on progressive alliances between left and centre-left candidates.
She says it's "a betrayal" because "without some kind of cooperation in a handful of marginal seats" people will wake up on 9 June wondering "how on earth have we allowed a massive Tory landslide?"
Ms Lucas says she is disappointed because the "appetite for this is huge", but added: "It's being stopped by party leadership."
Watch: Where might Greens and Ukippers stand down for other parties?published at 12:51 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post 2
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post 2
Expelled Labour member says party is 'in my soul'published at 12:50 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
The Daily Politics
Steve Williams, one of three Labour members expelled from the party for attempting to oust its official candidate for the South West Surrey seat, says: "I didn't leave - I was thrown out."
Mr Williams tells BBC2's Daily Politics he is "disappointed" because he and his colleagues had been doing their best to get rid of Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt from his seat.
A member of the party for 46 years, Mr Williams says he was expelled by letter from Labour HQ.
He says there are Labour, Lib Dems and Green candidates who are willing to stand aside "for the candidate best placed to defeat a Conservative".
He argues that UKIP are supporting Conservative candidates to defeat the Left, so "why can't the progressive side of politics do the same".
Mr Williams says he wants to see Jeremy Corbyn in Number 10 and insists he will attempt to rejoin the party as soon as possible because Labour "is in my soul".
He says there are precedents for standing aside, citing how Labour and Lib Dem candidates did so in 1997 in an attempt to defeat Conservative Neil Hamilton in favour of "unity candidate" Martin Bell.
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Who is the most Googled leader?published at 12:40 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
BBC head of visual journalism tweets...
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Ex-Labour MP denies rape allegationpublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
The former Labour MP for Rochdale, Simon Danczuk, is being investigated over a rape allegation.
Read More
Watch: Guests make interview suggestionspublished at 12:36 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post 2
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post 2
Gove blames growing pupil numbers for cuts in funding per headpublished at 12:35 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
The Daily Politics
Former Conservative education secretary Michael Gove concedes that schools have had "to deal with the consequences of tighter budgets" under his government.
He defended claims that the government had cut the per head funding for pupils by stressing that school populations have been boosted by increased migration and a baby boom.
Mr Gove says he is in favour of grammar schools, but stressed: "New selective provision will only be set up where there's a popular demand for it."
Lib Dem MSP: 'There will be anti-indyref2 tactical voting'published at 12:28 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Dromey: Reversing corporation tax cuts will fund education and healthpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
The Daily Politics
Labour's Jack Dromey says his party will fund NHS staff pay rises by reversing cuts to corporation tax - in addition to boosting funding for schools.
The party's business spokesman insists the Institute for Fiscal Studies "have said our figures are sound".
He says the party can raise in excess of £50bn from corporation tax changes "that will fund our education pledge and other pledges as well".
Watch: What are Labour's education plans?published at 12:20 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
Jo Coburn
Daily Politics presenter
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Farron 'relaxed about local party deals'published at 12:17 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
Tim Farron says he is "relaxed" about local Lib Dem party deals - but will not enter a coalition.
Read More
UKIP leader not keen on One Show interview on private lifepublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall says Theresa May's appearance on BBC's One Show with husband Philip is "not my cup of tea to be honest with you".
He tells BBC2's Daily Politics sometimes politician's spounses can become "too involved", and he cites Tony Blair's wife Cherie as an example, and to some degree US president Barak Obama's spouse Michelle.
Mr Nuttall says he's always been keen to keep his public life public and his private life private.
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
'What local parties were told about battle bus visits'published at 12:15 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
BBC political editor for East Midlands tweets...
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Grammar schools and free schools in Lib Dem sightspublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
BBC News Channel
The Lib Dems "won't be putting money into grammar schools" if they gain power following the general election, the party's education spokesman has said.
Sarah Olney, the Lib Dems' newest MP, says they will also be considering free schools, "where millions are being wasted in areas where there isn't demand for extra places".
The Lib Dems have already unveiled a pledge to spend £7bn on schools and colleges, which will be funded by reversing cuts to corporation tax, scrapping the married couples' allowance and keeping Britain in the single market.
Ms Olney says education is a "key priority" for her party because schools are having "very real trouble... maintaining teaching staff" under current government funding plans.
Electoral Commission responds to CPS decisionpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
"The evaluation set out by the Crown Prosecution Service in today’s announcement is consistent with that of the Commission, which concluded that the Conservative Party’s spending return was incomplete and inaccurate, as it contained spending that should have been included in the candidates’ returns," a statement reads., external
Quote Message
The rules set by Parliament to regulate political party finance are clear and well-established, they exist to ensure transparency in the system and to underpin public confidence in our democratic processes. Parties and candidates need to ensure they fully comply with these responsibilities under the law. The Commission will continue to provide guidance and advice to parties and others to ensure they are clear on the rules, including during the current campaigning period leading up to the UK parliamentary general election."
Baby on the campaign trail (and Eddie Izzard)published at 11:52 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
Wolverhampton Express and Star political editor tweets...
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Do education pledges and tax changes add up?published at 11:49 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
BBC economics editor tweets...
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post
Farron: Cloud over British politics in wake of election expenses verdictpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron says it would appear the Conservatives have "stayed the right side of the law by the letter of it" following the CPS's decision that no-one will be charged over election expenses breaches.
But he claims the party "has driven a battle bus and horses right the way through the spirit of it".
He adds:
Quote Message
It's a shame, in one sense, it would appear there is a cloud hanging over British politics."
Kids' verdict on Farronpublished at 11:44 British Summer Time 10 May 2017
This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Skip X post
Allow X content?
This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
End of X post