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Former business secretary Sir Vince Cable has told BBC Radio 5 live that young people should trust the Liberal Democrats' “fully costed” policies.

Speaking to Emma Barnett, he explained that he regretted his party's pledge to abolish tuition fees in 2010 - but not the policy.

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Prof John Curtice of Strathclyde University tells the BBC polls suggest support for the Lib Dems is lower than it was three weeks ago.

This election could be a chance for them to "reconnect with their core electorate" of middle-class graduates and professionals but so far they have been "remarkably unsuccessful".

"One bright spot is London, where they could make progress on 2015, and former ministers such as Simon Hughes and Ed Davey perhaps have a better chance than colleagues elsewhere in England."

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies has been taking at look at how the Lib Dems and Labour compare on the matter of income tax and benefits.

Both the Lib Dems and Labour are proposing to increase income tax, it says.

While the Lib Dem proposal (a 1% hike on all rates) would affect the highest-income half of adults, Labour’s proposal would only affect the highest-income 2%.

But the revenue from Labour’s plans is vastly more uncertain, and highly likely to be lower than under the Liberal Democrats, it adds.

Both the Lib Dems and Labour propose increases to benefits. But those proposed by the Lib Dems are much larger - reversing nearly all of the cuts planned for the next few years, according to the IFS.

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The foreign secretary offended a woman by discussing alcohol - which she said Sikhs should not drink.

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The Liberal Democrats have released their general election manifesto, which makes a second vote on Brexit central to their plans. The party is also offering more spending on education and health.

Offering a second vote on Brexit, is not "electoral suicide" says Lord Newby, the Liberal Democrat Leader in the House of Lords.

He was answering a question from Martha Kearney on BBC Radio 4's World at One who suggested that by offering a second referendum on the Brexit deal to areas of the country where voters opted for Leave, was not a good move for the party.

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has responded to comments made by a nurse to the BBC that it was hard "not to live in fear" about feeding her family.

BBC Radio 5 live's Rachel Burden put Cheryl's concerns to the Conservative candidate for Runnymede & Weybridge, asking: "Are you ashamed? To hear that nurse talking about living in fear?" Mr Hammond responded: "Real household disposable incomes per capita in 2016 were at a record high and real wages are forecast to rise".

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The Lib Dem promise to legalise and tax cannabis is bound to make headlines and this morning Tim Farron was asked about it by a year eight pupil during a visit to a school.

He told the class: "I'm not somebody who thinks drugs are a good thing and first of all the most damaging drug in our society is alcohol - the question is how do you minimise harm?"

Mr Farron said cannabis was a "gateway to harder drugs", and "if you brick up that gateway by making sure that people who are buying cannabis are only buying it from a regulated source then you take away the option to go into harder drugs".

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BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

Home Secretary Amber Rudd has rejected calls from police officers for a pay increase of above the 1% public sector pay limit, saying their "average annual earnings were £40,000.

Ms Rudd was speaking at the annual conference of the Police Federation of England and Wales in Birmingham.

Her figure drew gasps of disbelief and anger among delegates who said some officers were having to visit food banks because money was so tight.

One officer pointed out that the starting salary for new constables was less than £20,000.

The home secretary said that if the Tories were re-elected, police budgets would remain protected until 2020. But one officer told her demand for policing had exploded and his force couldn't cope unless there was an injection of resources.

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The Lib Dems say putting a penny on income tax for everyone would raise about £6.5bn - a similar amount to that Labour says it would raise by making only high earners pay more.

Paul Johnson, from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, sums up what that different approach means:

Well, this is interesting. Today's editorial in the Evening Standard puts the boot into Theresa May for the "politically rash and economically illiterate" decision to recommit to getting net migration down to the tens of thousands.

"She knows better than almost anyone," it says, "that net migration... is not in the gift of government" - and it claims that none of the senior members of the cabinet supports it.

It accuses her of "keeping on digging", concluding: "She should use the Tory manifesto tomorrow to sweep away this bad policy from the past."

• The Lib Dem manifesto has been launched with the promise of a second Brexit referendum and a host of policies aimed at the young
• A £3bn rent-to-buy scheme, cheaper bus passes for 16 to 21-year-olds and the legalisation of cannabis are among them
• A day after Labour's manifesto launch, shadow chancellor John McDonnell says it represents "a break with so-called liberalism" and trickle-down economics, as "we know that has failed"
• The Tories says it's "a blueprint for crashing the economy" with "a £58bn black hole" at its heart
• Even a Labour ally seemed a bit lukewarm overnight - Unite boss Len McCluskey told an interviewer he couldn't envision a Corbyn victory on 8 June
• He later told the BBC he said that before seeing the "fantastic" manifesto, and was "now optimistic"
• We've learned, though, that Mr McCluksey's initial remarks were made after the manifesto was published - and that he had attended the party meeting where the proposals in it were agreed
• Finally, relations between Theresa May and Philip Hammond are under scrutiny today. The chancellor says reports of a rift are "tittle tattle" - although he may get a bit sweary at times - and after a bit of pushing, the PM says she's happy to give him her endorsement

The Liberal Democrat manifesto says legalising cannabis would raise £1bn for the Exchequer.

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Lib Dem leader in the Lords Lord Newby defends the party's stance on Brexit: "We're not being prescriptive - when you see the deal we think you should have the final say.

"There are only two groups of people who can have the final say - MPs or the people as a whole."

He goes on to say that people could still change their minds as "public opinion is relatively volatile, we haven't started negotiations and don't yet know what the impact will be".

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Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, gives his verdict on the Lib Dems' manifesto.

"The costings look like they add up", he says, and the tax plans are "much more modest than what we saw yesterday" from Labour.

He points out the Lib Dems are talking about "a big increase in investment spending - by more than they're going to increase taxes".