Summary

  • Labour outline Tory 'threats' to living standards

  • Shadow chancellor 'angry' at uncosted Tory manifesto

  • Theresa May and Ruth Davidson speak at the launch of Scottish Conservatives manifesto

  • Tory migration pledge is 'aim' says Fallon

  • Tories 'utterly heartless' say Lib Dems

  • UKIP campaign grounded by bus prang

Live Reporting

Anna Browning and Emma Griffiths

  1. Treasury 'not a fan of ring-fencing tax take'

    The Guardian

    The Guardian has been picking through some Lib Dem promises in key policy areas.

    On the promise to put a penny on income tax to fund health and social care, home affairs editor Alan Travis notes: "The Treasury has always been hostile to the principle of hypothecated taxes - tying money raised in general taxation to one specific purpose - and the Lib Dems may face a battle to keep the proceeds ringfenced."

    He also points out that the Lib Dems' early years proposal offers only 15 hours free childcare to all two-year-olds - half of Labour’s promised 30 hours.

  2. Watch: Brexit vote 'can be undone', says Lib Dem peer

    Andrew Neil
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  3. Former Osborne aide not a fan of flagship tax policy

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  4. Tension between PM and chancellor 'traditional'

    The World at One
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    Rupert Harrison, a manager at financial services firm Blackrock and former chief of staff to George Osborne, describes the relationship between Theresa May and Philip Hammond as "within the range of tension between No 10 and No 11, part of a historic British tradition".

    I don't think the differences are that large, but maybe David Cameron and George Osborne's chumminess was the exception and this is more in the normal run of things."

  5. Lib Dem goal is to influence policy, says Cable

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  6. Schools are my priority, not students, says Farron

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    Tim Farron has been talking to the BBC's Vicky Young about his education plans - and prioritising schoolchildren over students.

    At the moment the government is planning to squirrel away £23bn a year from 2019-20 in savings, perhaps making sure that we put it away for a rainy day. And yet your average head teacher will tell you, it's raining now... What our schools need is hope for the future. And the Liberal Democrats' fully costed programme to put £7bn back into schools and into further education gives us hope."

    On whether the Lib Dems are pledging - again - to scrap university tuition fees, Mr Farron said:

    I just think parties should learn that you don't make promises that you cannot keep. And I kept my promise on voting against the rise of tuition fees. But it's about making choices, where do we need to spend our money? And the reality is that our schools at the moment are under enormous pressure."

  7. Scottish Labour could sanction local party over coalition

    We reported earlier that Labour councillors in Aberdeen are considering a coalition with Conservatives and independents after the SNP lost overall control in the local elections.

    Now Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale says the party may impose sanctions if such a tie-up goes ahead:

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  8. Watch: Lord Forsyth on (lack of) manifesto pledges and spending

    Jo Coburn
    Daily Politics presenter

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  9. 'Immigration to blame for housing crisis'

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  10. Brexit sidelined?

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  11. Watch: How important is the independence debate right now?

    Jo Coburn
    Daily Politics presenter

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  12. Did he really say that? Corbyn's NHS quote

    Jeremy Corbyn just put out this tweet - and referred to the same quotation in his manifesto launch yesterday - but according to Dr Mathew Thomson, NHS history expert at the University of Warwick, Bevan never said that.

    “[The quote] comes from the 1997 TV play about Bevan, Food for Ravens, written by Trevor Griffiths,” says Thomson.

    Read more about the rise and rise of the fake political quote.

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  13. Watch: Wednesday's campaign round-up

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    Daily and Sunday Politics reporter

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  14. McDonnell challenges Hammond to a TV debate

    Philip Hammond and John McDonnell

    Fancy seeing a bit more of this...

    John McDonnell tells voters in Lincoln: "This morning the Tories had a press conference at Canary Wharf, on private property, where members of the public couldn't go."

    He accuses Theresa May and Philip of "hiding from the public", asking: "What's she frightened of?"

    He challenges Philip Hammond to a televised debate "whenever he wants".

  15. 'Why we're sticking with second EU referendum policy'

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  16. Scotland 'tied up' by independence arguments

    As John McDonnell speaks in Lincoln, the Scottish Labour leader is in Glasgow:

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  17. McDonnell: Trickle-down economics has failed

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    Shadow chancellor John McDonnell is speaking in Lincoln, where he begins by apologising for being late: "A Tube broke down and we missed the train - that won't happen under Labour."

    He goes on: "I'm so proud of Labour's manifesto" which represents "a break with so-called liberalism" and trickle-down economics, as "we know that has failed".

    He claims that the "government can't feed its population, wages are falling, pensioners are in poverty - and I call that a disgrace".

    His comments about "ending the privatisation of the NHS", in particular, draw loud cheers.

  18. Watch: What is Labour planning to do with UK electrical supply?

    Andrew Neil
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  19. I don't believe Heathrow expansion will happen, says Goldsmith

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