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

  1. Friday's papers: The Mailpublished at 23:53 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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  2. Coming up on This Weekpublished at 23:51 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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    Andrew Neil be will be joined Ed Balls and Michael Portillo on the This Week sofa, before James Delingpole gives his take on the Tories, with fears about them not having proper solutions, and claims about cracks to come, and those already showing.

    There will be a round-up from Miranda Green, before Natalie Bennett for the Greens and Lib Dem Polly McKenzie join in the debate.

    They will end with the actor, rapper and comedian Doc Brown looking at aspiration in the spotlight section. They will be live at 23:45 BST, on BBC One, straight after Question Time.

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  3. Cable: Corbyn has lost the plotpublished at 23:37 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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  4. Greens: Conservatives 'subsidising the wrong people'published at 23:37 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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  5. Patel: May will stand up for Britainpublished at 23:37 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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  6. Patel challenged on National Insurancepublished at 23:20 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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    Priti Patel tells Labour: "Your party has no credibility" on running the country's finances, and in response Angela Rayner asks her to rule out National Insurance rises.

    Ms Patel says this kind of thing should be set out in "Budgets and fiscal events - not by me as a panellist".

    Sir Vince Cable argues we can't rely on taxing "a handful of billionaires" and rather we all have to contribute.

  7. 'We're being taken back to the 1870s'published at 23:11 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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  8. Priti Patel: Conservative plans allow people to stay in homespublished at 23:07 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

    International Development Secretary Priti Patel is on the Question Time panel for the Conservatives. She says her party's plans announced in the manifesto earlier means people will be "protected in terms of their long-term care costs".

    She says it's not a "death tax" as it's not a tax "on all assets carte blanche" and people "can stay in their homes".

  9. Vince Cable: 'Savings will disappear' under Tory social care planpublished at 23:04 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

    On Question Time, Lib Dem Sir Vince Cable says there'll be "no limit to what you have to pay if you have degenerative disease".

    He claims the Conservative proposals amount to a 100% inheritance tax for those with serious illnesses and "all of your savings will disappear".

  10. What's the cost of reducing immigration?published at 22:54 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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  11. Friday's papers: Financial Timespublished at 22:50 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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  12. Friday's papers: City AMpublished at 22:47 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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  13. Friday's papers: The Daily Telegraphpublished at 22:45 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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  14. Friday's papers: Metropublished at 22:43 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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  15. Question Time line-uppublished at 22:40 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

    A quick look at who's coming up on Question Time.

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  16. Conservatives respond to debatepublished at 22:26 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

    Theresa May may not have been at the ITV debate, but her party have now put out a response.

    Chairman Sir Patrick McLoughlin dismissed those leaders who did take part as a "coalition of chaos" who "just want to return to division, and would undermine our Brexit negotiation and Britain's long-term economic security".

  17. Debate recap: Key pointspublished at 22:25 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

    • Theresa May was accused of running scared after refusing to appear on a TV debate with the leaders of rival parties, while Labour was accused of giving the Conservatives "a blank cheque" for "extreme Brexit"
    • Tim Farron drew attention to his party's commitment to a second referendum, telling the audience: "I trust the people."
    • Paul Nuttall blamed immigration for placing pressures on the health service and promised a funding boost by cutting foreign aid from the current 0.7% of gross national income target to a 0.2% level
    • Leanne Wood argued Plaid's vision "can benefit all" while Nicola Sturgeon promised to be a "strong opposition holding a Tory government to account"
    • Paul Nuttall twice referred to Leanne Wood as "Natalie", prompting a rash of jokes on social media.
  18. Sturgeon wants 'strong SNP voice' at Westminsterpublished at 21:56 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

    SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon says there needs to be "strong" opposition to a Tory government and argues that Labour "isn't strong enough" to hold the Conservatives to account.

    She says her party will work for jobs and progressive values and says only a strong SNP group at Westminster can stand against cuts and an "extreme" Brexit.

    All the leaders have been able to get attacks in on the government and Labour as Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn chose not to take part in the debate.

  19. Farron and Wood make closing pitchespublished at 21:54 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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    Tim Farron says he believes there is still "a decent Britain worth fighting for" and has a dig at Paul Nuttall - who grins.

    The Lib Dem leader says he will stand up for families, the NHS, schools and to "stop Theresa May's extreme version of Brexit". He says the UK is "worth fighting for" and "a country I want to lead".

    Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood says her party can be trusted to make a good deal for Wales as the Brexit process continues. "Plaid Cymru will always champion jobs and the Welsh economy," she says.

  20. Leaders wrap up two-hour debatepublished at 21:52 British Summer Time 18 May 2017

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    The leaders are wrapping up their arguments now. UKIP's Paul Nuttall stresses his policies on reducing immigration and cutting overseas aid, amongst others.

    "Together we really can put the 'great' back into Great Britain," he says.

    Caroline Lucas says people should "vote Green" to stand up for values of openness, co-operation and compassion.

    "Think about who you want standing up with you and working alongside you," she says.