Summary

  • Campaigning suspended after Manchester blast

  • Prime Minister will chair emergency Cobra meeting

  • Lib Dems leader calls off Gibraltar visit

  • SNP postpones manifesto launch

  1. NHS condemns 'fake poster'published at 16:04 British Summer Time 19 May 2017

    Fake NHS poster re-posted on social mediaImage source, Guido Fawkes

    A fake poster on social media warning the NHS faces privatisation, which bears the official NHS logo, has been condemned by officials.

    The image, featuring a man with a stethoscope around his neck and an official NHS contact number, encourages people to buy health insurance, warning that "from January 2018, the NHS will no longer be a free service".

    It sports the official logos of the NHS and Public Health England.

    NHS England said "we treat misuse of the NHS logo extremely seriously and we are investigating the origin of this clearly fake poster".

    The image was re-posted by Labour Future, a group which has launched an online campaign to "save the NHS".

    NHS England said that it had approached Labour Future - which is believed to have no official links to the Labour Party - to ask it to remove the image from their social media profile which they immediately did.

  2. In the swing of election night resultspublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 19 May 2017

    Looking at the evolution of the results tool that began as a simple hand-made prop.

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  3. General election 2017: Local debate candidates probed on Brexit impactpublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 19 May 2017

    Stuart George
    Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke

    Brexit proved a hot topic at last night's BBC Radio Stoke general election debate in Newcastle-under-Lyme between the three candidates standing in the poll.

    The election debate

    All of them were asked how they thought the issue would affect the area:

    • Nigel Jones for the Liberal Democrats said the area would hit by the loss of trade and new tariffs, affecting jobs and the economy
    • Owen Meredith for the Conservatives said he would use feedback from local businesses to influence Brexit negotiations to help Newcastle-under-Lyme
    • Labour's Paul Farrelly said what was needed was a strong Parliament to hold the prime minister to account to get the best deal out of Europe

    You can see the whole debate on the BBC Radio Stoke Facebook page here, external.

  4. Is Labour's Vaughan Gething a fan of Jeremy Corbyn?published at 15:45 British Summer Time 19 May 2017

    Vaughan joined Jason on the Election Call show. What's his verdict on the Labour leader?

  5. Libertarian Party plans to clear national debtpublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 19 May 2017

    The Libertarian Party suggests a 10% corporation tax level and plans "to reduce the level of taxation as much as humanly possible".

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  6. Legs, battle bus breakdown and some mooingpublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 19 May 2017

    Details of political fundraising, Nicola Sturgeon spoke about 'Lexit', a UKIP battle bus breakdown and some mooing from the foreign secretary all feature in Daily Politics reporter Emma Vardy's Friday campaign report.

  7. Hellopublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 19 May 2017

    Hello and welcome to continuing coverage of the general election campaign in text and video.

    To catch up with the day's events so far, including the fallout from yesterday's Tory manifesto launch and a UKIP bus prang, click here.

    Now stick with us as we take you through what remains of the afternoon and into the evening.