General election latest: Corbyn and May TV election special

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Reaction to May and Corbyn TV questioning
Labour leader pressed on foreign policy views
May defended changes to social care policy
UKIP's Paul Nuttall interviewed by Andrew Neil

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18 attacks thwarted since 2013published at 13:02 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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Lunchtime updatepublished at 13:02 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
The political parties are to resume some low-key local campaigning for the general election this afternoon. Tomorrow, national campaigns will resume after being suspended out of respect for those killed in the Manchester bomb attack.
UKIP was the exception and launched its election manifesto this morning, before the one minute silence for the victims of Manchester. Party leader Paul Nuttall said the decision to do so was a message to terrorists that they would not win.
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Guide to the parties in general election 2017published at 13:01 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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There is a BBC News guide to the political parties and where published, their manifestos.
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Home secretary accuses UKIP of political point-scoringpublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
Mark Lobel
BBC political reporter
The home secretary has welcomed a drop in net migration in 2016, describing it as a “good thing”.
Amber Rudd added: “We’re determined to make sure that we do continue to reduce the overall net migration number.”
She also criticised UKIP for suggesting Theresa May shared some of the blame for Tuesday’s attack in Manchester, calling it "entirely the wrong approach” and adding: “This is not a time for making political points.”
Asked if the net migration target should be zero - as UKIP want - Ms Rudd said:
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Well I don’t agree with that net target. And what I do think is that we’re making good progress on getting towards tens of thousands. We’re always going to do it in a way that protects our economy.
Prescott and Evans clash over immigration controlspublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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Watch: Other parties' counter-terrorism planspublished at 12:52 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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Amber Rudd 'confident' leaks will stoppublished at 12:51 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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First minister's anger over US leakspublished at 12:47 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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Watch: Suzanne Evans on UKIP manifestopublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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'Don't you dare accuse UKIP of being opportunist' - Suzanne Evanspublished at 12:34 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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"Don't you dare accuse us of trying to be opportunist," says UKIP's Suzanne Evans, after she and party leader Paul Nuttall spoke about the Manchester attack during their manifesto launch earlier.
She tells the Daily Politics that other parties "can't even bring themselves to say the words 'Islamist terrorism'".
Watch: Gardner and Prescott on leaks to US mediapublished at 12:29 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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UK must 'rethink policy' on intelligence sharing - Prescottpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
The Daily Politics
Police investigating the Manchester Arena bomb attack have stopped sharing information with the US after leaks to the media, the BBC understands.
"What's so alarming about this is somebody made a decision just to print such horrific details about such a terrible incident," former Labour Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott tells the Daily Politics.
"What is the value of the sharing of intelligence?" he asks, adding that one of Theresa May's "policies is to improve the sharing of intelligence" with the US.
"The question now is whether you can trust Americans, to give them shared intelligence."
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It's dramatic. It's a game-changer. We've got to rethink the whole policy."
First Minister's Questions begins with tributepublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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Northern Ireland's Green Party launches manifestopublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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Watch: Election campaigning to resumepublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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What are the key business and economic issues for the UK?published at 12:05 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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BBC Economics editor Kamal Ahmed and BBC Business editor Simon Jack unpick the business and economic issues behind the 2017 general election.
UK economic growth estimate revised downpublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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The UK's economy grew more slowly than first estimated in the first three months of the year, as the key services sector lost momentum.
Economic growth slowed to 0.2% in the quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS), external said, down from the original estimate of 0.3%.
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Reality Check: Migration figurespublished at 11:41 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
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UKIP's leader in Wales faces audience tonightpublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
UKIP's leader in the Welsh Assembly Neil Hamilton will face questions from an audience in Maesteg in a BBC Wales TV election special on Thursday 25 May at 21:30 BST on BBC One Wales.
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Theresa May 'not strong and stable' on extremism - Evanspublished at 11:26 British Summer Time 25 May 2017
UKIP's deputy chairman, Suzanne Evans, has said that Theresa May has a record of failing to tackle extremism.
Launching her party's manifesto, she said: "Theresa May might like to portray herself as a strong and stable leader who can tackle extremism but her record suggests otherwise."
She said that, as Home Secretary, Mrs May made "deep cuts" to the UK's border force and oversaw "record levels of uncontrolled migration".
She added:
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Theresa May has allowed jihadists who fought alongside Islamic State back into our country. She failed to prevent extremists spreading hatred in our universities and mosques."