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It's been a busy morning for the parties, with much debate about who should take part in tonight's set piece BBC TV debate.

Here's what you may have missed....

• Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will take part in a seven-way BBC general election debate later - having previously said he wouldn't - and calls out Theresa May for refusing to do the same
• The PM, who is questioned about her "no show", accuses the Labour leader of paying more attention to his TV appearances than the issue of Brexit - which is what she says she is focusing on
• Mr Corbyn's decision elicits a rare compliment from former UKIP leader Nigel Farage - no fan of the Labour leader - who says he is "doing the right thing"
• Home Secretary Amber Rudd is set to take Mrs May's place in the debate - but the PM is not the only one to send in an understudy. SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson will be standing in for his boss, Nicola Sturgeon
• One party leader who will not be joining the party tonight is the Official Monster Raving Loony Party's Howling Laud Hope. He claims Nigel Farage once mooted joining up with his former party, UKIP, in a coalition.

The Daily Politics

Cambridge plays host to the BBC's live election debate later, featuring seven parties.

But on the other side is Britain's Got Talent, so can politics tempt the viewers away?

Ellie Price took the Daily Politics Moodbox to the city to find out.

Evening Standard

The London Evening Standard editorial today, external puts the boot into the Lib Dems - a nice break, perhaps, for Theresa May.

George Osborne's paper says that "at the start of the contest it felt like the perfect conditions for a Liberal revival". but they're doing "terribly".

In part at least, it argues, that's the leader's fault.

"Mr Farron has the unfortunate quality of being a populist who is not very popular. He won power... by defining himself as being not Nick Clegg. Now asked to define what he is for, the answer is not convincing."

The World at One
BBC Radio 4

Spectator magazine editor Fraser Nelson discusses the Labour leader's change of heart on tonight's debate.

Before things turned to the debate, Theresa May was quizzed by a factory worker afraid she had plans to privatise the NHS.

"There's absolutely no suggestion of the privatisation of the NHS," she said in reply, adding that by the end of the coming parliament there will be an extra £8bn spent on the health service.

"Over these five years we're spending half a trillion pounds on the health service and we need to make sure that money is being spent effectively," she adds.

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Theresa May is asked whether she will resign if the election results in a hung parliament - as some analysis published in the Times suggests could happen.

She sidesteps the question, but stresses that people have a very clear choice on 8 June about who is going to be PM, lead the Brexit negotiations and provide the strong and stable leadership.

"It's also about who will take this country forward for the future," she says.

Now the reporters' questions - why aren't you doing the debate tonight, the PM is asked.

Theresa May says Jeremy Corbyn is paying more attention to the number of TV appearances he's doing than the issue of Brexit. That's what I'm focusing on, she says.

Isn't public scrutiny important though, she's asked.

"Public scrutiny is important - that's why taking questions from members of the public like I've been doing is so important," she goes on.

"I've been taking Jeremy Corbyn on directly week in, week out at prime minister's questions."

And she adds: "I feel sorry for ITV - why didn't he do their debate?"

Nicola Sturgeon's party plans to invest about £120bn in public services across the UK, but where will it find the money?

The prime minister starts by taking questions from the workforce.

The first questioner says he has "no doubt the country needs you as we needed Churchill", before explaining his fears that she is going to crack down on freedom of speech and civil liberties in her attempts to make Britain secure.

Mrs May attempts to reassure him that this isn't her intention.

The former UKIP leader gave qualified support to Jeremy Corbyn during Monday's Channel 4 and Sky News event and now he's doing it again.

A reminder: he said he didn't agree with Mr Corbyn but he certainly came across as sincere.

Theresa May is sticking to familiar ground so far in her speech.

"Every vote for me is a vote for the strong and stable leadership this country needs," she tells the assembled workers.

She talks about Brexit, NHS funding, education, wages and protecting national security.

But all the assembled reporters are no doubt gagging for the chance to ask her whether she'll change her mind about the TV debate.

The prime minister is due to give a speech at a factory in Bath shortly - surely the question of the debate will come up?

That aside, as our chief political correspondent notes, it seems not everyone is happy to see her.