Summary

  • Leaders clashed on Brexit and public services in seven-way debate

  • Rivals attacked Theresa May for not taking part in debate

  • PM to urge voters to help her 'fulfil promise of Brexit'

  • Tim Farron in Andrew Neil interview on BBC One

  • Greens' co-leader Jonathan Bartley on Jeremy Vine show

  1. Reality Check: What would be the impact of a four-day week?published at 10:15 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    The Green Party suggests the introduction of a four-day week. Would it work?

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  2. Theresa May: Polls? Only one that matters is on 8 Junepublished at 10:08 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    Theresa May says she is unworried by The Times' poll, which for the first time suggests there could be a hung parliament on 8 June.

    During a campaign visit to Plymouth, she was asked if she regrets calling the election in light of a poll suggesting she could lose her overall majority.

    The prime minister said there was only one poll that matters - the one taking place on the 8 June.

  3. Theresa May: Labour wants uncontrolled migrationpublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    Theresa May

    Theresa May has weighed into reports that Labour is considering letting thousands of unskilled migrants from outside the EU into the UK, external after Brexit, saying the leak shows the clear choice between her party and Jeremy Corbyn's.

    The Labour leader has already dismissed the articles - saying they are based on a document that was merely being discussed by researchers on his team.

    But during a visit to Plymouth, Mrs May jumped on the reports:

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    There is a very clear choice at this election - there's a very clear difference between myself and Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party. I want to ensure that we're controlling migration because too high, uncontrolled migration puts pressure on our public services, but it also lowers wages at the lower end of the income scale. I want to ensure that we control migration. Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party want uncontrolled migration."

  4. A few other snippets from the Labour press conferencepublished at 09:59 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    Via some of the assembled reporters:

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  5. Listen again: Lib Dems call for cross-party approach to the NHSpublished at 09:54 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

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    Norman Lamb says we need to "take partisan politics" out of addressing NHS failures

  6. Social care 'will be properly funded' by Labourpublished at 09:53 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

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    Sky's Tamara Cohen asks what Labour thinks is a reasonable amount for people to pay for social care.

    Social care funding will increase by £8bn across the parliament, Labour's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth says.

    The party will consult on a National Care Service, but this will proceed on a consensus basis with the involvement of other parties before the final social care settlement is decided, he says.

    Jeremy Corbyn adds: "Social care I think is fundamental to how you live in a decent and civilised society."

    It should be "properly funded", he adds, but gives no figures.

  7. You should get out more, Corbyn tells reporterpublished at 09:49 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    The New Statesman's George Eaton asks Mr Corbyn if he'd rule out any support from the SNP in the event of a hung Parliament.

    "I think you spend too much time in Westminster, you should get out a bit more," he replies. "What you would see outside is the enthusiasm, the step change, the desire for people to win this election for Labour."

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  8. Corbyn dismisses claims about unskilled migrantspublished at 09:48 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    Jeremy Corbyn has poured cold water on newspaper reports that Labour is considering opening Britain's doors to thousands of unskilled migrants after Brexit.

    The Daily Mail says a leaked internal policy document reveals the party is considering introducing a visa for non-EU migrants seeking "low-skilled or seasonal work" - migrants currently blocked from coming.

    Mr Corbyn said the document reporters had been reading was one that has been discussed between researchers "in our teams" as happens on a daily basis in every party.

    "Our policy is in our manifesto - that's the policy we'll be carrying out," he insists

  9. Watch: Election blind datepublished at 09:45 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

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  10. Listen again: Jeremy Hunt on the social care cappublished at 09:44 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

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  11. Corbyn: I'm not making false promises on migrant numberspublished at 09:42 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    Jeremy Corbyn says he is "not going to make false promises" on immigration numbers post Brexit.

    He says he accepts that when the UK leaves the European Union free movement ends, but adds that Labour will legislate immediately to ensure EU nationals have a right to remain in Britain. He says he hopes a reciprocal arrangement will occur overseas.

    Migration will be based on the needs of the economy and family reunions, he said, adding that it will prevent unscrupulous employers taking in workers to under cut British workers.

    But he says there is a skills shortage bceause the government "hasn't invested enough", adding that without migrant workers in the NHS and schools, they would be "in an even worse state".

  12. 'Come on prime minister, come and have a chat'published at 09:40 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    Jeremy Corbyn

    Jeremy Corbyn says there was "something very odd" about Monday's TV event on Sky News and Channel 4 when he was interviewed first while the prime minister was "hiding upstairs" - only for her to then be brought out separately to do the same thing.

    The Labour leader throws down the gauntlet, looking directly into the camera.

    "Come on prime minister, come and have a chat, come and have a debate.

    "I can be ever so polite but there are a number of questions I want to put to you."

  13. Angela Rayner: Anyone who trusts polls is naivepublished at 09:35 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    Labour shadow education secretary Angela Rayner is asked about The Times' poll, which suggests there could be a hung parliament on 8 June.

    Ms Rayner stresses that she doesn't trust polls and anyone who does is "naive".

    "The Labour Party are in it to win it," she says, adding that her party has outlined "what a disastrous seven years the Tories have been for Britain".

    She says Labour's current manifesto will finish off the work of the 1945 Labour manifesto.

  14. Who'll appear for Labour at the BBC debate?published at 09:35 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    Tonight the BBC hosts a seven-way election debate - we were told a few weeks ago Jeremy Corbyn won't be there and will send someone else in his place.

    The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg asks if maybe Mr Corbyn might go after all, or if not, who his stand-in will be.

    "We might not be able to help you out on that one Laura, but you'll be one of the first to know," says Baroness Smith, Labour peer.

  15. Labour would do things differently on education - Raynerpublished at 09:32 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    Labour's shadow education secretary Angela Rayner says the Tories are building a handful of selective schools for a handful of select children.

    "Labour would do things differently," she says.

    Labour would build a unified National Education Service - with education "a right and not the privilege it's become in Tory England".

    A Labour government would cap class sizes at 30 for five, six and seven-year-olds to ensure children get the attention they need, she says, adding that cuts to free school meals would be maintained.

    Under Labour, Ms Rayner ends, "every child acros Britain will be able to reach their full potential".

  16. Traditional setting for a traditional attackpublished at 09:30 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

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  17. The education system is in crisis, says Labour's Raynerpublished at 09:29 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    Angela Rayner

    Schools have reached crisis point, says Labour's shadow education secretary. Angela Rayner claims the Tories are cutting school budgets and failing to recruit the teachers needed.

    "This is the reality in education under Theresa May," she says.

    She argues that the Institute for Fiscal Studies says the "extra money" promised by Theresa May will lead to cuts to per pupil spending of 7%, which in turn will lead to increased class sizes.

    "We could see 650,000 children in class sizes of over 30," she says.

  18. The choice is clear - Ashworthpublished at 09:27 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    Jon Ashworth says failure to meet NHS targets on waiting and treatment times is a breach of the legal right contained in the health service constitution.

    Under the Conservatives, he claims, waiting lists are set to grow even further, bringing "five more years of under-funding and patients being let down".

    He says this will result in 3.5m people waiting more than four hours in A&E each year, 800,000 will wait more than four hours on hospital trollies and 1.5m people will have unmet care needs.

    The choice in this election is now clear - choice between investment from Labour and waiting lists falling compared to the opposite under the Conservatives, he adds.

  19. Power cuts and leaks - Labour list NHS problemspublished at 09:26 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

    Jon Ashworth

    Labour's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth, who we heard from earlier, is now fleshing out the party's policies for the NHS and his perceived failures under the Tories.

    "The truth is the Tory cash crisis in our NHS is getting worse," he says, claiming that last week a leaked document suggested the health service was more than £700m in the red.

    Mr Ashworth is now listing the impact of "infrastructure cuts", which Labour has obtained via a Freedom of Information request.

    They include a hospital in south London leaving a wheelchair-bound client outside because a lift wouldn't work.

    There are also reports of leaks in operating theatres and power cuts.

  20. Corbyn attacks Tory school meal planspublished at 09:18 British Summer Time 31 May 2017

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