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The SNP's Mary McAllan says that her party does not want a generation gap to exist.

Her solution, she says, is: "We want to have intergenerational fairness.

"And we believe the way to do that is to reject a Conservative austerity agenda and invest in our public services and people."

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Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton kicks off with a quite from Cicero in the 1st century AD: "Time's are hard - the young don't respect the old," illustrating, he says, that the generation gap has always been there. "It's up to us as politicians to ameliorate that."

So he then turns to more bread and butter issues, highlighting "restoring housing benefit to under-21s [and] also by sustaining the triple lock on pensions".

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Labour spokesperson Chi Onwurah says: "Both young and old have been failed by the Tory government.

"But the truth is that this looks set to be the first generation that looks set to be poorer than its parents.

"Clearly there is a divide and it is up to government - a Labour government - to make sure that we see that we're stronger together and that the many win not the few."

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First on BBC Newsnight to discuss generational divides is Conservative Dominic Raab.

He says that there are two things to concentrate on when discussing the issue: "You've got to have a strong economy" and "three million new jobs created since 2010".

He says the Conservatives have taken the necessary steps "to create the revenue both to invest in three million apprenticeships and to raise state pensions by £1,250 which we've managed to do."

In tonight's Newsnight and Radio 1 Newsbeat 'Generation Gap' special, a panel of 7 politicians is up in front of an invited audience of 70 people - divided into the over 60s and the under 30s.

Politicians from the five main parties in Wales clashed over Brexit in the BBC Wales TV Leaders' Debate.

Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

The BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg says the parties are now "doubling down" on their core arguments.

She says: "Theresa May is saying again and again: 'Trust me on Brexit, trust me on Brexit - and in case you hadn't realised - trust ME not him on Brexit.

"And for Jeremy Corbyn the message is really: 'Give me a chance. Think about public services and the strains we know they're under. But give me a chance because I could be different.'

"I think clearly there has been a bit of a shift and we're seeing from those sky-high poll leads at the beginning of the campaign there has been a shift. People are less forgiving of Theresa May. I think there's more scepticism towards her.

"But in terms of the broad picture, I think neither the most pessimistic person in Tory headquarters nor the most optimistic person in Labour headquarters would be willing to bet very much on anything other than some form of a Tory win. But things have shifted in the last 10 days and they may shift again.

"The parties are going back to their basic messages, their safe territory. But what voters will make of that? It's up to them."

A quick round-up of what happened today in case you missed it:

• Nicola Sturgeon launched the SNP's manifesto in Perth, calling for a second vote on Scottish independence to be held at the end of the Brexit process.
• Jeremy Corbyn struggled to find the figures on his party's pledges on childcare costs during a Women's Hour interview. But he appeared later on the One Show, to talk through some of his childhood photos, among other, softer topics.
• In one of the more surprising phrases of the campaign so far, Theresa May said she was "ready to go" on Brexit negotiations but Jeremy Corbyn's position would leave him "alone and naked" in talks with the EU.
• Welsh political leaders went head-to-head in a live TV debate but a row broke out before it started about the line-up.
• The Green's Caroline Lucas said campaigning parties were guilty of a "scandalous failure" to put forward ideas for protecting the environment.
• The Liberal Democrat's warned Theresa May's version of Brexit would damage the NHS.
• And UKIP leader Paul Nuttall told the BBC's Jeremy Vine he was confident about his party's election prospects.

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the Tories are "starving" the NHS and schools of the resources they need.

In a speech on Wednesday, he will promise to rebuild public services by investing billions in the NHS and social care.

The pledges follow an interview in which he struggled to say how much his party's childcare policies would cost.

The Conservatives said they would get the right Brexit deal, enabling them to invest billions in public services.

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