Theresa May told her audience at RUSI, the Royal United Services Institute, that when the election began " we could never have predicted the tragic turn that events would take".

"We could never have imagined the appalling depravity that led a cowardly killer to target innocent men, women and children in the way that we saw in Manchester two weeks ago. Nor could we have envisaged the brutal attack that was carried out on the streets of London on Saturday evening."

Jeremy Corbyn says Labour "will make sure every child gets a lunch every day in school" because "hungry children don't learn very well".

He scorns the Conservatives' proposal to fund school breakfasts instead, claiming the funding would amount to "6.7p per child, per day, per breakfast. I think you can get about an egg cup full of Rice Krispies for that sort of money. What an insult".

In support of Labour's policy of scrapping university tuition fees, he says: "It's not up to my generation to pull up the ladder on the next generation."

The Labour leader concedes the policy is "an expensive one... but we believe it's the right thing to do".

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Theresa May is turning her attention back to the general election campaign with a speech at the Royal United Services Institute in London.

She opens by saying the most important item on the government's agenda is Brexit.

When she called the election in April, she said, she believed "it would be essential for the British government to be in the strongest possible position going in to Brexit talks.

"That remains the most critical issue in this campaign."

Speaking in Middlesbrough, Jeremy Corbyn accuses the Conservative government of doing "nothing, nothing, nothing" when the SSI steelworks closed.

A Labour government would not let communities "suffer because of a lack of government intervention", he says.

"We will have an industrial strategy that does protect our steel industry."

A national investment bank would ensure "no area is left behind" across the UK, the Labour leader adds.

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BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith says Jeremy Corbyn is trying to move the political agenda back on to domestic issues, including what he calls cuts to the NHS, school funding and his call for the steel industry to be revitalised.

However, Norman Smith says it will be hard to move this general election away from security matters in the wake of the London Bridge attack.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is making a campaign speech in a rainy Middlesbrough, and starts by remembering the victims of terrorist attacks.

"Four people from this region died at the concert in Manchester," he says, and also remembers "those who have been killed just because they were out on a Saturday night enjoying themselves" in London.

He describes Sunday's concert in Manchester as "absolutely the right thing to do", adding: "We are not going to allow anybody to dictate how we live our lives or how we go about enjoying ourselves."

Looking ahead to the election: he says: "We carry on. Democracy will prevail."

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Theresa May has defended the government's record on the overall cut in police numbers in recent years following criticism by the Labour party.

The prime minister said: "The Commissioner of the Metropolitan police has said that the Metropolitan police is well resourced and they are and that they have very powerful counter-terrorist capabilities - and they do.

"We have protected counter-terrorist policing and budgets. We have also provided funding for an increase in the number of armed police officers since 2015.

"But it's also about the powers that we give to the police....to be able to deal with terrorists - powers which Jeremy Corbyn has boasted he has always opposed."

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BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith says the terror threat level "remains at 'severe' which suggests the police have got a grip on this particular attack".

He says people in London might well see more barriers on bridges, similar to the bollards on some of the city's streets.

Theresa May is due to make a speech later and "we will see whether she fleshes out in any more detail" counter terrorism measures she mentioned on Sunday, Norman adds.

This could include what action could be taken over online extremism and situations in the community in which police and others have been "inhibited" from intervening for fear of being seen "as racist or Islamophobic".

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Theresa May has said Saturday night's terror attack was on London, the United Kingdom, but also on the free world.

The prime minister said the threat level would remain at 'severe', which means a terror attack is highly likely, and the police have put extra security measures in place at a number of London bridges.

"Police are working hard to establish the identity of those who were tragically killed," Mrs May said, adding that there were a number of nationalities among the victims.

The PM praised the "extraordinary" heroism of police officers, adding that hospital staff and emergency services "have undoubtedly saved lives".

"Theresa May must level with the British people and accept that on her watch armed officer numbers were cut," says Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron.

"She asks us to trust her on security but the truth is, as home secretary she cut armed officers and cut community police numbers."

He added: "The Liberal Democrats would provide our police with £300m extra funding a year and would do what is needed to tackle the scourge of violent extremism."

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Before her Woman's Hour interview - and before the terrorist attack in London took place - Nicola Sturgeon spoke to the BBC's Newsbeat.

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On Woman's Hour earlier, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon rejected the charge that her party was obsessed with Scottish independence and not paying enough attention to day-to-day matters.

The first minister defended the Scottish government's record on public services: insisting: "Our health service is performing better than anywhere else in the UK."

The programme has asked every party representative who has appeared to name one policy area that they think is the most important for the advancement of women.

Ms Sturgeon said "extending child care" was the most important way to help women into the workplace and raise their living standards.