Summary

  • Party leaders in last day of campaigning across UK

  • Theresa May says human rights laws will not block terror fight

  • Labour's Lyn Brown to stand in for shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, who is ill

  • Voters go to the polls on Thursday

  1. Scotland's first minister 'horrified' by London attackpublished at 10:36 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    BBC Radio 4

    On BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was "horrified" by the terrorist attack in London.

    "It is everybody's worst nightmare," she said.

    The SNP leader added that she agreed with Theresa May's sentiment that "enough is enough" but the situation does "raise questions about the action she took as home secretary".

    Ms Sturgeon says there should be "robust discussion about policing, about security [and] about the relationship with countries such as Saudi Arabia".

  2. Culture Secretary Karen Bradley defends police fundingpublished at 10:34 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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    Culture secretary says police funding was part of 'difficult decisions' made by government

  3. Barriers on London's Westminster Bridgepublished at 10:32 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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  4. 'Police at breaking point and Theresa May needs to take responsibility'published at 10:31 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    Victoria Derbyshire

    Rushanara Ali

    Labour's Rushanara Ali appealed for "everyone" to co-operate with the police on combating the terror threat - but added that on security there is a need to "look at and review" the government's Prevent and counter-terrorism strategy.

    "We have called on the government successively for years to review the counter-terrorism strategy - look at what has worked and what's failed and build on that."

    Criticising the overall cut in police numbers which existed Ms Ali said: "The police are at breaking point and Theresa May has to take responsibility."

  5. Campaigns restart after London attackpublished at 10:26 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    The First Minister Carwyn Jones and Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood will be in north Wales on Monday.

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  6. Scotland's First Minister does not 'favour a formal coalition' with Labourpublished at 10:26 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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    Nicola Sturgeon is asked whether she would want to form a coalition with Labour after the election.

    She repeats her view that she would like a "progressive alliance" against the Conservatives, but insists: "I don't favour a formal coalition."

    She adds: "I still think the Tories will win this election."

  7. SNP 'on course to win in Scotland' - Sturgeonpublished at 10:17 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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    SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon is the latest party leader to appear on Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

    It's put to her that her party is heading into the election while "not exactly in the rosy glow" of public adoration.

    Ms Sturgeon insists that SNP is ahead in the polls and "on course to win this election in Scotland".

    The party won 56 out of 59 Scottish seats in 2015 and its leader claims: "Although we've not been the official opposition in the House of Commons, we have in many ways been the effective opposition."

  8. Oxford vigil for London victimspublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    Muslim leaders in Oxford have organised a candle vigil this evening for victims of Saturday's terrorist attack in London.

    The Oxford Islamic Information Centre said it condemned the "evil strikes in the name of Islam".

    London terror attack sceneImage source, Getty Images

    A statement from the city's four mosques has also denounced the terrorists' "evil ideology".

    All are welcome to the vigil at Carfax, Oxford, at 18:00 BST.

  9. Flags at half-mast for London attack victimspublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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  10. 'Concern that Saudi extremist report not published' - Lib Dems' Brakepublished at 10:11 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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    Liberal Democrat Tom Brake told Victoria Derbyshire that his party was "surprised" a report commissioned by David Cameron's government into Saudi links with extremism had not yet been published.

    Mr Brake said: "We know the report has been drafted and we're just surprised it hasn't been released. We requested that this report be published because we had concerns about Saudi Arabia funding perhaps some of the more extreme mosques in the United Kingdom.... and we want to know whether that is happening - to what extent that is happening - and whether that is in fact fuelling extremism in the United Kingdom and we don't know why the government is sitting on it."

  11. Coming up on Daily Politics: Dominic Raab and Jon Ashworthpublished at 10:10 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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  12. What do leaders do in their spare time?published at 10:10 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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    Which political heavyweight likes to bounce around on a trampoline - naked?

    Politicians are busy people. When they're not running the country or their party, they're trying to persuade the public to vote for them. But they also have families, hobbies and passions. So, when they do get a bit of spare time, what exactly do the party leaders do with it?

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  13. 10 unshakeable truths of the election campaignpublished at 10:10 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    From gaffes to stats - what the election campaign 2017 has taught us so far.

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  14. Yvette Cooper: 'Police cuts have gone too far'published at 10:09 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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    Labour's Yvette Cooper, the former chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, has said she agrees with party leader Jeremy Corbyn that "police cuts have gone too far".

    "To lose 20,000 officers wasn't the right thing for our future and we should be trying to increase them again," she said.

  15. UKIP campaigner breaks ranks over North Norfolk constituencypublished at 10:08 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    Andrew Sinclair
    BBC Look East political correspondent

    With just days to go before the general election, there's been a twist in the battle for North Norfolk.

    The Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb, is fighting to keep the seat he won in 2001, 2005, 2010 and 2012.

    The UK Independence Party decided not to put a candidate up in the seat and told its supporters to vote Conservative.

    But this morning, UKIP's local government spokesman Peter Reeve (pictured in a promotional video, external) has given his backing to Mr Lamb, saying he's been a good local MP and should be re-elected.

    A still-frame from a video showing Peter Reeve, with two women, asking people to back Norman LambImage source, UKIP

    In the video he said: "It's clear there's going to be a Conservative government, but it's important that that government doesn't have too big a majority.

    "Norman is a man who will stand up for North Norfolk. He'll make sure that the [Brexit] negotiations are right for Norfolk, whether you're a teacher or a farmer.

    "He's a man you can trust with adult social care and the health service."

    Labour is also standing in the North Norfolk constituency, along with the Conservatives and Lib Dems.

  16. More investment needed in armed police officers - Dominic Raabpublished at 10:08 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    Victoria Derbyshire

    Former Conservative justice minister Dominic Raab has criticised the Labour Party for accusing Theresa May of presiding over a 20,000 cut in police numbers.

    He said it was "an extraordinary thing for Labour to come out and throw at us".

    He hit back that Jeremy Corbyn had woken up to the fact that his views on shoot-to-kill and disarmament of the police "is totally unfit for the nature of the threat we face".

    Mr Raab said while crime was down by a third, more armed officers are needed.

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    It would be good if actually we had a united front on armed officers, a united front on the fact that you do need to be willing to allow them to shoot terrorist suspects if it is to protect the public."

  17. Cameron ex-right-hand man criticises Theresa Maypublished at 10:07 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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  18. Nicola Sturgeon vs Tim Farron on tonight's Question Timepublished at 10:07 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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  19. 'Enhancing security on London's bridges is likely to come under spotlight'published at 10:07 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

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    BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith says he expects the prime minister will be considering enhancing the security on London's bridges following terror attacks on Westminster and London bridges.

    Reporting from Downing Street where Theresa May has been holding a Cobra security meeting, Norman says participants will want a clear picture of who the terrorists are, how significant a threat they were and if there was a wider network behind them.

    But he says that while there are bollards on the main streets around London to prevent vehicles from mounting the pavements, there isn't that kind of security on the city's bridges.

    Norman says the government will want to look at a greater and more visible police presence - and Mrs May's speech straight after her Cobra meeting is likely to give a "clearer sense of what she might regard as the next steps".

    Mrs May has already indicated she wants to regulate cyber space in the wake of the attack, will look at beefing up the de-radicalisation Prevent strategy and confront the ideology of those involved, he says.