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In the run-up to an election, there are rules around campaign spending to try to keep the race fair.

They can sometimes be vague, but they cover spending by political parties in the year before a general election - and can also include polling day.

Each party must record and report all campaign spending to the Electoral Commission, which oversees elections.

Political parties' spend is also capped at £30,000 for each constituency that it contests in a general election. So if a party stood a candidate in each of the 650 UK constituencies, its maximum spend would total £19.5m.

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The Commons tweets out the order in which candidates for Speaker will address the House:

John Bercow is no longer a member of the House of Commons, having been appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.

By law, taking on the titles of the Steward and Bailiffs of the Chiltern Hundreds and of the Manor of Northstead immediately bars a person from being an MP, external.

The titles were positions traditionally paid for by the Crown. In modern times they are unpaid, formal titles that are applied for when an MP needs to disqualify themselves from the Commons.

A clock which had been counting down to an earlier Brexit deadline has been given a re-brand at the Conservative headquarters.

The clock which was counting down until 31 October now shows the amount of time since the UK "should have left the EU".

Felicity Evans
BBC Wales political editor

On Welsh independence, opinion polls suggest the issue is a minority interest.

But Plaid Cymru believes the paralysis we've seen in Westminster strengthens their argument for saying "a plague on that - let's go our own way."

Certainly we have started to see non-party political independence movements attracting hundreds of people.

Felicity Evans
BBC Wales political editor

During the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election in the summer Plaid Cymru and the Greens stood back and let the Lib Dems have a free run at the seat as part of an alliance of Remain-supporting parties.

Ever since then there has been talk of replicating that agreement during a general election.

They all want to do it in principle but when it comes to the actual push and shove of where they will stand back, there are some tricky negotiations

However, some sort of announcement on this is expected in the next few days.

Downing Street says that Boris Johnson will not seek any extension to the Brexit transition period if he is returned to No 10 in the general election.

Under the Prime Minister's proposed deal with Brussels, the UK will continue to follow EU rules after it has left the bloc until the end of 2020 to allow the two sides to negotiate a new trade deal.

The PM's official spokesman said: "The government will not be extending the transition period. The Prime Minister believes that we will have a good trade deal agreed with the EU by December 2020."

The spokesman added that the government must continue to prepare for all Brexit outcomes, including that the country leaves the European Union on 31 January without a deal.

Police are attending reports of a suspicious package delivered to Portcullis House, Westminster.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police says the contents of the package are being assessed, and there are no reports of illness or injuries.

The building has not been evacuated.

ITV's political correspondent reports the package was sent to an MP on the third floor:

Lib Dem MP Chuka Umunna has written to Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill calling for the publication of a report assessing the threat posed by Russia to the UK's democratic processes.

He says it should be published before Parliament dissolves on Tuesday.

Sky's foreign affairs editor tweets:

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Brexit Party MEP Alex Phillips says it's "highly likely" the Brexit Party will be standing a candidate against Boris Johnson in his constituency, Uxbridge, where he has a majority of more than 5,000.

She adds: "When it comes to announcements like that, we are holding our cards close to our chest, and we are giving the Conservatives the opportunity to say 'OK, we do think forming some form of Brexit alliance will be beneficial to ensure as many bums on benches who back Brexit.

"They've turned us down already but I think we are going to wait until playing our trump cards."

"That pencil that we will all hold in our hands in a few short weeks could be the beginning, not only of a new politics, but a new Wales," says Plaid Cyrmu leader Adam Price.

"And a new hope for all of us," he adds.

"It is us the people of Wales who hold the key to Wales' future.

"I believe like never before that the best days for Wales are ahead of us."

Huw Edwards will be the lead presenter for the BBC's 2019 election night coverage.

BBC Director of News Fran Unsworth says: “Huw is the perfect presenter to have at the helm as a trusted and authoritative guide throughout election night."

Plaid Cymru is launching its general election campaign in Anglesey.

Leader Adam Price says Wales' best future is as "a prosperous, confident, independent nation".

"More and more people in Wales are coming to that conclusion," he says.

"And who can blame them when they look at Westminster.

"There has to be a better way - and the good news is that there is."

He accuses both Labour and the Conservatives of having "failed" Wales.

The BBC has released details of its election coverage. Here are some higlights:

• Huw Edwards will be the lead presenter for the BBC's 2019 election night coverage alongside Reeta Chakrabarti, Andrew Neil, Tina Daheley and Jeremy Vine with his swingometer.
• Sarah Smith and Kirsty Wark will broadcast live from Scotland
• On radio, Jim Naughtie and Emma Barnett will host live election night coverage on BBC Radio 4
• Andrew Neil will interview the party leaders in the run-up to election night
• Electioncast, an election-themed spin-off of the Brexitcast podcast, will broadcast weekly on Radio 4, featuring Adam Fleming dissecting political developments with some of his Brexitcast colleagues.
• BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat will tour the UK for six weeks in the BBC’s Travelling Living Room (a motor home) to help younger audiences make sense of what is going on

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Speaker candidate Meg Hillier has spoken about how she would tackle allegations of bullying in the House of Commons.

"I have heard some frankly horrendous stories about how many staff in the House have been treated," she told the New Statesman, external.

The solution? “A good culture of modern, proper, professional HR practice," she says.

“That sounds really boring. People think ‘oh you don’t want a speaker who’s dealing with that’. "Actually, it could be the next expenses scandal in my view.”

Labour MP Harriet Harman has praised Conservative MP Shailesh Vara, who has dropped out of the running in the race to be Commons Speaker.

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Krept, one half of London rap duo Krept & Konan, says he does not vote and does not plan to vote in this year's general election.

Speaking to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire, he added: "I feel like no matter what happens we are always in this battle of 'we shouldn't have voted for this person'... So I've been really hesitant with who I put my vote to.

"It doesn't mean I definitely won't vote, but I used to go and vote with my Mum and whoever she voted for never got in, so I've been hesitant when it comes to doing it."

Konan says he is going to vote in the 12 December poll.