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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage is in Workington, Cumbria, to announce one of his party's candidates for the seat.

Workington hit the headlines last week after an article suggested the "Workington man" should be targeted by the Tory Party to win votes.

Speaking in the town, Mr Farage says the concept is a "load of patronising cobblers".

He adds: "You're going to get bombarded with press and political figures.

"I thought I'll come as quickly as I possibly can to lay my cards on the table."

Mr Farage - who is not standing to be an MP in the general election - says he has "barely got time for a beer" because he is so busy with the election campaign.

He adds: "I don't want you to be conned by people in this general election."

Jeremy Corbyn has condemned remarks made by Jacob Rees-Mogg after the Commons leader said he would have had the "common sense" to flee the Grenfell Tower fire.

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen later defended Mr Rees-Mogg, describing him as "an intelligent and compassionate man", but conceded that his comments had been "uncharacteristically clumsy".

Mr Corbyn told the Labour faithful at the campaign launch: "They quite shamefully think the victims of Grenfell died because they didn't have the common sense to save themselves.

"I will tell you what's common sense, don’t put flammable cladding on people’s homes. That is common sense.

"Don't close fire stations and don't cut firefighters' jobs. That is common sense.

"And when residents tell you their home is a death trap, don't ignore them. Listen to them."

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The Scottish National Party has attacked the Conservative Party after a claim by the i newspaper it will drop its pledge to cut tuition fees.

It has been thought that former Prime Minister Theresa May wanted to reduce the university fees to about £7,500 after a review recommended the decrease.

But the paper says it will not form part of the party's manifesto for the 2019 election.

Scottish students get free university tuition - but students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland have to pay to study north of the border.

Carol Monaghan, the SNP’s education spokesperson, said Westminster parties had "a track record in selling out students" and they must all commit to ending them.

“Education must always be a right and not a privilege to those who can afford it," she said.

“Rather than doing the right thing and scrapping these toxic tuition fees, the Tories are set to continue burdening students in England with average debt now over £50,000 and increasing inequality as those from poorer backgrounds are left behind.

“The Westminster parties must now commit to matching the SNP government’s record on education by abolishing tuition fees once and for all."

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Jeremy Corbyn says he represents a different type of leadership.

"I was not born to rule," he tells a Labour audience, adding that he will "share" power if he gains it and "open a door for others to walk through".

He says everyone in our society "has a contribution to make" and he says "real change" needs to be done together.

Jeremy Corbyn continues his speech in Telford, telling campaigners that Westminster is a long way from the reality of people’s lives.

He says politics should be about communities and jobs.

“The politics I stand for is about sharing power and wealth with people who don’t have a lot of money, don’t have friends in high places, so they can take control of their own lives," he says.

He goes on to say he’s “not interested” in shouting in Parliament and personal attacks.

No 10 confirms that Boris Johnson will make a statement to the country later today.

Earlier, he visited the Queen to officially dissolve Parliament - which sees all MPs revert to being members of the public and the general election campaign officially begin.

Jo Swinson has kicked off the Liberal Democrats battle bus tour with a visit to a mental health charity in Golders Green, north London.

The Lib Dems bus has a huge picture of Ms Swinson, with the slogan: “Stop Brexit, Build a Brighter Future.”

She repeated that message twice in a short speech to supporters.

The party’s stressing its £11bn pledge to provide better mental health services funded by a 1p rise in income tax.

Jeremy Corbyn, speaking at an event in Telford, says the response he has had over the last week on the campaign trail has been “amazing”.

He says: "The Labour Party is well prepared, well organised and utterly determined to win this election."

He says this election is a “once in a generation chance to transform our country” and “tear down the barriers that are holding people back".

He says it is a chance to rebuild the NHS, schools and the police force, by “taxing those at the top to properly fund the service for everyone else”.

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Ben Bradley, the Tory candidate for Mansfield, has played down the criticism the Conservatives have faced over the last 24 hours.

The start of the Conservatives' campaign has been marred by controversial remarks made by the Commons leader, Jacob Rees-Mogg, about the Grenfell Tower disaster and a row about a video the party edited of Labour's Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer.

Mr Bradley told Radio 5 Live: "He's apologised. People make mistakes that we can all jump on and no doubt there will be mistakes made by all sides in this election that people will jump on as some kind of conspiracy and some kind of, you know, evil politician doing horrible things.

He said a lot of the time people mess things up, adding "quite frankly the video and yesterday wasn't a good day" as several people messed up but he wouldn't "read anything more into it than that".

Carla Denyer was introduced as the Green candidate for Bristol West at the campaign launch.

The Green councillor said there has never been more of an appetite for "real climate action".

"In this election we will galvanise the country with the boldest, most ambitious green new deal proposed anywhere in the world," she said.

“This truly is the climate election. And when I join Caroline Lucas in the Houses of Parliament this December, Greens will be even louder, even bolder and racing even faster towards a Britain that works for everyone.”

Former Business Secretary Greg Clark has survived a selection meeting and will be the official Conservative candidate for Tunbridge Wells.

Some Conservative members wanted Greg Clark to be dropped after he was expelled from the party for backing efforts to pass legislation to block a no-deal Brexit.

But Mr Clark was brought back into the party last week which meant he was eligible to stand again as the local Conservative MP.

He was endorsed at a meeting of the Tunbridge Wells Constituency Conservatives last night.

Sian Berry tells campaigners in Bristol that the climate has to be the focus for this general election.

"The Greens don’t fear the future, we are the future.

"We stand at the threshold of what could be the most exciting and prosperous period of our country’s history.

"Because taking action in the climate emergency isn’t just about averting disaster, it’s about creating a brand new Britain.”