Across at the press conference for Unite to Remain, chairwoman Heidi Allen says the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Greens will not run candidates against each other in 60 seats across England and Wales.

The deal between the anti-Brexit parties has been brokered by the Unite to Remain group.

Ms Allen said millions of people in the UK are looking for "an alternative way".

She said targeting 60 "key" seats will "make all the difference" at the general election.

Chancellor Sajid Javid is beginning his speech in Manchester, where he is expected to set out Conservative plans to invest in education, technology, and infrastructure.

Big names such as Ken Clarke, John Bercow and Sir Vince Cable are among those saying goodbye to Westminster.

And while some members have been de-selected by their parties, some long-standing MPs have made their own decision not to fight for re-election this time around.

Here's our guide to the familiar faces bidding farewell to Westminster.

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Chris Williamson has called on the Labour Party not to field a candidate against him in the general election.

He was one of four Labour Parliamentary candidates that were banned from standing by the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) yesterday.

Mr Williamson, who is currently suspended in an anti-Semitism row, announced last night that he was resigning from the party and would stand as an independent candidate.

He said that if the vote is split in Derby North (he has a majority of 2,015) it would be the Labour NEC's fault.

Labour figures locally are calling on Mr Williamson to change his mind, and have said publicly he could be handing the seat to the Conservatives.

Sean Farrington
Wake up to Money

I'm at the Corn Exchange in the middle of Leeds, talking about the general election, finding out what businesses want.

This a glorious domed building, 150-years-old, Grade I listed and it used to be a real thriving hub of trade for barley, wheat and corn.

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Now there's independent retailers from fashion to food and, of course, coffee.

I've been speaking to staff at Ground Up Coffee about the issues that jump out for them.

One of them told me it was all about the environment.

He said: "I'd like to see things put in place to improve the sustainability of day-to-day life as well as laws being in place to improve how environmentally friendly big businesses and companies are."

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This morning we will be hearing more about the Lib Dem, Plaid Cymru and Green Party plan for an electoral pact.

The three anti-Brexit parties are expected to agree not to stand against each other in 60 to 70 constituencies.

Green Party MEP Molly Scott Cato tells the BBC the main aim is to get more Remain-supporting MPs into Parliament to help stop Brexit.

But she says she also hopes it will bring more representation for smaller parties in Parliament to help better reflect the views of the country.

"We have this crazy first-past-the-post system and that means that [Parliament] is overwhelmingly dominated by two parties, when people in the country would like to see more variety," she says.

People also want to see more co-operation between political parties, she says, adding: "It’s a kind of vision of a new politics where we work positively together."

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The economy is the focus of the election campaigning today, but one thing we won't be getting now is an updated assessment of the public finances.

That's because the UK's independent budget watchdog, OBR, has cancelled plans to publish the assessment after the cabinet secretary, Sir Mark Sedwill, made a last-minute decision that the release would break election rules.

In a statement, OBR said its planned release this morning would "no longer go ahead as the cabinet secretary has concluded that this would not be consistent with the Cabinet Office's general election guidance".

BBC economics editor Faisal Islam says the announcement came just an hour before the report was due to be published.

He said updates to March forecasts "would have shown - for various technical reasons - a considerably higher level of borrowing".

• Former Labour MP Ian Austin says Labour voters should support Boris Johnson in the general election
• There has been reaction to the announcement last night that Tom Watson was standing down as Labour deputy leader. Shadow cabinet member Rebecca Long-Bailey paid tribute.
• The Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party have made an electoral pact - which means they have agreed not to stand against each other in dozens of seats - and they will give more details at a press conference at 10:00 GMT

The main event for the Tories today is a speech from Chancellor Sajid Javid in Manchester, where he is expected to attack Labour's economic policies and set out plans to invest in education, technology, and infrastructure.

But the prime minister is also on the campaign trail.

The row over how the Labour Party has dealt with allegations of anti-Semitism has been brought back to the forefront.

Ex-Labour MP Ian Austin, who today backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson over his former party's leader Jeremy Corbyn, says he is "appalled" by "the scandal of anti-Semitism that has poisoned the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership".

Meanwhile, the front page of today's Jewish Chronicle is urging non-Jews not to vote for the Labour leader, claiming the "vast majority" of Jewish citizens consider him to be an anti-Semite.

Addressing its "fellow British citizens" not just its usual readers, the paper accuses Mr Corbyn of "near total inaction" in dealing with anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.

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Simon Gompertz
BBC personal finance correspondent

These investment plans are so big that some experts wonder whether a Labour government could actually commission projects at the rate required to get the cash spent.

Taking social and green spending together gets you to an average figure of £55bn a year in new money.

That is nearly £5bn extra a month, a number that represents more than double current levels of investment.

But major projects can take years to get under way.

So Labour ministers might find themselves promising better schools and hospitals but fall frustratingly behind on delivery.

If they were to manage it, would they be able to keep the debt under control?

The strategy is to pay for all this by borrowing, not taxing.

Labour believes the investment would make the UK more productive, that a faster-growing economy can afford to borrow more.

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Today the parties are turning their attention to their economic plans.

Labour say they will shift power and move investment north. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, in a speech in Liverpool later this morning, will make pledges including:

• £150bn for schools, housings and hospitals
• Move Treasury staff out of London to make spending decisions away from Whitehall
• £250bn of investment will be spent across the country through the Green Transformation Fund.

Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

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The UK is going to the polls next month after disagreements in the House of Commons about Brexit.

But to what extent will the country's exit from the EU be at the forefront of voters' minds? And will the outcome give us a clear indication of what most voters next want to happen about Brexit?

Read analysis from polling expert Sir John Curtice here.

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BBC Radio 4

Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey says it is "absolutely absurd and makes no sense" to advocate for Labour supporters to vote Tory.

Her comments come after former Labour MP Ian Austin said Jeremy Corbyn was "not fit" to be prime minister and voters should back Boris Johnson.

She said: "I hope, when Jeremy is prime minister, that he (Mr Austin) will change his mind."

"I think it is very sad. Ian did great work as an MP. He has been an Independent for some time and I don't think it is any secret that he differs on policy and he doesn't like Jeremy," she added.

The Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party are due to announce details of their electoral pact later today, with the three anti-Brexit parties agreeing not to stand against each other in up to 70 seats.

Such a pact means two of the parties would agree not to field a candidate, boosting the third candidate's chances.

Lib Dem President Sal Brinton tells the BBC the parties are working together because they are "determined to stop Brexit":

Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

There has been a lot of reaction to former Labour MP Ian Austin expressing his criticism of the party leadership and calling on voters to back Boris Johnson.

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says it should be made clear that Mr Austin "has been a very sharp critic of Jeremy Corbyn’s for a long time".

She says he made no secret of his anger over the handling of anti-Semitism allegations and "he quit the party in fury" a long time ago, but she reiterates that he was someone who was “Labour to his core, Labour to his fingertips”.

She adds: "For a former Labour man to go on the record – not just saying ‘I’m off, I’m not happy about the party’ - to recommend voting for their traditional enemy is quite something."

She says the Conservatives will look to capitalise on that moment and the clip “will go wild on social media”. And that is already happening as you can see with the Tweets from Conservatives below.

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During this general election campaign, the BBC will be broadcasting from 10 different locations around the UK.

Today it’s the turn of Leeds. Our political reporter from BBC Radio Leeds, Kevin Larkin, has been casting his eye over the issues affecting Yorkshire's biggest city. Read more here

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Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rishi Sunak, says Ian Austin calling for voters to back Boris Johnson above his former leader Jeremy Corbyn "is a truly devastating indictment of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership".

The Conservative Richmond MP says: "Ian Austin has been a Labour MP for 14 years so he knows Corbyn better than most.

Coming straight after Tom Watson announcing he was standing down as Labour deputy leader, he says it's "another hammer blow to his (Mr Corbyn's) authority".

"Corbyn's MPs are saying what we all know - he is unfit to be prime minister."