After Ian Austin says Jeremy Corbyn is "completely unfit to lead our country" and Labour voters "should be voting for Boris Johnson in this election", the Labour Party's Rebecca Long-Bailey pays tribute, but disagrees.

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In light of that analysis, here's our answers to your questions on whether students should vote at home or at university.

Sean Coughlan
BBC News, education correspondent

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More than half of students are ready to vote tactically in the general election, with Brexit the key factor, according to research.

The analysis from the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) says 53% will vote in a way to maximise the chances of their side of the Brexit divide.

The poll of more than 1,000 undergraduates shows 74% oppose Brexit.

The polling analysis from Hepi, using data from YouthSight polling firm, shows more students are expecting to vote tactically than in the previous election, with Brexit driving much of the decision making. Read the full story

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Nigel Farage has said he would continue to stand at least 600 Brexit Party candidates unless Boris Johnson makes changes to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

(If you need a reminder, here is a guide explaining the Bill).

The Brexit Party leader said: "Boris Johnson is offering something that is not Brexit and does not get Brexit done."

He said he wanted the allowance for the transition period to last until 2022 to be removed.

Mr Farage said the party also needed to see any promises from regulatory alignment removed so Britain was not "prevented from doing trade deals and making our own laws".

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The Liberal Democrat's Heidi Allen says the Green Party, Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru will stand aside for each other in some seats as they are putting the country first as part of a Remain alliance.

She revealed that in the Isle of Wight and Brighton Pavilion, the Greens will be given a free run, while in the constituencies of Richmond Park and Cheltenham, the Lib Dems will be unopposed by other Remain-backing parties.

She says: "We are facing that real danger of a hard Brexit or a no-deal Brexit under a Boris Johnson government.

"That sense of a common purpose really focused minds. This is 'country first' stuff."

On why Labour had been excluded from the pacts, she said: "Labour are not a Remain party unequivocally. They still want to negotiate a new Brexit deal and potentially facilitate Brexit."

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Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey has been asked about a former Labour MP's call for voters to back Boris Johnson in the polls.

The now independent Dudley North MP Ian Austin told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Jeremy Corbyn “is completely unfit to lead our country”.

Asked about those comments on BBC Breakfast, Ms Long-Bailey said: "He was an MP for many, many years in the Labour Party and did some fantastic work and of course we disagree somewhat, shall we say, in terms of policy and the direction of the policy.

"I certainly wouldn't agree with what he said this morning."

Ms Long-Bailey denied that Tom Watson standing down as deputy leader would move the party further from the centre - saying the party represents views across the political "spectrum".

Asked about Mr Austin's suggestion that Mr Watson would not be standing down if he thought Jeremy Corbyn would make a good prime minister, she replied: "Tom Watson stated very clearly that he was standing down for personal reasons."

Earlier, Ms Long-Bailey was asked if she would stand to replace Mr Watson as deputy. She replied: "That's not even entered my mind".

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says the comments by former Labour MP Ian Austin that Labour voters should support Boris Johnson are "quite something".

She says Mr Austin has been a long-time foe of Jeremy Corbyn’s but before that he was "Labour to his core", and was one of Gordon Brown‘s "staunchest allies and enforcers".

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Ian Austin, an ex-Labour minister and former press secretary to Gordon Brown, said it was "enormously significant" that Tom Watson quit as deputy Labour leader and MP on Wednesday.

"If Tom thought that Jeremy Corbyn was fit to lead our country and fit to form a government, then he would have been in that Cabinet. Would he really be standing down?

"Anybody who has spoken to Tom knows what he thinks about Jeremy Corbyn.

"More importantly, they know how appalled he is, like so many other people, by the scandal of anti-semitisim that has poisoned the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership."

Here is more detail about why Mr Austin, who has represented Dudley North since 2005, quit as a Labour MP in February.

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Here's a little more detail about the electoral pact agreed by the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party.

The three anti-Brexit parties have agreed not to stand against each other in dozens of seats - they will announce later exactly how many.

It is thought to cover between 60 and 70 constituencies. In Wales, the pact will cover 11 of its 40 seats, BBC Wales has been told.

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

Outside of Wales, the pact will simply be a two-way agreement between the Lib Dems and the Greens. Read the full story

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Former Labour MP Ian Austin has said voters should back Boris Johnson at the general election.

Mr Austin, who quit Labour and became an independent MP in February, said Jeremy Corbyn is "completely unfit to lead our country".

He says after 34 years in the Labour Party, it "has really come to something when I tell traditional Labour voters they should be voting for Boris Johnson at this election".

He also said he wouldn't stand at the upcoming election.

He had earlier told the Express and Star, external that he must do everything he could "to stop Jeremy Corbyn from getting into power”.

Polling day is five weeks away, but you can only confront the big question - who do I vote for? - once you have navigated the basics, such as registering to vote.

For students, there's often an extra layer of complexity, as many divide their lives between home and university.

We've been answering questions sent to us by under 25-year-olds, such as:

As a student, do I register to vote at my permanent address or my term-time address?

To be eligible to vote, you need to register at least 12 working days before a general election takes place. This means the deadline to register for the 2019 election is Tuesday 26 November.

While voting multiple times is a criminal offence, students can be registered to vote at both their home address and their university address. You must be registered in the area where you will be on the day of the vote, if you are planning to cast your ballot in person.

If you want to vote in an area where you are registered but won't be living, you can arrange to vote by post. Alternatively, you can vote by proxy, which means asking somebody else to cast your vote for you.

Read more questions here

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The president of the Liberal Democrats, Baroness Brinton, says the alliance between her party, the Greens and Plaid Cymru in 60 seats is "in order to ensure there are more Remain MPs in parliament to stop Brexit”.

She says: "One of the reasons we are having this election is that parliament is completely divided and the country is completely divided.

"We know there are many, many millions of people who want to be able to vote for a Remain MP and we're glad to come together, in a different style of politics, to help make that happen."

Many newspapers lead on Tom Watson's announcement that he is stepping down as Labour's deputy leader and not standing in next month's election.

The Daily Mail calls it a "calamity" for the party and an embarrassing start to Jeremy Corbyn's campaign.

The Guardian says that with his deputy's departure, Mr Corbyn has "strengthened his grip" on Labour.

Read what else the papers say here

Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

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The UK will go to the polls next month because of 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?

Here are three ways we can address this question.

On another busy day of campaigning, Thursday will see the parties turn their attention turns towards the economy.

Here are some of the things to look out for:

• Shadow chancellor John McDonnell will make his first major speech of the election campaign in the city of his birth - Liverpool
• He will promise an "irreversible shift" of power and investment to working people outside the south-east of England
• Labour will also unveil the party's campaign bus in north-west England, while Jeremy Corbyn plans to hold a rally in Manchester this evening
• Chancellor Sajid Javid is also expected to deliver a speech in Manchester later, where he will attack Labour's economic policies
• The Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party have formed an electoral pact - agreeing not to stand against each other in dozens of seat - and they will announce more details later

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It's officially day two of the general election campaign - and we've already had one cabinet minister and one deputy leader stand down.

Here are some of the key events of an eventful first day:

• Tom Watson announced he was stepping down as an MP and as Labour deputy leader
• Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns quit the cabinet over claims he knew about a former aide's role in the "sabotage" of a rape trial
• The Conservative Party and Green Party both launched their campaigns
• Four Labour Parliamentary candidates were banned from standing by the party's National Executive Committee