With political parties increasingly focused on winning the social media battle, our Digital Election team has the latest on their efforts:

• The Conservatives have been getting a lot of eyeballs on their Vogue-style video of Boris Johnson answering 12 questions as he roams about Tory HQ. On Twitter alone it has had three million views. So far the party has spent less than £500 on Facebook promoting it.
• Labour are focusing their social media campaigning on a voter registration drive, targeted at people under 45. They have also released more NHS-related ads to accompany today's announcement on their funding plans.

• The parties seemed to have scaled back their efforts to influence search terms - for now, at least. On Tuesday, if you Googled "Labour Party", you saw "costofcorbyn" ads promoting Tory claims about his spending plans. And if you searched for "Conservative Party", you saw Brexit Party ads. But that ad spending does not seem to be happening today.

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Royal Mail has won a High Court injunction to block potential strikes by postal workers.

The company had claimed that the ballot of workers had "potential irregularities" and that it "was unlawful and, therefore, null and void".

A strike had threatened to disrupt postal voting in the run-up to the general election as well as Christmas post.

The ballot of 100,000 Royal Mail staff was held over job security and terms.

Nigel Farage repeats his claim that the government tried to "buy him off" with a peerage - something denied by the Conservatives.

He says the offer of a seat in the House of Lords was made "so I'll simply go quietly".

But he tells supporters he is "not for sale", adding: "I've got principles."

He stood at his event alongside boxer Derek Chisora, as our correspondent points out below.

Tom Barton also notes that we got confirmation from Mr Farage that he's not backing down - not pulling his candidates from Tory target seats.

He's been under pressure from Conservatives and some of his own allies, like Brexit-backer and donor Arron Banks, to step aside in marginal seats.

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Speaking at his campaign event, Nigel Farage runs through his reasons for deciding not to stand candidates in seats won by the Tories at the 2017 general election.

He has said this is because of Boris Johnson's commitment not to extend the post-Brexit transition period included as part of his deal, and to negotiate a free trade deal with the EU without close alignment with the bloc's regulations.

He tells supporters the PM made these commitments "under pressure", because of the threat of facing Brexit Party candidates across the country.

He says it is important to elect Brexit Party MPs to "hold him at his word".

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The BBC's Tom Barton is at the East London boxing club where Nigel Farage is due to speak.

Our correspondent notes that in the ring right now is the Brexit Party's candidate for Ilford North - the constituency previously held by Labour MP and Remain-backer Wes Streeting.

It would suggest there's no wiggle room in Mr Farage's promise to field candidates in any seat not won by the Tories in 2017.

Conservative chairman James Cleverly said the other day that vow meant there was a danger of splitting the Leave-supporting vote.

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Stormzy, AJ Tracey, JME, Akala, Novelist, Yizzy.

Not the feature list for Pow 2019 - although it would be quite a line-up. Those are just a few of the grime artists who, ahead of the last general election, came out in support of Jeremy Corbyn.

They sent tweets urging their fans to vote for the Labour leader and some later performed at events run by the campaign group Grime 4 Corbyn.

But head to Grime4Corbyn.com in 2019 and you'll find that there's no website under that address.

So what's going on? Find out.

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There's a rather pugilistic theme to campaigning at the moment, as Nigel Farage becomes the second party leader to visit a boxing club today.

The Brexit Party leader is at a boxing club near Hainault - earlier, Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson tried on some gloves during a visit to a gym in London.

It's not the first time Mr Farage has been to a boxing ring during this campaign - he visited one during a trip to Chesterfield last week.

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The Conservatives are pushing back against Labour's big promises on the NHS today.

They're talking less about their own plans - although we're sure there'll be more on those in future days - but Health Minister Nicola Blackwood did appear on Politics Live earlier, defending Conservative proposals for funding.

"We will spend £33.9bn on an NHS long-term plan that will recruit more doctors, more nurses, recruit more GPs into general practice," she said.

She also emphasised that more support staff would be recruited and that "these are all the things that clinicians have told us they want to see".

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We promised we were working on a fuller story looking at this and here it is - the Lib Dem leader rejects calls to stand down candidates to avoid splitting the anti-Brexit vote.

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Labour is making big promises for the NHS in England - but only England, because health and social care is devolved.

It's a key issue everywhere in the UK though - and in this piece, colleagues in Wales look at the biggest areas of contention there.

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Reality Check

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Labour has said it could introduce a 32-hour full-time working week, with no loss of pay, within 10 years, if it forms the next government.

But the Conservatives have attacked the plan, saying it would "cripple the NHS".

So what exactly is Labour's policy and is the criticism justified?

BBC Reality Check finds out.

Michael Gove tells the Today programme his former colleage David Gauke was wrong to say a Tory majority would mean a "very hard Brexit".

The Labour leader pledges massive investment in Scotland.

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We've been hearing a little more from the Liberal Democrat candidate in Canterbury who stood down because he feared dividing the Remain vote.

Tim Walker, who took the decision against his party's wishes, says he wanted to avoid a "nightmare" election scenario where the Conservative candidate took the seat from Labour's Rosie Duffield, saying it had been keeping him awake at night.

He says he made the decision as he was putting his Canterbury constituents first.

He adds: "I think I have to take a view that if I was going to stand, I was almost certainly going to make Rosie Duffield redundant and I didn't want that on my conscience. I think she's a good woman."

The Lib Dems have told the BBC they will be selecting a new candidate to contest the Kent constituency.

While we hastily chew our sandwiches at our desk, here are the main things you need to know:

• On a visit to flood-hit areas, Boris Johnson insists he didn't underestimate the impact of the situation, as he faced heckles from some onlookers for what they saw as his slow response. He'll give a big speech on Brexit later
• Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn travels to Scotland where he says the election is a straight choice between the Tories and Labour - naturally he urges voters to pick the latter
• The SNP are unimpressed though - accusing Mr Corbyn of being weak in Scotland and pressing their own case instead. Today, that involves a particular focus on green issues
• Labour is making big promises on the NHS, pledging to cut waiting times and boost mental health services by spending billions. John McDonnell says their aspiration of a four-day week would apply to NHS staff and rubbishes Tory criticism of that idea
• The Lib Dems pledge £500m a year for youth services to tackle knife crime - but leader Jo Swinson is coming under pressure over her decision not to work with Labour in certain seats
• And the Greens outline plans for a new post of "carbon chancellor"

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Amid the devastation caused by floods in the north of England, a political row has broken out over whether the government should declare a "national emergency".

Prime Minister Boris Johnson chaired an emergency Cobra meeting on Tuesday before announcing he would send in the Army and give extra funding for local councils affected.

But critics, including opposition parties, called the response "woeful" and urged him to go further.

So what is a national emergency? When is one declared? And what would it achieve?

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Both the Conservatives and Labour have garnered attention for online videos.

Boris Johnson posted a video answering questions in the style of Vogue's 73 questions series, while Labour-supporting Momentum posted a Batman-parody in support of taxing the rich.

BBC digital journalist Joey D'Urso told Politics Live: “I think the key point is that, before the internet, with a party broadcast you were just trying to persuade someone who just happened to have it on in the background while they were making their tea or whatever, but now what you really need to do is grab people's attention and get them to share it.

“You do that by winding people up or being weird.”

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Labour's ruling body has endorsed candidate Ian Byrne, who was at the centre of a row over "sexist" comments about a government minister.

Mr Byrne was backed to stand for Liverpool West Derby after a hearing by the party's National Executive Committee.

He has apologised for "unacceptable" social media posts about Tory minister Esther McVey and Baroness Michelle Mone made in 2015.

A statement issued over the weekend from Mr Byrne, said he was "deeply sorry for the inappropriate and offensive language from the shop floor I used several years ago on social media and would not use today".

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