The BBC asks the Liberal Democrats whether any other candidates are being investigated following a case earlier this week of a party candidate stepping down after being accused of posting racist and homophobic tweets 10 years ago.

The former candidate for Thurrock in Essex, Kevin McNamara, said he was "deeply sorry for the comments".

Lib Dem party president Sal Brinton replies that it is "important we deal with matters as soon as they come up".

"We accept like every party we have these problems," she says.

"We dealt with it swiftly changed our system to deal with it quickly."

She says her party is "not caught up in bureaucratic mess like Labour".

In February this year Labour released figures showing that the party received 673 accusations of anti-Semitism by Labour members between April 2018 and January 2019. However the scale of the issue remains disputed.

Commenting on the latest monthly statistics showing 83.6% of A&E patients were admitted or transferred within four hours, below the 95% target, Mr Corbyn says: "It is disgusting and it is a probably of the lack of staff and the lack of funding."

Labour is promising to increase the NHS budget to £155bn by 2023-24.

Mr Corbyn adds that he offered a former SNP activist who heckled him during a speech in Dundee this morning the opportunity to speak with him.

Bob Costello, 72, says he left the SNP because he did not think it was "wholeheartedly" campaigning for independence and says Corbyn has "changed his mind each hour".

Responding to the CBI's assertion that the party's proposed gender pay gap policy would be "adding bureaucracy", he says: "It's not a great problem and I'm slightly surprised they've even said that."

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Lib Dem candidate and former Labour Party MP Luciana Berger is setting out her party's plan for equality and human rights.

She says "discrimination is something that none of us should have to fear" and the Liberal Democrats "have always championed human rights".

She sets out three commitments:

1. To develop a government-wide plan to tackle inequality and ensure the Equality and Human Rights Commission receives adequate resources
2. To tackle a rise in hate crime by making all hate crimes aggravated offences and giving law enforcement resources and training to better identify and prevent these crimes
3. Funding for protective security measures for places of worship

You can read more on their promises here.

Ms Berger goes on to criticise her former party, Labour, which she says she was "hounded" out of because of anti-Jewish racisim.

"Never did I think I would be forced out of the Labour Party because of anti-Jewish racism but that is what has happened and I am not the only one," she says.

She says leader Jeremy Corbyn has "failed" to root it out.

Here is some more background on the anti-Semitism row that has dogged the Labour Party.

Mr Corbyn has previously told the BBC that, since he's been Labour leader, his party has confronted anti-Semitism and taken action.

Speaking at a press conference, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage criticises Labour's pledge to hold another referendum on the EU, saying, "The degree of contempt with which they're treating five million Labour leave voters is astonishing, they clearly think they can get away with it."

He said his party would fight Labour in "every seat" - following his announcement on Monday that the Brexit party would not contest Conservative-held seats.

He went on to say that Labour had been "taken over by the North London intellectuals - they're miles away in every sense from traditional working families".

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says a Scottish independence referendum would "certainly" not occur within the first two years of a Labour government.

"It's not our priority to have a Scottish independence referendum and so I've said we're not going to do it in the early stages of the government," he says.

Speaking during a two-day tour of Scotland, he also says there "aren't going to be any arrangements" between Labour and other parties in the new parliament.

Asked about whether he has spoken to SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon about a potential arrangement, he says: "We will fight this election to win it. We'll put forward our programme to Parliament and it's up to SNP MPs whether they support us or not."

He adds: "The SNP claim to be opposed to austerity, so I would have thought they'd welcome our manifesto."

We've already brought you the news that A&E waiting times in England have hit their worst level since records began, leading doctors to warn the system is "imploding".

The NHS proving to be a key issue so far in this election campaign - yesterday Labour promised to spend more on the NHS in England than the Conservative Party if they won the election.

And last week the Tories pledged extra training places for GPs, saying they wanted to recruit an extra 6,000 GPs.

The prime minister has also promised there will be 40 major hospital building projects in the next decade - although only six have been given a guarantee of funding so far.

The Liberal Democrats are yet to give much detail about their policies - although they have promised a penny on income tax will be introduced, which will raise extra money for mental health, public health and social care.

Liberal Democrat candidate Chuka Umunna has begun speaking at a party press conference.

He says this is "the biggest election of my lifetime".

"Brexit is the defining issue for this generation and the next," he says.

"In this decade and the next, how we approach Brexit will be the milestone on how people will judge us for years to come."

He says the election is "about the kind of country we want to live in".

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Earlier, we reported comments from outgoing European Council President Donald Tusk, who has urged British voters not to "give up" on stopping Brexit, warning that leaving the EU would leave the UK a "second-rate player".

The shadow Brexit secretary for the pro-EU Liberal Democrats, Tom Brake, says the remarks "show there is still light at the end of the tunnel for all those who want to stop Brexit".

"This will give hope to millions of Remainers across the country," he says.

“We can still reject a Tory or Labour-backed Brexit that would damage opportunities for our children and grandchildren.

"This election is a historic chance for all those who want to secure a brighter future in Europe to make their voice heard."

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Jeremy Corbyn will be forced to offer another Scottish independence referendum if Boris Johnson doesn't win a majority in the election, says the SNP's foreign affairs and Europe spokesman Stephen Gethins.

"Of course he will. He'll have to talk to other parties and the SNP is the third-biggest party at Westminster and hopefully - and it looks like - that will continue," he says.

"We'll engage with him positively. Yes, that means giving the people of Scotland a choice about independence, but also on Trident, stopping austerity and stopping Brexit. There are a wide range of issues."

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It's clear that social media is playing a big part in this campaign, with political messages travelling on everything from WhatsApp groups to paid Facebook ads.

But why are screenshots from Twitter - a relatively small social platform - appearing all over the giant sites like Facebook and Instagram?

Recent research by media regulator Ofcom , externalsays smartphones encourage "passive news consumption" with people prioritising "quantity over depth in their news intake". And when it comes to politics, videos are out and screenshots are in.

Political parties seem to have picked up on this easy way to create content. In recent weeks Mr Corbyn's Instagram page has been posting lots of simple screenshots of his tweets with no visual embellishment.

Perhaps in response to his rival's strategy, Mr Johnson has also started doing this more often, though not as much as Mr Corbyn.

Read more here.

Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson took a train to south-west England this morning, saying he is expecting a "busy day ahead".

His party is promising to reduce "immigration overall" to the UK after Brexit if they win the election.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is continuing his tour of Scotland - his party is vowing to close the gender pay gap by 2030 if it wins the election.

Elsewhere, Liberal Democrat candidates Luciana Berger and Chuka Umunna will use a press conference to unveil the party's plan for equalities and human rights.

The party is promising more funding for security - and also says it would bring in tougher sentences for hate crime.

Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon will do First Minister's Questions, before announcing a five-point package for pensioners.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage will hold a press conference in north-east England.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been heckled at a rally in Dundee by a supporter of another Scottish independence referendum.

A member of the audience interrupted his speech at the Queens Hotel - in which he said Labour would invest £70 billion in Scotland - asking what he would do about the "will of the Scottish people" and shouting "is this democracy?"

Mr Corbyn said: "It's perfectly democratic when we listen to each other, so I'll listen to you in a moment."

The heckler was removed from the audience.

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Businesswoman and campaigner Gina Miller has been talking to the BBC News Channel about an anti-Brexit tactical voting website - RemainUnited - that she launched on Sunday.

Ms Miller, who has who has twice led legal challenges against the government and won, says: "What we are finding is many more people are interested in tactical voting now – more people on the Leave side too."

She says that on the Remain side of the Brexit argument "there are many more parties - if you are in Scotland you have the SNP to bring into the equation, in Wales there's Plaid as well".

"The problem with our (Remain) side is that the biggest party which is Labour is not part of the Remain alliance and in that first-past-the-post system that makes a huge difference," she says.

"If the goal is to dent the Tory Party majority then all parties including Labour need to be part of that alliance."

On Ms Miller's website, she says she wants to allow voters "to make a much better-informed choice about voting for a Remain party" and "stop the madness of a hard Brexit".

If Labour wins the election, the party wants to renegotiate Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal and put it to another public vote.

But rather than backing either Leave or Remain during the election campaign, the party will remain neutral until a later date.

Read more about Labour's Brexit policy here. The BBC has also looked at where other parties stand.

The UK's main parties have begun to announce their campaign promises ahead of a general election on 12 December.

To help you decide who you might vote for, here's a guide to where the parties currently stand on the key issues.

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One in six patients waited longer than four hours in A&E in England during October - the worst-ever performance since the target was introduced in 2004, new data shows.

Political parties are generally in agreement about one thing - that the NHS needs more money.

But is money all it takes? To answer this, it's helpful to look at whether the NHS is getting the best out of its existing budget - and how that compares with other countries.

BBC Reality Check has looked into the subject.

Plus if you care about what the parties are promising on the NHS in this election, here are some of the key things to watch out for in their manifestos.

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Asked about an intelligence report on alleged Russian interference in UK democracy on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Brandon Lewis says: "We're now in purdah, which will delay that a little bit, but once the election is out of the way, we will publish that report."

Downing Street has previously denied claims that it is suppressing the Intelligence and Security Committee's report until after the election.

Only a small circle of people know for sure what is in the report, but we know it looks at a wide range of Russian activity ranging from traditional espionage to subversion. The greatest interest has been in what it might say on political interference in the UK.

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it was "shameful" that the British government has not published it.

Responding to a question about donations from wealthy Russian businessmen, Mr Lewis says he has received donations from Lubov Chernukhin and Alexander Temerko, "as has the Conservative Party".

"They are British citizens... British citizens have the absolute right, as any other British citizen does, to invest in and be part of the British political scene, and I think it's wrong to accuse them of anything else," he says.

London mayoral candidate Rory Stewart says Mr Tusk should "definitely not" have commented on the UK election.

Mr Stewart, who is running as an independent candidate, tells Sky News' Kay Burley: "People called Donald should stay out of British politics.

"It doesn't help him, it doesn't help us. I don't think anyone responds well to that."

The former Conservative leadership hopeful stood down as an MP last month to enter next year's race to become London mayor.

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Ever fancied standing for Parliament yourself?

Well if you want the chance of being an MP in the new government, you need to act quickly, as the deadline to register as a candidate is at 16:00 GMT today.

Almost anybody can put themselves up for election - although some people are less successful than others.

What are the rules on who can stand and who decides which candidates voters choose from?

Our handy guide explains all.

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Brandon Lewis, minister of State for Security in the Home Office, says the Conservatives want to reduce net migration - the difference between the number of people entering and leaving the country - "so people can see we've got control".

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he lists priorities as leaving the EU, ending freedom of movement from the bloc and introducing a points-based immigration system that is "fair and equal to the entire world".

"We need a clear Conservative majority to implement these policies," he adds.

He admits that the party has "let people down" by failing to honour past pledges to reduce net migration. The party has repeatedly failed to meet its longstanding commitment to cut net migration to below 100,000.