We're going to wrap up our live coverage here for the night - bed is calling. Thank you for joining us.

Looking ahead to Thursday, expect Labour to dominate the airwaves because it's their manifesto launch day.

As we say goodnight, here's a run-down of all big stuff that happened on Wednesday:

• The Lib Dems had hoped to dominate the coverage today with the unveiling of their manifesto. It includes a raft of policy pledges from free childcare to a frequent flyer tax and the legalisation of cannabis. Our experts have gone into detail about the 12 most important announcements - so read that and it'll bring you up to speed.
• Boris Johnson somewhat stole the Lib Dems' thunder though. Whether it was deliberate or not, he answered a question from a worker during a campaign visit with a major policy announcement on National Insurance. He says the threshold for payment will rise to £9,500, but will hopefully, eventually, get to £12,500.
• The figures surrounding the NI announcement have been a bit confusing though - BBC Reality Check has tried to explain.
• Later in the day, Jo Swinson sat down for a chat with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg to talk about her policies, but Laura detected a significant change in tone from the Lib Dem leader - and possibly, a change in her electoral aims too.Read Laura's latest blog for more.
• That shift in tone seemed to be reinforced by Ms Swinson's deputy who appeared to give away quite a lot about their plans.
• Criticism continued of the Tories over the decision by their press office to pose as a fact-checking body during the first TV debate of the campaign. Senior Conservatives dismissed the complaints.
• And the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon said Jeremy Corbyn would have little choice but to back a second Scottish independence referendum if he was looking for her party to help him into No 10 in the event of a hung Parliament.

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As we told you earlier, the Lib Dems are arguing that they can achieve their aim of stopping Brexit if there is no outright winner on 12 December.

Their deputy leader argues a Tory minority government is the most likely outcome - and at that point, he says the Lib Dems will exert their leverage to bring about another referendum.

Read all about it.

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The world doesn't stop just because an election is on - there could be an international crisis, a run on a bank, flooding, or an outbreak of disease. Remember 2017, when the country was hit by a series of terror attacks during the campaign period?

So who's in charge while politicians hit the election trail?

The BBC's Parliamentary correspondent Mark D'Arcy explains that although MPs become members of the public again, the basic principle is that the Queen must have a government at all times.

Read more about how it all works.

In the latest in our series Ask the Leaders, Jonathan Bartley tells the BBC every Green vote will "send a message" that "we need to change course".

A tantalising tease for Electioncast fans from our political editor - there'll be a new episode coming later this evening via BBC Sounds.

Right now, you can watch the gang at work on the BBC News Channel.

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Nigel Farage has given his reaction to the Conservatives' National Insurance announcement.

"Both sides are overpromising to the extent that I’m not sure anyone believes anything," he said.

"Do people on lower salaries need relief and lower taxes and lower NI? Of course they do… but it seems we had the magic money tree and now it seems there are magic money forests on both sides."

Mr Farage says the Brexit Party is "being responsible, saying there are ways we can save money, not just go out and spend".

Just alongside that, we've heard the views of a few other parties on the Conservatives' National Insurance cut.

• The SNP said if the Tories "really wanted to help people on low incomes" then they would "fix and stop the rollout of universal credit".
• Plaid Cymru said the Tories should instead raise contributions for the better-off to generate more money for investment.
• Labour said a tax cut for millions was the wrong priority when public services were "creaking".

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An election candidate standing in the same seat as Anna Soubry has been found guilty of harassing her and banned from campaigning in the constituency.

English Democrat candidate Amy Dalla Mura is standing in Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, which Ms Soubry has represented since 2010.

Westminster Magistrates' Court heard the defendant repeatedly targeted the Independent Group for Change candidate and called her a traitor on television.

She will be sentenced on 16 December.

Read the full story.

The prime minister says a planned National Insurance cut would give everyone in the UK £500, but is he right?

BBC Reality Check has looked closely at what was announced today and how the numbers stack up.

We've just gone back to have another listen to Sir Ed Davey's interview with Andrew Neil after a sniff of something interesting wafted our way.

The Lib Dem deputy leader appeared to give quite a bit away about the electoral strategy his party is now working on.

"The most likely result, I think, is probably a minority Tory government," he said.

In that event, Sir Ed continued: "Boris Johnson says he wants to deliver Brexit so the only way he could do that is with a people's vote.

"So we will challenge him...

"If he wants to deliver Brexit and he hasn't got the votes, the only way he is going to be able to do that is to put it back to the people."

Andrew Neil is pretty sceptical that Boris Johnson would ever agree to give the Lib Dems another referendum in return for their support, but Sir Ed seems convinced.

"We can stop Boris Johnson getting a majority and through that we can stop Brexit," he insists.

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Andrew Neil Show
Wednesdays from 7pm on BBC2

From Tory Brandon Lewis to Liberal Democrat deputy leader Sir Ed Davey. He tells Andrew Neil the UK will get a boost of of £50bn for the Treasury if Brexit is cancelled - the figure which his party has referred to as a "Remain bonus".

How will they get to that point? Sir Ed says they want to stop the Conservatives getting a majority at the election and then use whatever leverage they have to push for another referendum.

Neil challenges Sir Ed on the party's plans to increase some taxes, including corporation tax - read our economics editor's thoughts on that here by the way.

"There are some increases," he says. "But, guess what, money doesn't grow on trees."

He goes on to criticise the Conservative Party and Labour, saying they have not detailed their spending.

Neither party has yet released their manifesto - Labour's is expected tomorrow.

Sir Ed is asked about the Lib Dem policy of a tax rise for those who take the most international flights.

"We have to reduce demands for flights," he argues.

"We are serious about tackling climate change."

Find out more about Liberal Democrat policies here

Andrew Neil Show
Wednesdays from 7pm on BBC2

Over to the Andrew Neil show now, and he begins by challenging security minister Brandon Lewis on the prime minister's announcement on National Insurance today.

Boris Johnson said it would mean an extra £500 in every pocket - but this is not true, Neil says.

Mr Lewis replies that they will move to the equivalent of about £100 per person saving - but Neil points out that the IFS has estimated that would actually be a £85 saving per worker.

Mr Lewis says the "ambition" is to get to a £12,500 threshold for paying National Insurance.

He says it is an "aggressive way of cutting tax because it’s one that helps everybody".

Mr Lewis is also asked about the criticism directed at the Tories for rebranding their press office Twitter account during the head-to-head debate last night between Mr Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

The @CCHQ Twitter account changed their names to "factcheckUK".

Mr Lewis says it was "always very clear it was CCHQ".

It's been a busy one, with both well-planned election events and surprise policy announcements. Here's a summary of what you really need to know:

• The Lib Dems had hoped to dominate the coverage today with the unveiling of their manifesto. It includes a raft of policy pledges from free childcare to a frequent flyer tax and the legalisation of cannabis. Our experts have gone into detail about the 12 most important announcements - so read that and it'll bring you up to speed.
• Boris Johnson somewhat stole the Lib Dems' thunder though. Whether it was deliberate or not, he answered a question from a worker during a campaign visit with a major policy announcement. He says the Tories would cut the amount employees pay in National Insurance - initially, the threshold for payment will rise to £9,500, but he says his ambition is to eventually get to £12,500. No timescale for that specified though.
• Later in the day, Jo Swinson sat down for a chat with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg to talk about her policies, but Laura detected a significant change in tone from the Lib Dem leader - and possibly, a change in her electoral aims too. Read Laura's latest blog for more.
• Criticism continued of the Tories over the decision by their press office to pose as a fact-checking body during the first TV debate of the campaign. Senior Conservatives dismissed the complaints.
• The SNP's Nicola Sturgeon said Jeremy Corbyn would have little choice but to back a second Scottish independence referendum if he was looking for her party to help him into No 10 in the event of a hung Parliament.

Faisal Islam
BBC Economics Editor

If changing the threshold at which National Insurance is paid to £12,500 had occurred all in one go it would have been very expensive - about £10bn.

It would have be a great tax reform because it would equalise the point at which you start to pay NI with the point at which you start to pay income tax, and some see a benefit in that.

But that’s not the policy that will be in the manifesto.

It won't happen all in one go - we'll be heading to a threshold of £9.500 first, with the ambition to go further later.

So for the minute, it’s a relatively modest tax cut of about £2bn - about £85 per person.

Andrew Neil Show
Wednesdays from 7pm on BBC2

Ed Davey, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, and Conservative Security Minister Brandon Lewis will be interviewed live on BBC Two's Andrew Neil Show.

There will be also be updates and analysis on the election campaign between 19:00 and 19:30 on Wednesday from BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.