David Shukman
Science editor, BBC News

It's striking that Labour's policies on climate change come in the manifesto's opening chapter.

And after much internal debate, the date they propose for reducing carbon emissions to effectively zero is much sooner than the government currently envisages.

It's not quite the neat formulation of "net zero" by 2030 than many party activists wanted (and the Green Party has promised).

Instead in one line the document talks of achieving "the substantial majority of our emissions reductions" by 2030.

In another, it mentions putting the UK "on track for a net-zero-carbon energy system within the 2030s".

Presumably that creates enough stretch room to get to 2040 - five years earlier than the Lib Dems' target year and ten years earlier than the Tories'.

In any event, it suggests a much faster transition than was recommended by the government's independent advisers, the Committee on Climate Change, which has to raise questions about its feasibility.

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The Conservative Party received more than £5.6m in donations in the first week of the official election campaign - outstripping its rival parties by millions.

Each party has to do a weekly report to the Electoral Commission in the month running up to the poll detailing any donations they receive over £7,500, and it then releases the figures.

In its first report, the commission says the Tories received £5,673,646 made up of these large donations.

The next closest figure went to the Liberal Democrats. However, they only received £275,000 via these big cheques.

Next up was the Brexit Party, with £250,000, followed by Labour, with £218,500, the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, with £60,000, and the Green Party, with £30,000.

But remember, these are the large donations.

Both Labour and the Brexit Party have previously celebrated how much funding they get through much smaller personal donations, often made online.

Branwen Jeffreys
Education Editor

Analysis of key education policies in Labour's manifesto.

The controversial policy of abolishing private schools, voted through at conference, is being parked for the moment. But there is a firm commitment to remove their charitable tax status.

The big pledge, as in 2017, is the abolition of tuition fees. Universities will worry that the commitment to find public money to replace them could come under pressure if public finances tighten.

Scrapping tuition fees will benefit the wealthiest students most as they already use the bank of mum and dad, rather than loans, for living costs. Maintenance grants would be restored for the poorest by Labour, a move which economists will see as progressive because it would help those from low income families. The combined cost is estimated at £12bn a year.

On school funding, Labour's promise goes further than the Conservatives and Lib Dems. By 2022-2023, spending would be £10.5bn higher than currently - which is a real-terms increase.

Read more here: Labour Party manifesto - key policies explained

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Boris Johnson is also asked if it was the right decision by Prince Andrew to step back from royal duties over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

He says: “It’s very important that all the victims of Jeffrey Epstein get justice, and the law must be done and must be seen to be done.”

Asked whether that should involve Prince Andrew speaking to the US authorities, the PM repeats: "The law must be done and be seen to be done."

You can read more about the latest on the prince here.

Chris Morris
BBC Reality Check

Reality Check analysis of the Labour manifesto.

Brexit is Labour's elephant in the room.

Jeremy Corbyn wants to talk about his other policies, and the short "The Final Say on Brexit" section only begins on page 89 of this manifesto.

The other main UK-wide parties have simple Brexit slogans, but Labour's policy is more complicated and doesn't fit on a manifesto cover or the side of a bus.

It promises to renegotiate a new Brexit deal within three months, based on a new UK-EU customs union and close EU single market alignment.

EU nationals living and working in the UK would also have the automatic right to stay.

That deal would then be put to a legally-binding referendum within six months, alongside the option to remain in the EU.

Labour argues the Conservatives and Lib Dems appeal either to Leavers or to Remainers respectively, while it wants to appeal to both and to give the people the final say.

It would implement the referendum result immediately.

But Mr Corbyn will not say how he would vote in the referendum. And that continues to divert attention away from his other practical policies.

Read more: Labour Party manifesto - key policies explained

The Chancellor spoke to BBC Breakfast earlier this morning and was questioned on Boris Johnson saying the Conservative's national insurance pledge would "put £500 into the pockets of everybody", which was incorrect.

Chris Mason
Political Correspondent

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...under a Labour government. The manifesto promises, on page 82, "reducing the voting age to 16, giving full voting rights to all UK residents, making sure everyone who is entitled to vote can do so by introducing a system of automatic voter registration, and abandoning plans to introduce voter ID which has been shown to harm democratic rights."

Boris Johnson condemns Labour's manifesto, claiming the policies have "no economic credibility whatever", but instead have "ruinous characteristics".

Speaking to the BBC on the campaign trail, the PM says: "This was the moment - lights, camera, action - Corbyn comes centre stage, drum roll... and he completely misses his cue.

"Because what we want to know is what is his plan to deliver Brexit, what is the deal he wants to do and which side would he vote (for) on that deal and we still don’t know.

"Until we have answers to those questions, until we get Brexit done, none of this carries any economic credibility whatever."

David Shukman
Science editor, BBC News

It's striking that Labour's policies on climate change come in the manifesto's opening chapter.

And after much internal debate, the date they propose for reducing carbon emissions to effectively zero is much sooner than the government currently envisages.

It's not quite the neat formulation of "net zero" by 2030 than many party activists wanted (and the Green Party has promised).

Instead, in one line, the document talks of achieving "the substantial majority of our emissions reductions" by 2030.

In another, it mentions putting the UK "on track for a net-zero-carbon energy system within the 2030s".

Presumably that creates enough stretch room to get to 2040 - five years earlier than the Lib Dems target year and ten years earlier than the Tories.

In any event, it suggests a much faster transition than was recommended by the government's independent advisers, the Committee on Climate Change, which has to raise questions about its feasibility.

Danny Shaw
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

More analysis of the Labour party manifesto.

The Labour party says it will grant EU nationals the right to remain

This means EU citizens in the UK would no longer have to apply to continue living and working in the country.

The settlement scheme was set up by the Conservative government to formalise the rights of EU citizens to continue living and working in the UK after Brexit.

Ministers have claimed the system is working well with applications from around 2.45 million people so far. But that means almost one million EU nationals have yet to sign up, raising concerns that some who have difficulty proving they've been in Britain could be at risk of deportation.

Labour's proposal would end the worry and uncertainty for EU citizens in Britain, but it could create problems for border staff after Brexit in distinguishing between those who've already been living in the UK and new arrivals who may have certain restrictions.

Read more here: Labour Party manifesto - key policies explained

Alison Holt
Social affairs correspondent

Further analysis of the Labour manifesto.

Labour's plan for a comprehensive National Care Service is bold, but the question will be whether their costings stand up to scrutiny.

That is not just about the affordability of the plan now, but also its costs as the population ages.

At the heart of the policy is free personal care for older people who need help with day-to-day tasks like washing, dressing and medication.

This system already operates in Scotland, but in England the idea was rejected 20 years ago by the then-Labour government as too expensive.

There are also promises to double the number of people receiving help, thus easing NHS pressures.

Plans to reform the care system have ended up as political footballs in past elections - the challenge for Labour will be building a consensus around their ideas.

Read more: Labour Party manifesto - key policies explained

With only three weeks left until polling day, who's facing the BBC Question Time audience in Bolton tonight?

• Robert Jenrick, Conservative Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary.
• Richard Burgon, Labour shadow justice secretary
• Philippa Whitford, SNP health spokeswoman
• Chuka Umunna, Liberal Democrat
• Shirelle Jacobs, assistant comment editor for the Telegraph

Rory Cellan-Jones
Technology correspondent

An energy industry lobby group has been buying adverts on Facebook attacking Labour's nationalisation policies ahead of the general election.

The Energy Networks Association has so far spent £3,215 on 130 ads on the social media site., external

The lobby group has registered with Facebook as a political advertiser and says it is in discussions with the Electoral Commission about whether it needs to register as a non-party campaigner.

The trade group, whose members include National Grid and Scottish and Southern Energy, has bought adverts for a campaign called Securing A Green Future.

The ads include messages such as "What matters more to you and your family? NHS spending or nationalisation of the energy networks?"

Read more from Rory here.

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A man has been charged with making a threat against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Samuel Naylor, 37, from Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, was arrested after police were made aware of a "malicious communication" on Tuesday.

Police said he was charged with "sending a letter, communication or article conveying a threatening message regarding the Labour leader".

Mr Naylor is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on 3 January.

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As with all election manifesto launches, there's been an overwhelming flood of policies announced in one go.

But not all of them are new. Here's a list of some of the policies which had already been announced but have now become official in the manifesto:

• The party already pledged to outspend the Tories on the NHS, and the manifesto confirms its promise to raise expenditure by 4.3% a year. It pledges an extra £1.6bn a year for mental health services, as well as £2bn to modernise mental health facilities. Hospitals would have mandatory standards for food and free parking for patients, staff and visitors
• Annual dental check-ups will be made free in England, like in Scotland, and prescription charges will be abolished, in England, bringing it into line with the rest of the UK
• The manifesto makes Labour's pledge for another referendum on Brexit official. Within three months, it will negotiate a new deal with the EU including a UK-wide customs union and close alignment to the single market. Within six months, the deal would go to a referendum with the option to remain.
• The minimum wage for everyone - including those below the age of 18 - would rise to £10 an hour, and zero-hours contracts would be banned
• £100bn would be invested in Scotland over a 10-year period
• A programme of nationalisation has been confirmed that would bring the Royal Mail, rail-operating companies, energy supply networks and water and sewerage companies into public ownership
• Free broadband for all, by nationalising part of BT and taxing tech giants
• The top 5% of earners will see their personal taxes rise - a policy carried over from its 2017 manifesto
• A tax on second homes used as holiday homes
• A £3bn plan to offer adults in England six years of free study or retraining
• On housing, Labour says it would build 150,000 new council and social homes a year by 2024
• A 32-hour working week could be brought in within 10 years, "with no loss of pay"
• An increase in the length of statutory maternity pay from nine months to a year
• "Radical" policies on the environment, including the promise of creating one million jobs through a Green Industrial Revolution
• An emphasis on public transport, with bus networks being taken into public ownership, free bus travel for under 25s and reinstating 3,000 routes that have been cut
• Free personal at-home care in England for over-65s most in need of it
• Reducing the voting age to 16
• Reviewing the retirement age for people in hard manual jobs

Lord Stewart Wood, who advised Ed Miliband when he was Labour leader, gives his perspective on the kind of strategy the current Labour campaign team should pursue:

A coincidence spotted by one of the BBC's political correspondents out on the road:

Chris Mason
Political Correspondent

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I love diving into the detail of manifestos. And there's a lot of it in Labour's tome. Here's something from page 19: nationalising bus services. The party promises that where councils take over running local buses, under-25s will travel for free.