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Along with Plaid Cymru, the Brexit Party has also been unveiling its election pledges this morning.

The BBC's Tomos Morgan says Nigel Farage's party will be hoping to do well in Wales, particularly in north-eastern areas where the Brexit Party achieved a high percentage of the vote in May's European elections.

In the 2016 referendum, 52.5% of voters backed Leave - but Plaid Cymru supports remaining in the EU and is calling for another Brexit referendum.

So what impact could the Brexit Party have in Wales?

Our correspondent says it could potentially take some votes away from the Tories in their target seats.

But for voters who do not consider Brexit a key priority, Tomos says it will be a straight battle between the more established parties.

BBC Radio 5 Live

Farming is a key election issue in Norfolk, where 5 Live is broadcasting from today.

Sam Steggles is a goat farmer in Honingham, near Norwich.

“The next government needs to focus on giving some structure, some tangible benefits back to the country and agriculture as a whole. If agriculture and business knows what it’s dealing with, we're very good at adapting to change but you’ve got to know what that change is.

"Brexit for me is now becoming an annoyance - it's dragged on long enough now, I voted Leave, I hope it will be short-term pain but hopefully long-term gain for my children and their children will benefit.

"I am hopeful the the future will be bright, I am convinced it will be. Regardless of what happens with the election, with Brexit, as a country we are getting better at supporting our local economy, our food producers. We've seen an increased demand which is excellent, and long may it continue."

Emily Norton is a dairy farmer in Norfolk. She's been looking at what the parties are offering agriculture.

"Across all of the political parties and the manifestos we've seen so far, [there's detail] about investing in the environment and thinking more about climate change and that's not the messaging we're getting out of Brussels which is still quite stuck on what they do about that," she said.

"We've got a greater opportunity to think about what land management does and what society needs."

"One of the main challenges is looking at producing food sustainably, versus trying to meet climate change targets."

For Andy Allen, an asparagus farmer in Great Ellingham, labour supply after Brexit is a big concern: "More than 60% of the cost of my production is labour and that keeps going up."

"We rely on seasonal, migrant workers - all from Eastern Europe. We just need harvest workers for a set period - it's not conducive to most people in this country who want 12 months work a year, we're just looking for small periods.

"I think politicians are coming to terms with this now.

"There's just not a pool of local people - I need 130 workers for seven weeks a year... it doesn't fit in with college holidays, school holidays etc."

Listen back to Chiles on Friday, from Norwich, on BBC Sounds.

David Shukman
Science editor, BBC News

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Analysis of the Brexit Party's policies.

This is not the first time the idea has surfaced.

After the National Audit Office reported that some exported waste was not being processed as it was meant to, a cross-party group of MPs called for an end to the shipments.

Every year nearly two millions of tonnes of British paper, cardboard and plastic are bought by recycling companies in countries like Malaysia, India and Turkey.

International law already prohibits industrialised nations like the UK from exporting waste unfit to be processed.

Banning the exports totally would force the British waste industry to build many new treatment plants, with repercussions for local authorities and maybe householders too.

This policy would apply to the whole of the UK.

Tonight the leaders of the Conservatives, Labour, SNP and Liberal Democrats will face the Question Time audience in a BBC special from 19:00.

Preparation is well under way for the party leaders.

Scottish first minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon tweeted a picture of herself taking advantage of the train journey from Scotland by doing some revision for the debate:

Last night, Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson took a slightly more combative approach in encouraging followers to tune in:

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We've had two more parties unveiling their election policies this morning.

If you're just checking in after your lunch here's a quick recap of the highlights, as well as the other main stories today:

• Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage describes his party's pledges as a "contract with the people" rather than a manifesto. Policies include capping immigration at 50,000 people a year and abolishing the House of Lords - and of course a "clean break" from the EU. Read our analysis of the Brexit Party's key policies here.
• Plaid Cymru launched its manifesto with a pledge to spend £20bn on a "green jobs revolution" and support another EU referendum. Read our analysis of these and other policies here.

• Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has defended Labour's tax plans, after the Institute for Fiscal Studies described them as "not credible". Read the full story here.
• Meanwhile, the Conservatives have been focusing on housing, with a promise to increase stamp duty for foreign buyers of property in England. Read the full story here.
• Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson has been campaigning in Glasgow, where she insisted she can still become prime minister
• And coming up this evening at 19:00 GMT, the leaders of the Conservatives, Labour, the SNP and the Liberal Democrats will face a live audience in a BBC Question Time special. Here's what you can expect from the programme.

Danny Shaw
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

Nigel Farage has written about cutting net migration, external - immigration minus emigration - to 50,000 per year.

But it is not among the policies the Brexit Party has published.

The document simply promises to "reduce annual immigration", which is not the same thing and won't necessarily lead to lower net migration.

Nevertheless, the direction of travel is clear - even if the precise destination is not.

A "clean break" from the EU, a "fair points system" and a "crackdown" on illegal immigration are the vehicles which the Brexit Party will use to achieve its goals.

But details are lacking. And there's no acknowledgement that to do this while addressing the UK's skills gap and welcoming "genuine" refugees - which are also pledges - is a major challenge.

This policy would apply to the whole of the UK.

Read more: Brexit Party: Key policies explained

Felicity Evans
BBC Wales political editor

The tricky challenge for Plaid Cymru in this general election is how to position themselves against Labour as a party of the left that’s got a more attractive offering to voters.

With UK Labour publishing the most radical manifesto in a generation (put to one side questions about its deliverability for a moment), there’s no way Plaid could credibly outbid it in terms of spending promises; especially as they can’t form a government on 13 December - in fact many of the promises in their manifesto rely on them winning the Welsh Assembly election in 2021.

So the tactic is to juxtapose UK Labour with Welsh Labour who’ve been in government in the assembly for 20 years - in other words, while Jeremy Corbyn can argue he’s the agent of change in Westminster, Plaid's leader Adam Price argues he’s the one who’s offering change in Wales, where Labour has dominated the political landscape for a century.

What makes this election even more tricky, is that while Plaid are trying to gain extra seats like Ynys Mon, two of the four seats they’re defending have tiny majorities. The stakes are high for Plaid’s new leader, but the margins are very fine indeed.

Theo Leggett
BBC International Business Correspondent

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The Brexit Party's flagship transport policy is scrapping the HS2 high-speed rail link. That's a goal it shares with the Green Party.

Nigel Farage's party says the money saved will help raise £200bn for regional regeneration and supporting key sectors of the economy. It calls this a "Brexit Dividend".

It also pledges to invest £50bn in regional road and rail projects in development-starved regions, but does not say how many years this investment will be spread over. It is a significant sum, but falls short of what other parties are offering.

There is no mention of aviation or airports in the document. We don't know where the Brexit Party stands on the expansion of Heathrow, or the development of regional airports, for example.

Nor, at a time when cities such as Bristol are contemplating restrictions on car use, is there anything on air pollution.

Read more: Brexit Party: Key policies explained

Faisal Islam
BBC Economics Editor

Detail is quite vague on tax and spend, and not many pledges are costed. There is little detail about the type of trade vision to be pursued after a "clean break Brexit".

There's no mention of income tax or VAT. No number on the amount of money put into NHS and social care, nor investments in strategic industries that can "create thousands of jobs".

The post-Brexit elimination of VAT on domestic fuel (currently charged at 5%) is estimated to bring a benefit of £65 per household, or £1.7bn a year. These numbers, previously used by Vote Leave, are about right. The £200bn the party says it will raise appears to include the entire lifetime cost of HS2.

Other notable tax cuts are for small business corporation tax, creating a £10,000 tax free allowance, and abolishing inheritance tax. The party also promises to fund "transition" for the car industry.

VAT policy and corporation tax are set UK-wide by Westminster.

Read more: Brexit Party: Key policies explained

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The Brexit Party has launched its election policies - which party leader Nigel Farage has branded a contract with voters. So what's in it?

• Capping immigration at 50,000 people a year - the party would control the numbers of people coming to Britain to settle permanently through an Australian-style points sytem
• Scrapping the HS2 high-speed rail project to save up to £100bn
• Providing free "base level" broadband for all homes, and free wi-fi on all public transport
• Abolishing business rates for shops outside of the M25
• Phasing out the BBC licence fee, currently £154.50 a year
• Banning the export of UK waste to other countries for it to be burned

Read more here.

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Chris Moncrieff, a political reporter who covered Westminster for more than 50 years for the Press Association (PA) news agency, has died aged 88.

The journalist, who continued to file stories after officially retiring in 1994, was described by PA's editor-in-chief Pete Clifton as a "legend".

In 2007, the House of Commons press bar was renamed in Mr Moncrieff's honour.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair once described him as "the only journalist who mattered".

Read the full story here.

Sarah Dickins
BBC Wales Economics Correspondent

The Welsh Government has powers over some taxation, but Plaid Cymru wants more to ensure taxation raises the money Wales needs, it says.

It wants VAT revenues generated in Wales to remain there and for air passenger duty to be devolved, as happens in Scotland.

It also wants Wales to have powers over corporation tax and, like the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru wants to put on hold the planned cut in corporation tax from 19% to 17% for 2020-21.

The party also argues the employee rate of National Insurance should rise from 2% to 4% for high earners.

Kevin Peachey
Personal finance reporter

Inheritance tax is always a political battleground, and the Brexit Party is making a clear pledge to abolish it - aiming for the support of those who worry about its complexity and whether they have to pay.

The tax is a 40% levy on the estate - the property, money and possessions - of someone who has died, above a threshold of £325,000. No tax is paid if the estate is valued at less than £325,000, or if more than that is left to a husband or wife, civil partner, charity, or a community amateur sports club. There is also some relief when passing on the family home.

But few people do actually pay. It was charged following 28,100 deaths in 2016-17 (4.6% of those in the UK) although the number has been rising.

Abolishing it would cut off the government's receipt of £5.4bn a year at the last count.

This policy would apply to the whole of the UK.

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Plaid Cymru unveiled its manifesto earlier - but what is the party promising voters in Wales?

• A £20bn "green jobs revolution" - new tidal lagoons, a green home building programme, and billions for making homes more energy efficient
• Huge investment in transport - a "super metro" system for south-east Wales, re-opening some closed rail lines and the electrification of mainline rail routes
• Another Brexit referendum to give the public a final say - Plaid backs remaining in the EU
• Calling for control of Welsh immigration policy
• Universal free childcare for 40 hours a week and a £35 a week payment for every child in low income households
• A new justice system for Wales, 1,600 more police officers, consider drug law reform through a new national commission

Read more here.

Chris Fox
Technology reporter

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Access to the internet is increasingly seen as essential.

The Brexit Party's pledge to provide "base level domestic broadband" in deprived regions does not specify exactly what sort of service will be offered.

However, the telecoms regulator Ofcom considers speeds of 10 megabits per second (Mbps) to be "the speed which enables full participation in a digital society"., external

In its latest report, it said about 16% of broadband lines across the UK could not reach those speeds. In rural areas, 32% of lines fell below this threshold.

The Brexit Party's "base level" promise for "deprived regions" will reduce bills for homes which may be struggling to afford a fast broadband connection.

But both the Conservatives and Labour have gone further, pledging billions to roll out super-fast full-fibre broadband to more homes.

It has also pledged to offer free wi-fi on public transport. Some train and bus companies already provide this, and while the service can be patchy on moving vehicles, it will be welcomed by those with data-capped mobile phone tariffs.

This policy would apply to the whole of the UK.

Read more: Brexit Party: Key policies explained

Jenny Rees
BBC Wales Home Affairs Correspondent

Plaid Cymru say the current hard-line approach to drugs isn't working.

It criminalises those with an addiction, a medical need or recreational users who "do no harm to others", they say.

Though to see recreational drug use as "harmless" is a leap, given the links to organised crime, trafficking and modern day slavery.

But putting that to one side, nor is it saying it would definitely decriminalise drugs, as has happened in Portugal.

Instead, it proposes a commission to reform drug laws.

Plus a public health focus - dissuade people from taking it - get addicts treated and solutions to the problems that led them to drugs in the first place - leaving police free to tackle those who profit from the drugs trade.

In Scotland, Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson has been challenged by a Strathclyde University student over her party's role in the coalition that governed the UK between 2010 and 2015.

Jay Sutherland, who later told reporters he intended to vote for the Labour Party, approached Ms Swinson during a campaign event in Glasgow. Mr Sutherland said the effect of austerity in the city was "unforgivable".

Ms Swinson, flanked by Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie, replied: "I'd encourage you to look at what our plans are in this election."

Bethan Lewis
BBC Wales Family & Education Correspondent

Plaid Cymru says schools are facing a "funding emergency" and many people working in classrooms would agree.

Education is devolved, so Plaid is setting out its stall on education here rather than putting forward a plan that could be implemented at Westminster.

• Brain Drain Wales?
• Teaching Welsh history - why it is important

An extra £300m a year for schools and colleges seems a healthy increase. But how healthy depends on the benchmark.

Day-to-day spending on schools this year is £2.6bn. An extra £300m a year would make a dent in real terms spending cuts of 6% over the past decade.

But Plaid's pledge includes money for colleges too, which come from a different pot, as does capital spending. The party says some of that £300m a year would go towards school buildings, including new Welsh medium schools.

Chris Morris
BBC Reality Check

The Brexit Party has changed its tune on, yes, Brexit.

Until recently its leader, Nigel Farage, said a no-deal Brexit "was the only acceptable deal".

This "contract" moves the goalposts.

Gone is the criticism of Boris Johnson's withdrawal agreement - now the party simply promises there will be "no extended transition period".

At the moment the transition period - during which the UK would follow EU rules and regulations without having any say in making them - finishes at the end of next year.

Without saying so explicitly, the Brexit Party is warning that it will campaign to ensure Mr Johnson sticks to his promise not to extend the transition.

That gives very little time to agree the terms of a future free trade deal.

The Brexit Party continues to talk about a "clean-break Brexit".

But whoever wins this election, the UK is likely to be negotiating with the EU about the nature of its future relationship for years to come.

Reality Check

As we mentioned earlier, a member of the audience on last night's Question Time criticised Labour's policy of raising income taxes for people earning more than £80,000 on the grounds that it wouldn't be enough to put them in the top 5% of earners. Reality Check has been looking at the numbers.

"I am nowhere near in the top 5%, let me tell you, I'm not even in the top 50%," he said, although he also confirmed that he was earning over £80,000.

HMRC publishes tables , externaleach year breaking down taxpayers in order of how much they earn.

The most recent figures, for 2016-17, show you needed to be earning £75,300 to be in the top 5%.

If you adjust that using average earnings figures from the ONS, external, it's likely that you need to be earning about £81,000 to be in the top 5% of income taxpayers today.

But the figures from HMRC exclude people earning too little to pay income tax. Once you include those people, the audience member would be well into the top 5% of all earners.

And he's certainly not outside the top 50% either - anything over about £25,500 would put him in the top half of income taxpayers.

You can read the full Reality Check here.

This post was corrected to reflect the HMRC figures excluding earners who do not make enough to pay income tax.