Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has defended his decision to adopt a neutral stance in another Brexit referendum - which he confirmed in last night's Question Time special.

Speaking on a campaign visit outside an Amazon depot in Sheffield, he tells reporters: "I think being an honest broker and listening to everyone is actually a sign of strength and a sign of maturity.

"Our country has to come together - we can't go on forever being divided by how people voted in 2016."

He adds: "My role as the Labour prime minister would be to ensure that [another referendum] is carried out in a fair way, that the offers put are fair, and that I will carry out the result of that referendum."

With the party leaders still setting out their stalls, there was a spike in voter registration yesterday amid a push led by several civil groups and campaigners.

According to official registration figures, external, 308,000 people registered to vote on Friday. For comparison, on Thursday, there were 108,000 registrations and, on Wednesday, 116,000.

Some 103,000 people who registered on Friday were under the age of 25 while some 103,000 others were between 25-34.

The deadline to register for the election is fast approaching: 23:59 GMT on Tuesday.

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John Pienaar
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Watching Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn do what they both do best - campaigning as if it was a performing art - ought to have been a bit of a treat for politics watchers this week.

But it wasn't.

The pledges were flamboyant: tax cuts from the PM on Wednesday, huge public spending hikes from Labour's leader on Thursday; then, on Friday, on the BBC Question Time set in Sheffield, a live audience showed vividly how public distrust had risen like a flood tide.

In that moment, the two leaders' talent for crowd-pleasing seemed more like a survival skill.

To a neutral observer, it might have been fascinating yet strangely uncomfortable to witness: like watching synchronised swimming in a tsunami.

Read more from John.

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Back on the campaign trail, Jeremy Corbyn is currently outside an Amazon depot in Sheffield where he plans to focus on workers' rights and Labour's tax plans.

His party is pledging to charge offshore firms 20% for property purchases, on top of existing stamp duties and surcharges.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell says the levy is needed to "raise essential revenue for our public services".

But the Conservatives said Labour is "lashing out" at firms because it "has no credible plan to get Brexit done".

You can read more about Labour's plans here.

From fake tears and 'fact-checking' to party manifesto launches, here's a rundown of what the politicians have been up to this week.

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The Conservatives are focusing on their health policies today, with a promise to put an extra £83m a year into dementia research over the next decade if they win power.

The investment, which would double current funding, is described by the party as the "largest boost to dementia research ever" in the UK.

The number of people with dementia is set to rise to more than a million by the middle of the next decade, and is predicted to double in the next 30 years.

The Alzheimer's Society says the announcement is "positive" and it welcomes any "serious plan" to invest in research.

Read the full story here.

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Jo Swinson faced a tough time in last night's debate on the Lib Dem's Brexit stance - that they will cancel Brexit if they win a majority in the election.

Lib Dem parliamentary candidate Chuka Umunna defended the policy, insisting it was not a mistake.

“We are the only one of the main parties absolutely clearly fighting to stay in the European Union," he told the Today programme.

“If we go from 20 to 326 MPs that will give us a democratic mandate to stop Brexit and cancel it."

He also criticised Jeremy Corbyn's promise to remain neutral in a future Brexit referendum, saying: "I think it is extraordinary, absolutely extraordinary, that on the biggest issue since the Second World War, the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, is saying he would seek to behave like some referee in a football match."

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One of Nicola Sturgeon's key messages in last night's Question Time programme was her insistence that she believes Jeremy Corbyn would allow a referendum on Scottish independence in return for SNP support for a Labour government.

The SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford repeated this message on the Today programme earlier, saying Mr Corbyn would "give way" and allow an independence referendum in 2020 if he needed SNP support to form a government.

"If he wants to be the prime minister of a minority administration then he's going to have some give and take, and acceding to the democratic right of Scotland to have a referendum isn't really a big ask," Mr Blackford said.

"I don't think Jeremy Corbyn's going to find that a difficult thing to do," he added.

Mr Blackford said the SNP would also have other demands but added: "We're certainly not going to get into discussions on other matters until we've resolved that matter."

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Shadow employment rights secretary Laura Pidcock has defended Jeremy Corbyn's promise to remain neutral in a future Brexit referendum as "brave".

She tells the Today programme: "What we are saying is we trust the people to have the final say... and we will faithfully implement whatever the people say."

But speaking on the programme earlier, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Mr Corbyn's position "won't wash with the voters", adding that the Labour leader had "decided to be indecisive".

On whether a Labour Brexit negotiation team would contain people supporting the Leave side, Ms Pidcock says: "I think that there will be, as in the country, a variety of opinions around that table.

"It involves people who are serious about getting a credible Leave option."

Reality Check

As ever, the BBC's Reality Check team has been on hand to analyse the claims made by the party leaders during last night's Question Time special.

You can catch up on the various assertions made during the programme, and what our experts made of them here.

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock was also asked about a vote by GPs to reduce visits to patients' homes when he appeared on the Today programme.

Doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of English local medical committees in London on Friday, saying they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them.

It means British Medical Association representatives will lobby NHS England to stop home visits being a contractual obligation.

But Mr Hancock says the idea is "a complete non-starter".

He tells the programme: "The GPs had a vote on what their opening negotiation position should be for the next GP contract, and the idea that people shouldn't be able, when they need it, to have a home visit from a GP is a complete non-starter and it won't succeed in the negotiations."

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock is insisting the Conservatives will be able to deliver their Brexit deal if they win power - despite a Tory minister suggesting no-deal preparations would continue.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak has told the Telegraph , externalthat no-deal Brexit planning will resume after the election if the Conservatives win.

That's despite Boris Johnson repeatedly saying his deal with the EU is "oven ready".

But Mr Hancock tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme: “We’ve got a good deal and we’re going to get that deal through.”

“We were fully prepared if the need had arisen for a no-deal exit in the health service but I’m absolutely delighted that we’ve got a deal," he adds.

Pressed on whether his department is no longer planning for no deal, Mr Hancock says: "We’ve got all the plans ready... you don’t have to re-do plans.”

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Aside from Jeremy Corbyn's confirmation that he would adopt a "neutral" stance in a another referendum, there were a number of other standout moments from last night's debate.

Away from Breixt, Boris Johnson was put under pressure over why a report into Russian interference in UK democracy had not yet been published.

Nicola Sturgeon was pressed on her terms for co-operating with a Labour government, while Jo Swison also got a tough time over her claim she could become prime minister.

Read our summary of the key moments from the programme here.

Away from last night’s programme, several party leaders are out campaigning today.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is expected to focus on workers' rights and taxation of businesses.

He'll then launch Labour's youth manifesto at a rally for young people.

Meanwhile, Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson will visit the Design Museum in Kensington, west London, to talk about her party's plans for innovation and technology.

Elsewhere, the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon will be campaigning in Leven, Fife, while Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage will be in Hartlepool with Richard Tice - the party's candidate for the constituency.

The big news from last night’s BBC Question Time leaders’ special was Jeremy Corbyn saying he would remain neutral in a future Brexit referendum if Labour wins power.

But party leaders Boris Johnson, Nicola Sturgeon and Jo Swinson also faced questions from the audience on issues including Scottish independence, austerity and trust in politicians.

We’ll bring you the latest reaction and analysis as well as all the other news from the campaign trail.