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The Lib Dem leader, Jo Swinson is in Cheltenham, one of the party's target seats, where she's asked about polls suggesting voters are not responding well to her personally.

Ms Swinson replies that she was elected by an "overwhelming majority" of party members and other polling showed "something very different",

She says the Liberal Democrats are in a position to win seats from the Conservatives so "anyone concerned about a Boris Johnson majority government" should vote Lib Dem.

"The way to stop Boris Johnson is to vote for Liberal Democrat," she says.

The Liberal Democrats say that if they won a majority at the election they would revoke Article 50, a means of stopping Brexit.

Challenged about that policy - which has come in for some criticism as anti-democratic - Ms Swinson says: "I think that's absolutely the right policy to be honest about what we would do in a Liberal Democrat majority government.

"In every other circumstance we would continue to campaign for a People's Vote."

She adds that Remainers are "flocking to the LIberal Democrats".

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As Sajid Javid's backdrop suggests, he is making this speech in Bolton to contrast the Conservatives' economic plan with Labour's.

The chancellor says the Tory manifesto is the "most comprehensively costed" manifesto ever.

He is now listing a number of Labour policies - such as the windfall tax on oil companies - and criticising them.

He says his team has worked up the cost of Labour's manifesto over a five-year government, and that it comes to £1.2tn.

However, this is not a new claim, it was made earlier this month before the manifesto was published. The BBC Reality Check team analysed the claim at the time and they explain why it's at best problematic.

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The Chief Rabbi is the title given to the leader of most of the Orthodox Jewish communities in the UK and the Commonwealth.

There are thought to be between 260,000 and 300,000 Jews in the UK and, of those who go to a synagogue, most attend one represented by the Chief Rabbi.

Since the title was created in the 18th Century, the Jewish community has become less uniformly Orthodox and now includes more liberal and strictly Orthodox denominations, which do not recognise his authority.

However, what the Chief Rabbi says will still be regarded as important by many parts of the Jewish community, even by people who don’t go to synagogue regularly.

His words add weight to the stance of other community organisations, such as the Board of Deputies of British Jews, which has representatives from a large number of British synagogues.

They have also expressed concerns about anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. Some senior rabbis from the Reform and Liberal traditions have also called on their congregations not to vote Labour.

It’s been a busy day so far - if you’re just joining us, here’s a quick recap of today’s election developments:

• Labour has been dealing with the fallout from an extraordinary attack on the party's record on anti-Semitism by the Chief Rabbi. Jeremy Corbyn says there is no place in the party for anti-Semitism and insists it is taking "rapid and effective" action against it
• The party has also launched its manifesto on race and faith issues, saying it will ensure the national curriculum teaches children about "historical injustice, colonialism and role of the British Empire"
• Meanwhile, the Muslim Council of Britain took aim at the Conservative Party, accusing it of "denial, dismissal and deceit" over anti-Muslim prejudice. The party has promised an independent inquiry, but says it will not focus solely on Islamophobia
• Boris Johnson has been in Inverkeithing launching the Tories' Scottish manifesto, where he says any request for another independence referendum would be rejected "without negotiation"
• SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon is launching a new pledge on parental leave that offers extra time for dads to encourage childcare responsibilities to be split more equally
• And on the final day for registering to vote, external, applications are up 38% over the same period in 2017 for a total of 3,191,193, according to the Electoral Reform Society

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Sajid Javid begins his speech at the youth club talking about the importance of young people having "something to do and someone to talk to".

He says you wouldn't have been able to "keep me away" from "places like this" when he was young.

The chancellor moves on to talking about the North West. He says "there's still a lot of pride" in places such as Bolton but that is "too much about the past and not the future".

That, Mr Javid says, is why it is important to "get Brexit done" and secure a free trade agreement to "prepare us for the challenges of the future".

"I am excited about how we can move our country forward in the next few years," he adds.

What does "get Brexit done" mean? To some it could mean just exiting the EU on "Brexit day", whenever that is.

Or it might mean completing the whole process of settling on our future relationship with the EU - via a trade deal perhaps.

Our piece looks at the claim in detail.

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Earlier, Lord Falconer - who is another vocal critic from within Labour of the party's response to anti-Semitism - welcomed the chief rabbi's strong remarks.

Lord Falconer had been due to lead an independent review into anti-Semitism in the Labour Party but stepped back when the Equality and Human Rights Commission announced it would carry out an investigation.

The Labour peer said the party was still not dealing properly with cases, citing the example of Peter Willsman - who remains suspended but not yet dealt with, and blames “a failure of leadership”.

He added: "I really hope the chief rabbi’s absolutely extraordinary, but justified, intervention will be listened to by my party."

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And speaking of the Scottish Conservatives, what are they saying beyond Brexit?

Well, here's a guide to some of the key pledges from the manifesto.

And by way of advance notice, we'll be getting the SNP manifesto on Wednesday, so make sure you join us then for all of the detail.

The party says stopping a second independence referendum is key to letting Scotland move on.

Academic and politics commentator Prof Tim Bale thinks he's spending far too much time politics-watching...

The Electoral Reform Society - a pressure group that wants a change in voting system for the UK - has analysed voter registration data in the period from the day the election was called (29 October) to midnight yesterday.

It says:

• There have been 3,191,193 applications to register to vote in those 28 days, an average of 114,000 per day
• That figure is 38% higher than the 2,315,893 applications to register in a similar period in the 2017 election, which equated to an average of 68,000 registrations per day
• Of the applications made since the election was called in 2019, 2,125,064 applications (67% of the total) have been made by people aged 34 or under

Dr Jess Garland, director of policy and research at the Electoral Reform Society, says of the stats: “We’re seeing a major uplift in new registrations compared to the last election, with large numbers of young people signing up too - a traditionally under-registered demographic."

Just one caveat, an increase in applications is not firm evidence of an increase in the number of people able to vote - previous elections have seen voter registration applications from people who are already registered or who are below the voting age.

Today is the final day you can register. You can do so via this link., external

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Chancellor Sajid Javid is due to give a speech in the North West shortly.

The MP for Bromsgrove, who will begin at around 15:00 GMT, has been been meeting members of the public at Bolton Lads & Girls Club - one of the largest youth clubs in the UK.

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As we mentioned a little while ago, BBC Reality Check has looked at three of Nicola Sturgeon's claims in her Andrew Neil interview.

Here's one:

Claim: "Almost all of the polls show increasing support for Scottish independence"

Reality Check: According to the polling data collected by What Scotland Thinks, there has been an increase in support for independence if a second referendum were held now.

Excluding "don't knows", the average of polls this year has been 51% for No to 49% for Yes - extremely close but still marginal support for remaining in the union.

The average for 2018 was 55% to 45% - approximately the same as the result of the 2014 referendum.

Read more analysis of her other claims here.

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Any intervention like this from a significant religious leader would be damaging, but the timing is a nightmare - just two weeks from polling day and on the very day Labour launches its race and faith manifesto. And the language the chief rabbi has used - it’s all bad, bad, bad.

Mr Corbyn didn’t really take on the chief rabbi’s comments. He talked about how anti-Semitism was vile and evil, how if he was PM he would want to ensure greater security and protection for synagogues and mosques.

The nearest he actually got to directly addressing the chief rabbi’s intervention was to say “engage” - appealing to all religious groups to engage with him if they have concerns.

I take it from that, Team Labour have decided there is not much they can say or do that is going to make any difference to how he is seen by many, many people of the Jewish community.

Team Corbyn take the view that they have introduced new disciplinary procedures, fast-tracked them, more people are getting turfed out of the party.

Mr Corbyn has said again and again and again that he abhors anti-Semitism, and yet it doesn’t really seem to have made any difference to his relationship with large sections of the Jewish community.

They almost just had to take the hit, move on and hope this blows over and the election moves on to other issues.

Bear with us... this one requires a bit of setting out. Earlier, we mentioned Michael Gove's response to grime artist Stormzy, who has endorsed Jeremy Corbyn and criticised Boris Johnson.

Conservative minister Mr Gove said the grime star was a "far, far better rapper than a political analyst".

That was picked up by Labour's Angela Rayner, who said Mr Gove was good at neither - well, that wasn't her exact wording, but we got her gist.

Well now, Mr Gove has taken that as an opportunity to demonstrate his grasp of contemporary slang, responding with a line from Stormzy's Shut Up.

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The SNP today are focusing on new mothers and fathers today, unveiling a new plan to increased shared leave for both parents to 64 weeks.

Of that, 12 weeks will be set aside for fathers on a use-it-or-lose-it basis. The aim is to encourage take-up and increase dads' involvement in their children's lives at an early stage.

The SNP says policies such as this have a lasting impact on how couples share responsibility for childcare and help women re-enter the workplace.

At the moment, Scotland, like the rest of the UK, offers up to 52 weeks of maternity leave, with the option to share part of it.

Speaking before a campaign visit today where she will officially launch the policy, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon says we need to "change societal expectations and make it easier for new dads to take time off with their children.".

The SNP is also calling for increased maternity pay, the right for fathers to take paid leave for antenatal appointments and to extend protections against redundancy during pregnancy and for the first six months of parenthood.

On a slightly different note, Ms Sturgeon took part in an interview with the BBC's Andrew Neil on Monday - and our Reality Check team have now fact-checked the things she said.

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We're just trying to take a breath now after juggling Labour and Conservative events at the same time.

Our colleagues in Scotland have written up the latter, with Boris Johnson accusing the SNP of "paralysing" Scotland.

He also ruled out allowing a second independence referendum as he launched the Scottish Conservative manifesto.

A short while ago, Jeremy Corbyn left the stage at the Labour event in north London that launched the party's race and faith manifesto.

In case you missed it, here's what happened:

• The Labour leader used a speech to condemn anti-Semitism as "vile, wrong and evil", after the Chief Rabbi criticised the party's handling of anti-Jewish abuse. Mr Corbyn said there was a "rapid" and "effective" system for dealing with reports of anti-Semitism.
• Mr Corbyn also said he had an "open door" to faith leaders. When questioned by journalists about the Jewish leader's criticism, Mr Corbyn invited the Chief Rabbi and other faith leaders "to talk to us". "I ask those who think things have not been done correctly to tell me about it, talk to me about it, but above all engage."
• The BBC's political editor said Mr Corbyn strongly condemned racism but didn't offer a direct response to the Chief Rabbi’s remarks
• The leader invited the Conservative Party to deal with the issue of Islamophobia within its ranks, saying it "appears to be a problem within their party"
• Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott told the audience "just because you're vilified, doesn't mean you're not right", while talking about the late Bernie Grant, a black former MP
• Shadow women and equalities secretary Dawn Butler said the party "may have made mistakes, but they are not insurmountable"

Read our full story.

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Former Labour MP Louise Ellman, who left the party over allegations of anti-Semitism, told BBC Radio 4's The World At One that the Labour party was “again denying the obvious that they have been perpetuating anti-Semitism”.

She tells the programme the party "hasn't faced up to the anti-Semitism that was unleashed from the time Jeremy Corbyn became leader".

"The chief rabbi’s comments reflect the gravity of the situation," she says.

"This is unprecedented and it is unprecedented for a major political party – a potential party of government – to be perpetuating anti-Semitism.

"This is not just about Jewish people, it is about the whole of our society."

She says the chief rabbi was "right to speak out".

As we heard earlier, Jeremy Corbyn has spoken today about anti-Semitsm, saying it is, in any form, "vile and wrong" and "will not be tolerated".

His comments followed remarks from the chief rabbi, who has strongly criticised Labour, claiming the party is not doing enough to root out anti-Jewish racism.

In his speech, the Labour leader did not directly address the criticism from Ephraim Mirvis.

However, in the Q&A that follows, he invites the rabbi and other faith leaders to "come talk to us", adding he is "absolutely clear" that "no community will be at risk" because of their race or faith.

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Questions at the Labour event in London now turn to the issue of Islamophobia.

"I invite all parties to adopt the processes that we adopt. We do not tolerate any form of Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, or anything else within our party," says the Labour leader.

"And I invite the Conservative Party to address the issue of Islamophobia that appears to be a problem within their party."