Boris Johnson is now speaking at the Tory event. One of his key arguments is that a vote for Labour would mean two referendums next year - one on Brexit and one on Scottish independence.

Jeremy Corbyn has rejected the suggestion he'd allow indyref2 within at least the first two years of a Labour government.

As we continue to await Labour, the Scottish Conservatives are launching their manifesto, declaring that Scotland has "had enough" of constitutional division and that they'll oppose any plans for a second independence referendum.

Jackson Carlaw, the acting leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, refers several times to "Nicola", meaning Nicola Sturgeon of course, the leader of the SNP and Scotland's First Minister.

Mr Carlaw says the general election is a chance to "insist that, for once, Nicola listens" and to tell her "no to a second referendum".

And he urges all voters in favour of the union to "forget" Scottish Labour and lends the Conservatives their vote.

"Together let's make Nicola listen for once and together we can move on as a country."

Something a little different for a moment... Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie says he pulled out of a Sky TV appearance over its all-male panel.

Mr Harvie tweeted that he wouldn't be appearing on the broadcaster's All Out Politics programme this morning after being told there would be no women on the panel.

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard, Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie, the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford and Scottish Tory MSP Jamie Greene appeared on the programme.

Sky News correspondent James Matthews responded to Mr Harvie by saying it had asked about the availability of Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater the day before.

The clock is ticking down to the today's deadline for registering to vote, and a cafe in Bristol has come up with an innovative scheme to get people on the electoral register.

Domhnaill Barnes, from the Arnolfini Cafe Bar, is offering to help people sign up by printing out application forms and offering the venue's address to homeless people.

Homeless people are, of course, just as entitled to vote as anyone else., external

But homelessness charity Crisis says they need to fill in a form called a "declaration of local connection", or register an address where they spend most of their time during the day or night.

Mr Barnes, who has helped 20 people to register so far, says voting is "absolutely critical".

"I've always voted at every election I've ever been able to vote in. I believe that everybody who has the right to vote should exercise that right and if there's anything I can do to facilitate people being able to do that, it's hugely important to me, especially given the magnitude and importance of the election."

As for whether he wanted to enter politics himself, he said he'd "toyed with the idea" several times, but that perhaps this initiative to get people on the register would drive him to "take that final step".

Just to keep you in the loop, we thought we'd hearing from Jeremy Corbyn at about 11:30, but the event hasn't started yet.

It also looks like journalists might not be able to question the politicians gathered for the event, if the editor of Politics Home is right,

England footballer Raheem Sterling has joined the growing list of celebrities urging people to register to vote before tonight's midnight deadline.

The Manchester City player calls the 12 December vote "one of the most important election of our generation". If you want to follow his advice, all you need to know about how to register is here.

Just an add to that entry a few minutes ago from Zainab Gulamali, from the Muslim Council of Britain.

Here's the council's formal response to the chief rabbi's criticism of Labour.

"As a faith community, we commonly are threatened by Islamophobia. This an issue that is particularly acute in the Conservative Party who have approached Islamophobia with denial, dismissal and deceit," it said.

"It is abundantly clear to many Muslims that the Conservative Party tolerate Islamophobia, allow it to fester in society, and fail to put in place the measures necessary to root out this type of racism. It is as if the Conservative Party has a blind spot for this type of racism.

For info, the Muslim Council of Britain describes itself as "the UK's largest and most diverse national representative Muslim umbrella body with over 500 affiliated national, regional and local organisations, mosques, charities and schools".

The Conservatives say they take "swift action... on not just anti-Muslim discrimination, but discrimination of any kind".

It'll be the first time we've heard from the Labour leader since the intervention from the chief rabbi on anti-Semitism.

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It's important to note that Labour isn't alone in attracting criticism from some quarters about alleged prejudice within its ranks.

The Muslim Council of Britain has previously listed a series of complaints of Islamophobia against figures in the Tory party and has been calling for an independent inquiry since 2018. Conservative peer Baroness Warsi is also scathing about her own party on the issue.

Zainab Gulamali, from the council, earlier welcomed the Labour Party’s move to have a race and faith manifesto, which they are launching later, but said it was “surprising” that Islam gets no mention in the document.

She told Victoria Derbyshire lots of the policies would benefit Muslims by virtue of Muslims coming from ethnic minorities “but much more needs to be done to recognise the specific problems Muslims face because they are Muslims”.

On the Conservatives, Ms Gulamali said the Tories had "an acute issue with Islamophobia. It’s institutional, it’s systemic, it’s widespread."

Asked about the suggestions that a Conservative inquiry into Islamophobia had been extended to an inquiry into prejudice across the board, she said two separate inquiries were required, with one specifically focusing on Islamophobia.

The Conservatives insist they do tackle allegations of Islamophobia whenever they arise.

Conservative cabinet minister Michael Gove has dismissed criticism from Sir Ivan Rogers, a former UK ambassador to the EU, about the Tory promise to "get Brexit done" next year.

In a speech last night, Sir Ivan said the Conservatives' timetable for a permanent trade deal raised the risk of a no-deal Brexit.

Boris Johnson has promised to take the UK out of the EU at the end of January 2020 and to secure a trade deal by the end of December 2020.

Mr Gove said striking an agreement next year was possible since it was in both sides' interests.

"We've heard this scepticism before," he said, "It's the sort of default position of many commentators.

"It's pretty clear the sort of agreement that would work in the EU's interests and the UK's interests. It would be a free trade agreement with friendly co-operation."

It took seven years for the EU to reach a trade deal with Canada - and here Europe editor Katya Adler explains why there's so much scepticism about the Conservatives' timetable.

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Earlier, shadow equalities minister Naz Shah says Labour need to do much more in dealing with anti-Semitism issues in the party to rebuild trust with the Jewish community.

Ms Shah was herself suspended in a row over anti-Semitism two years ago.

That followed social media messages about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which she conceded were anti-Semitic, admitting she had been "ignorant" about discrimination against Jews.

The Labour candidate says it’s important to recognise the seriousness of the chief rabbi’s intervention.

"We need to listen. The Labour Party hasn’t done the best it can in dealing with anti-Semitism."

She says it's “painful to accept" that Labour has an issue as the party should be the natural home for Jewish communities in this country.

"We should have been on top of this a lot earlier to rebuild that faith and trust within the Jewish community, and we didn’t, which is why we find ourselves in the position we do today."

The Victoria Derbyshire programme is reprising its series of political "blind dates" in the run-up to the election.

Here's a clip of the Brexit Party's Alexandra Phillips meeting Jordan Stephens from Rizzle Kicks.

Quite a few stories around this morning and some events with party leaders coming up shortly:

• Jeremy Corbyn is just about to launch his race and faith manifesto. Under a Labour government, children would learn about injustice and the role of the British Empire as part of the national curriculum, he'll say
• But the launch has been overshadowed by an attack on Mr Corbyn and Labour by Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis. He says Labour is not doing enough to root out anti-Jewish racism, arguing "a new poison - sanctioned from the very top - has taken root" in the party.
• Labour peer Lord Dubs said the attack went "a bit far" and the party is "now getting there" on the issue. Mr Corbyn says he's always fought against racism in every form.
• In another eye-catching intervention, former Conservative deputy PM Lord Heseltine urges members of his party to vote for the Lib Dems, or former Tory MPs standing as Independents. Cabinet minister Michael Gove says he "feels a certain sense of sadness" at those remarks
• On the campaign trail, Boris Johnson will launch his Scottsh manifesto at lunchtime. The Tories won 13 seats in Scotland in 2017 under former leader Ruth Davidson and hope to hold onto them
• Elsewhere, relative child poverty risks reaching a 60-year high of 34% under the Conservative Party's plans for benefits, according to a new report by the Resolution Foundation. But a Tory spokesman insists the party is committed to reducing poverty

• And finally, another reminder that the deadline for registering to vote is midnight tonight. Find out more about how to do it

Supporters of the Conservative Party are the most "firm" about the way they will vote, according to YouGov, which has published some new polling, external.

About 71% of people who currently support the Tories say they will “definitely” vote for the party, while the same is true for 62% of those currently backing Labour.

Meanwhile, only half (53%) of Lib Dem supporters say they will definitely vote for Jo Swinson's party.

We must, of course, offer all the usual caveats about the trickiness of polling and why it can only ever offer a partial picture. Nevertheless, these insights are interesting.

YouGov's polling, which was carried out between the 12 and 20 November on a pool of more than 3,000 adults, also shows there is the potential for a significant movement of supporters between the Lib Dems and Labour.

"The struggle between Labour and the Lib Dems is by far the most vital dynamic in the election at the moment," YouGov data journalist Matthew Smith writes.

Check out the BBC's poll tracker which pulls together data from a range of different surveys.

As part of the BBC's general election coverage, we are taking questions from listeners and viewers.

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A- In order to vote, you have to be 18 or over, but there's also some other things you need.

You've got to be a British citizen, a qualifying Commonwealth citizen or a Republic of Ireland citizen.

You've also got to be a resident at a UK address or be a UK citizen living abroad who has been registered in the last 15 years.

People who are in prison aren't allowed to vote, if you're under 18 you can't either, although this has been a topic of debate recently, as many people have been campaigning for the age barrier to be reduced to 16.

Members of the House of Lords aren't allowed and nor is the Queen and members of the Royal Family as they have to be politically neutral.

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Politicians are often greeted by protesters or banners when they arrive for election events. Sometimes, of course, it's supporters who meet them - Jeremy Corbyn had plenty of those when he arrived for the Question Time: Leaders Special event last Friday, for example.

But as the Telegraph's Michael Deacon notes, today the Labour leader is on the receiving end of a more negative reception from some.

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Here's some more reaction to the Chief Rabbi's criticism of the Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn's handling of anti-Semitism.

Jonathan Goldstein, the chairman of umbrella group the Jewish Leadership Council, says the rabbi's intervention is the result of "some deep soul-searching" because he knows the implications of speaking out at this point before the election.

Mr Goldstein, who says he is a former Labour voter, tells BBC Radio 5 Live's Emma Barnett the Chief Rabbi is a "temperate" and "thoughtful" person.

"He is not known for hyperbole or scaremongering, he has a reputation as a real shepherd to his flock and in this instance he’s speaking for the vast majority of Jews within Britain," Mr Goldstein says.

Asked if the Labour leader could do anything to gain the support of Jewish groups before the election, Mr Goldstein says: “It’s difficult to see how he can undo the actions of the past in 16 days."

Labour insists it is tackling the issue of anti-Semitism, expelling those found to have committed wrongdoing.

Here is our guide to the whole issue.

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The Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson, says the fact the Chief Rabbi "felt compelled" to intervene during an election campaign with his criticism of Jeremy Corbyn over anti-Semitism shows the issue is “extremely worrying”.

Speaking at a campaign visit in the south-west England, she said: “It speaks volumes about the genuine fear that people in the Jewish community feel about Jeremy Corbyn and his inability to tackle antisemitism within the Labour Party.

"I hope that Jeremy Corbyn will reflect on this instead of dismissing the concerns about anti-Semitism that I have heard him to on so many occasions by pretending that he has got a grip on it when Jewish people tell me, and the Chief Rabbi’s intervention clearly shows, that is not the case.”

A number of Ms Swinson's MPs, including Luciana Berger, left Labour and joined the Lib Dems over the issue of anti-Semitism.

Just a heads-up on things to come on Tuesday:

• Jeremy Corbyn launches his party's race and faith manifesto at about 11.30 GMT - we're expecting a couple of other senior Labour people to be alongside him
• Boris Johnson launches the Scottish Conservative manifesto around midday - his Chancellor Sajid Javid is also due to make a speech later
• At both of these events our correspondents will hopefully be able to throw some questions at the politicians on the big stories of the day
• Mr Corbyn sits down later with the BBC's Andrew Neil. He interviewed the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon on Monday
• We're expecting to see Ms Sturgeon out and about on the campaign trail later in the afternoon too