Ben Wright
BBC political correspondent

Ben Wright has been following the PM's campaign in Cornwall today - and points out that it was a "fairly defensive move" for Mr Johnson to go there.

All of the seats in Cornwall are Conservative-held, and the area largely voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum.

Exchanges with voters have been "few and far between", our correspondent adds. The PM has been speaking to employers and small businesses and addressing "hugely supportive" party activists rather than "plunging into the crowd" and having "random encounters" with members of the public.

Speaking from a clotted cream business in Redruth - the PM's latest stop on his whirlwind visit to the south-west of England - Ben says this means it's hard to judge how the PM's campaign is going down among non-Tory voters

Radio 4 PM

Radio 4's PM is discussing social care - although it's not being talked about on the campaign trail today.

The programme hears from 47-year-old, Nina Thair, who has MS. After she came out of hospital, she needed care and was initially put in a nursing home for the elderly.

She sold her flat - and used the proceeds to pay for care in a specially adapted property - but the capital released from that is now almost used up.

Nina tells the programme it's "massively unfair".

PM speaks to former Labour cabinet minister, Alan Johnson, who says: "We need a new funding stream. On this the problem is definitely about money."

Meanwhile, Sally Warren, director of policy at the King's Fund think-tank, says that, on social care there's no "pooling of risk".

Labour is proposing free personal care for everyone over 65 while the Lib Dems and the Conservatives promise to seek a cross-party consensus on the issue.

During a visit to a clotted cream factory near Redruth in Cornwall, Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a decision to make - should he put cream or jam first on his scone?

Traditionally, people in Devon spread the cream first and jam second, while in Cornwall it's the other way around.

Mr Johnson said he was glad to have opted for the Cornish way but said: "My mind went a total blank as I was trying to explain which way round it went and I literally couldn't remember, so I guessed. Gut instinct."

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The shadow chancellor has promised that Labour's big spending pledges will "not fall on the shoulders" of ordinary working families.

Speaking to BBC North West's Nina Warhurst, John McDonnell said: "If we're going to compete in the global economy, we've got to start investing."

When Labour published its general election manifesto last week it said there would be no increases in VAT, income tax or national insurance for 95% of taxpayers - those earning less than £80,000 - if it wins power on 12 December.

But the party's leader Jeremy Corbyn conceded this morning that some of those on lower incomes could pay more tax under a future Labour government.

The prime minister was grilled by NHS nurses on a visit to a hospital in Cornwall earlier.

The questions fired at him over a cup of tea mainly centred on a promise in the Conservative manifesto to add 50,000 nurses to the workforce in England by 2024-25.

Nurse numbers have only gone up by about 5,000 since 2010.

"Do you have a nurses' tree too, as well as a magic money tree?", one nurse asks Mr Johnson.

"It's all fully costed," he replies.

"I know - but where are these people going to come from?" comes the reply.

Mr Johnson says the health service must make sure it's open to people from around the world.

Our health editor Hugh Pym has looked into how feasible the Tory nursing pledge really is.

Andrew Sinclair
BBC East political correspondent

During a visit to a yacht builders in Norfolk, Michael Gove said Labour’s claims about future US involvement in the NHS “were a scare story less credible than the Loch Ness monster”.

He said the documents show that there are people in America who said “we might be interested in this and that” and that British officials and politicians had said “hands off”.

“Our precious NHS is not for sale” he said.

Now for some help in making sense of those documents released by Labour earlier today - which the party claims is proof that the NHS is for sale in US-UK trade talks.

Mark Dayan, policy analyst and the head of public affairs at the Nuffield Trust think tank - points out that the NHS is not being "flogged off" in the sense that US companies won't own hospitals.

But he says the documents suggest the US is trying various tactics to get the NHS to pay more money to their pharmaceutical companies for the drugs that they sell.

"Obviously from the NHS's point of view, that is a concern... you're really losing out in that situation," he says.

Mr Dayan says if talks with the US continue, UK negotiators must "push hard for the interests of the UK and the NHS".

You can read our full story about the dossier here.

Social media is awash with tributes to the Australian writer and broadcaster Clive James, who has died at the age of 80.

Among those paying tribute are election candidates, including Julian Knight, the candidate for Solihull, and Michael Fabricant, who is standing in Lichfield.

"I co-founded the People's Vote campaign," says ex-Labour MP Chuka Umunna, who is now a Lib Dem candidate.

He is referring to the campaign for another referendum on EU membership.

"We are the People's Vote party. All we have said in relation to revoking Article 50, is that if this party goes from 20 MPs to 327 MPs I think people would think it rather odd in that scenario if we didn't revoke Article 50.

"But it's always been the case that if we do not have a majority that we will be seeking a People's Vote."

For his part, Lord Heseltine - sitting next to Mr Umunna - says the Lib Dems’ revoke policy was “naive” because “they aren’t going to win.

It's been a busy day on the campaign trail - if you're trying to catch up here's a quick recap:

• Former Conservative deputy prime minister and Brexit critic Lord Heseltine is speaking at a Liberal Democrat event, where he is endorsing the former Labour MP Chuka Ummuna as a Lib Dem candidate in London. It comes after the Tory grandee urged people to vote for the Lib Dems - who want to cancel Brexit altogether.
• Earlier, Nicola Sturgeon launched the SNP's election manifesto, promising that her party would stop Brexit and demand another referendum on Scottish independence in 2020. Read analysis of the SNP's key manifesto policies here.
• Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn produced documents which he says prove the NHS is "on the table" in trade talks with the US.
• But Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is campaigning in Cornwall today, dismissed the claims as "nonsense" and a "diversionary tactic". Our health editor explores the issue further here.
• Meanwhile, Mr Johnson has apologised for the "hurt and offence" caused by Islamophobia in the Tory Party. Former party chairwoman Baroness Warsi said the apology was "a good start" but urged the party to press ahead with an inquiry into the issue.
• Just this afternoon, it emerged that a Tory candidate in Glasgow had been suspended following an allegation of Islamophobic language.
• Mr Corbyn has also been facing questions over anti-Semitism within his own party, following an intervention by the chief rabbi and his interview with the BBC's Andrew Neil. A date is still to be set for Mr Johnson to face the equivalent grilling, the BBC Press Team says, external

The first question to Lord Heseltine at the Lib Dem event in London comes from BBC News' Chris Mason. Our correspondent asks whether Lord Heseltine thinks a vote for the Lib Dems could make it easier for Jeremy Corbyn to get into Downing Street.

"There's no way - you know it, I know it - that Jeremy Corbyn is getting into No 10 with that manifesto," Lord Heseltine replies.

For his next question, he is asked whether he thinks Boris Johnson is a liar.

"I like Boris, he makes me laugh," he replies. "I have worked with him over many years as Mayor of London.

"He is most flexible politician of modern times," says Lord Heseltine - but adds: "You'll never get me into the gutter language of politics."

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From attacking one slogan to another. Lord Heseltine now takes aim at "take back control" - the Leave campaign's mantra during the Brexit campaign.

"What a thrilling thought," says Lord Heseltine. "I only have one really significant question...

"What are you going to do with it? What control are you going to exercise? Show me the changes you have in mind so we will all benefit from this dramatic exercise."

The former Conservative deputy PM touches on many subjects during his speech - including immigration.

He says he understands that immigration triggers deep feelings and emotions, especially after years of austerity.

"People are looking for an alibi, time for a change.

"What do you mean by change? 'Stop the immigrants, blame Brussels'."

He says in the US the blame is put on "the Mexicans" while in the UK it's "foreigners" and Brussels.

Lord Heseltine also warns that Brexit will bring about "the fracture of the UK".

"You are British, you have a vote, vote for your country and its self interest in the world," he concludes.

A heads-up on Andrew Neil's guests on Wednesday evening - Conservative Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland and the shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner for Labour.Watch it from 19:00 to 19:30 on BBC Two, or later on iPlayer in the next 30 days.There's no programme next week, but there will be a 60-minute special edition on Wednesday 11 December, around 12 hours before polls open.

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Staunch Remain supporter Lord Heseltine is now extolling some of what he sees is the benefits of being in the EU.

Remember this stalwart of the Conservatives is speaking at a Lib Dem event - above he's pictured with the party's Chuka Umunna.

"We are British in a united Europe. And we are proud of what that Europe has created," he says.

Lord Heseltine disputes the Conservatives' election pledge that a vote for them would "get Brexit done".

"It is technically true that Boris Johnson could get a parliamentary majority in the ensuing election to enable him to get the legislation through Parliament which would set him on the journey to take Britain out of Europe," he says.

"But that does not take us out of Europe. All it does, like a sort of boxer about to enter the ring, he'll take us to a position where the real punch-up begins."

He's referring to stage two of the Brexit process - getting a trade deal with the EU.

The Conservative manifesto says that must be done by the end of the transition period at the end of 2020, but many people in the UK and the EU say that timetable is, to put it mildly, extremely optimistic.

Mr Johnson says he won't extend the transition period if a deal isn't done by then, making some fear a no-deal Brexit has merely been put off rather than averted.

Now the aforementioned special guest.

"There are people who are standing for election who have put behind them the traditional loyalties to their party," says former Tory grandee Lord Heseltine - because they have "greater loyalties to their country".

He says he stands at this Lib Dem event as a "proud member of the Conservative Party" - before going on to mention some of his highlights, including building a relationship with the EU.

On Tuesday, Lord Heseltine urged life-long Tories like him to vote Lib Dem or for former Conservatives standing as independents.

He lost the parliamentary whip earlier this year over his support for the Lib Dems.

The BBC's political correspondent is watching the somewhat extraordinary moment...

Now to that Lib Dem event featuring a special guest...

Sam Gyimah, above, is first to speak, telling the audience that the choice in this election is between "a hard Brexit government or a hard left government".

He says the Liberal Democrats, as the biggest party of Remain, "offer a real choice to choose values of inclusivity".

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For a bit more on the election in Northern Ireland, read our simple guide and the breakdown of all the candidates standing.

Here, our correspondent Chris Page looks closely at the battle for Belfast itself.

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The party's chairman tells the launch of its manifesto for Northern Ireland that the PM's Brexit deal is good for the country.

Of course, the Tories' erstwhile Commons allies, Northern Ireland's DUP, disliked the deal so much they totally refused to support it.

Read more.

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We are now waiting for former Tory grandee Lord Heseltine to take the stage at a Liberal Democrat event.

In case you thought this election hadn't already jumped the shark, the former Conservative deputy prime minister, defence secretary, and the one time leadership hopeful - often credited with the downfall of Margaret Thatcher - will use the opportunity to endorse the former Labour MP Chuka Ummuna as a Lib Dem candidate in London.

Yes, it makes our heads hurt a little too...

What might make it easier is to comprehend though is Lord Heseltine has long been a vocal critic of Brexit, and already urged people to vote for the Lib Dems, who want to revoke Article 50 and stop the process altogether.

We will bring you all the news from the event as it comes in, and it is due to start in 10 minutes.

A Conservative election candidate has been suspended following an allegation of Islamophobic language.

Flora Scarabello, candidate for Glasgow Central, will have support for her campaign withdrawn by the party, said the Scottish Conservatives.

It comes after a complaint to the party’s central office about the alleged use of anti-Muslim language.

Her name will still appear on the ballot paper as the deadline for removing her as a candidate has passed.

A spokesman for the Scottish Conservatives said: “We take allegations like this extremely seriously.

“There is no place in the Scottish Conservatives for anti-Muslim language, or any other form of racial or religious discrimination.

“As such, we have immediately suspended the candidate and the complaint will be thoroughly investigated.”