Ben Wright
BBC political correspondent

This is Boris Johnson's third visit of the day. He's been in Cornwall since this morning when he went to a hospital in Penzance, then popped into a satellite making company and now he's here talking to Tory activists - people of course, whose votes he can probably bank on come polling day.

It must be said, he's not meeting very many members of the public during this campaign. There are certainly no big town centre walkabouts or anything like that.

It's all pretty controlled, pretty small-scale, meeting loyal party activists.

The jokes I've heard several times in the last couple of days already. The lines are familiar but it's a general election campaign.

There are questions though. Questions like where are the social care plans which were promised in the leadership campaign? Mr Johnson said they would be coming at some point

He also gave a very strong rebuttal to Labour's attack line today around future UK-US trade deals and the NHS. He's trying to shut that down.

But there are huge unanswered questions about the nature of the future trade agreement, if Brexit happens, between the UK and the US.

We don't know what's going to happen - but Mr Johnson is saying just trust me.

One more from Boris Johnson's press questions. A local reporter asks him to respond to the fact that ambulances have been pictured queuing out of hospitals in south-west England, because of a lack of space in A&E.

The PM says he understands the pressures the NHS is under.

He bats off the suggestion that this could be the fault of almost a decade of Tory-led government by saying: "Make no bones about it, we 're taking a new approach - particularly when it comes to funding the NHS. This is our priority."

Mr Johnson adds that £450m of funding is being put into the health service in the South West.

Following Labour's claim it has evidence the NHS would be at risk under a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, former Green Party leader and election candidate Caroline Lucas joins in.

She says the Tories "can no longer claim the NHS is not for sale" under their watch.

She points to references in the government documents, highlighted by Labour, to the US wanting "total market access" as a starting point for trade talks generally - only excluding areas that are specifically placed on a so-called negative list.

Boris Johnson says such claims are "nonsense" and Labour is only making them as "a distraction" from the "void" at the heart of their Brexit policy.

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During questions after his speech, the BBC's Tamsin Melville asks Boris Johnson about his party's plans to fix the social care crisis - something he made a big part of his leadership campaign earlier this year.

But there was disappointment in some quarters that the manifesto was somewhat more vague in its commitments.

She asks him: "Don't you think the voters... deserve a bit more detail?"

Mr Johnson agrees social care is a "massive issue", and says he has spent the morning visiting a hospital in Penzance to discuss with staff where "things go wrong".

He says £1.5bn of immediate funding has been made available for local councils to spend on social care.

He adds - as per the Tory manifesto - there will also be £1bn a year for the next five years to "deal with the costs social care is imposing".

Back when the manifesto was launched, our correspondent pointed out that some experts have warning this money wouldn't be enough.

Mr Johnson also reiterates a manifesto pledge of a cross-party bid to tackle social care, adding: "We need as a country to come together and agree on a way forward."

Remember - social care is devolved so these policies only apply in England.

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Before his speech in Truro, the prime minister visited Healey's Cornish Cyder Farm and appeared to - again - break his pledge to knock booze on the head until Brexit is done.

Boris Johnson made the vow ahead of the election campaign, but was today spotted pulling a pint of Rattler, trying to pronounce it in a Cornish accent, and then taking a swig.

He told the watching press: "I'm not allowed to drink anything... but I can have a sip as long as everybody understands that this is not properly.

"This is not breaking my vow. I'm not allowed to drink until we get Brexit done, but I'm going to have one small sip."

We definitely spotted him having a dram of whisky at some point earlier in the campaign too...

Speaking of the Lib Dems, leader Jo Swinson has visited an Indian restaurant in Bearsden, Glasgow today.

In the latest round of election cliche bingo, she did some cooking - poppadoms to be specfiic.

Ms Swinson is due to take part in Channel 4's leaders' debate tomorrow, which will focus on climate change.

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BBC Politics Live
BBC2's lunchtime political programme

Boris Johnson is in Cornwall today but he's not the only one targeting the region. The Lib Dems also hope to make gains, but the county had more Leave than Remain voters in 2016.

For Politics Live, reporter Ellie Price spoke to Jo Swinson campaigning in the county, and asked voters what they thought of the party's Brexit policy.

There’s been a spike in traffic on the #CorbynCarCrash hashtag on Twitter.

Analysis on Spredfast shows it was bubbling along in a low-key way from 18:00 GMT yesterday before a sudden spike at 10:00 today - just as Jeremy Corbyn held his NHS press conference.

So one might see this as a co-ordinated attempt to draw attention away from the NHS issue.

Spredfast shows a 1,400% growth in traffic from 10:00. Twitter says there are 2,300 tweets in the trend.

Meanwhile, #notforsale was trending this morning, also in response to Mr Corbyn’s NHS press conference.

The trend appears led by two high-traffic tweets from official Labour accounts, and traffic began to spike at 10:00 when Corbyn began his speech.

Douglas Fraser
Scotland business & economy editor

Pass power over immigration to the Scottish Parliament so Scotland can have a migration system that works for its economy and society.

Scotland faces more acute problems from demographic change than the rest of the UK. As the workforce is projected to shrink and the older population rises, it has had a slower inflow of migrants from overseas than England. There is a political consensus on the need to tackle the issue, with a more welcoming attitude to immigrants. Social attitude surveys, however, do not find such a big difference between Scotland and the rest of the UK.

With the end of free movement of EU citizens, Brexit raises special challenges to several sectors of the economy, including the NHS, social care, construction and agriculture. Issues with a disproportionate presence in Scotland include food processing, tourism and universities.

The SNP wants Holyrood to have powers to issue work permits to foreigners, based on the distinctive needs of the Scottish economy. It wants to cut the cost for employers of recruiting from overseas, and to simplify the visa and citizenship process. The party also says there should be a more welcoming approach to asylum seekers.

If Scotland became independent and were then to re-join the European Union, it is accepted that membership would require the free movement of EU citizens, potentially leading to issues over the border between Scotland and England.

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Mr Johnson says a Tory government will invest in technology - from broadband to a space programme. This is him pictured earlier in a cider factory by the way.

He says a Tory government would create jobs across the UK by investing in infrastructure, education and technology.

"In 10 years time this country will be a space technology satelite superpower, because of the investments we're making," he says.

But the PM comes back a now well-worn phrase - that none of this can happen unless we "get Brexit done".

"It's not rocket science - except obviously when it is rocket science," he quips.

Douglas Fraser
Scotland business & economy editor

Give the Scottish Parliament control of employment law and more benefits.

The SNP wants powers over employment rights to be devolved to Holyrood. With or without them, it wants the statutory living wage (which is £8.30 per hour for those aged over 24) to go up to the "real living wage" - calculated on the basis of what workers need - by increasing it by £1.09 per hour on this year's figures.

There is also a call for better protection for those on insecure work contracts.

On welfare, the Scottish government is gathering newly devolved powers at Holyrood, pushing up the budget with a transfer of around £3bn next year. This is being used to soften the system applied by Whitehall, although the complexity of devolving powers is proving problematic, and some changes have been delayed from 2021 to 2024.

On those powers still held at Westminster, the SNP wants to see a halt to the roll-out of universal credit. It is pushing for the reversal of some controversial measures on benefit entitlement introduced in recent years, including the freeze on working-age benefits.

The BBC is hosting a series of interviews with political leaders, questioned by Andrew Neil.

The 30-minute programmes with the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon and Labour's Jeremy Corbyn have already aired.

On 4 December, the Lib Dem's Jo Swinson will take the chair, followed by the Brexit Party's Nigel Farage on 6 December.

However, the BBC News press team says there are still "ongoing discussions" with Tory leader Boris Johnson, adding: "We haven't yet been able to fix a date."

A Facebook post from Labour, external declaring “BREAKING: Boris Johnson has put the NHS up for sale. Here is the evidence” has been getting thousands of shares today.

By 14:00 GMT, it had 6,900 reactions, 1,600 comments and 6,300 shares.

There are many supportive comments, but some dissenting too - with a few accounts asking for more evidence or accusing Labour of scaremongering.

Meanwhile, the Conservatives' response - a Facebook video, external posted as Jeremy Corbyn's press conference started - has also generated a lot of reaction.

It's been shared 1,500 times and with just as many comments.

Like Labour, the sentiment in the comments is mixed - with people expressing support but others suggesting they do not trust Boris Johnson.

"We need to get Brexit done because we're a democracy, aren't we?" Mr Johnson says.

True to form, he then uses a somewhat bizarre metaphor to make his point.

As a result of the Brexit impasse, the PM says the UK is being "held back in so many ways" - "like a reticulated python that has swallowed a tapir".

Mr Johnson then runs through some of his greatest hits - “get Brexit done”, “dyno-rod election”, and so on. Reuters' political correspondent has a sense of deja vu...

The prime minister and Conservative leader takes to the stage in Truro.

Boris Johnson starts things off by reminding people why we're having this election - because, he says, "Parliament is blocking Brexit".

• Our main story on the launch itself
• Key manifesto commitments, analysed by our experts
• Analysis from our Scotland editor on whether Nicola Sturgeon and Jeremy Corbyn could work together
• At-a-glance breakdown of the manifesto

Sarah Smith
Scotland Editor

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