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Political correspondents are gathering in London for a speech from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

It's due to begin at 10:00 GMT. We'll be bring you live updates as it happens.

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Theo Bertram continues to explain the story, saying: "Later I discovered that the adviser had been doing the call on a busy train, where the only quiet spot was a toilet with no lock. He was repeatedly apologising to people wanting to use the loo and thought he was on mute."

The former adviser adds: "To clarify, this was certainly not *why* Gordon changed the policy or apologised... but the constant interruption of someone repeatedly saying sorry was a memorably absurd moment in that process."

"Please trust me with your vote on December 12," said parliamentary candidate John Nicolson at a hustings. "As you know, only the SNP can beat the Tories here in East Dunbartonshire."

Sounds like a usual campaign plea from a politician, right? The only problem was, he's actually standing in Ochil and South Perthshire this time round.

The Times' Scottish political editor tweets...

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Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price is asked about what he would do to create jobs in north Wales.

Mr Price says his party's plans for a "green industrial revolution" would be key to this, adding that north Wales has "massive potential" for offshore wind farms.

He says Plaid Cymru would also create a national energy company for Wales, rather than a UK-wide company, which has been proposed by Labour as part of their nationalisation plans.

About 660,000 people signed up to vote yesterday, just in time for the midnight deadline.

This graph shows other big spikes in people registering to vote over the last month - including around the time of big TV political debates.

The Muslim Council of Britain's Miqdaad Versi says "Islamophobia is tolerated" within the Conservative Party.

Watch his interview again from earlier.

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Next Plaid Cymru Adam Price is asked about his party's policy on Brexit.

Plaid Cymru is calling for another referendum and says it will campaign for Remain - despite Wales voting to Leave in 2016

Defending his party's position, Mr Price says: "We haven’t sat on the fence in the sense that we’ve said clearly we think it’s best for Wales to remain in the European Union."

Mr Price says he didn't go into politics to say what people want to hear but what he believes, adding that he thinks Brexit will harm the Welsh economy.

“I don’t want to see Wales having a huge economic hit," he adds.

Norman Smith
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For the first time in the election, you really felt that that Jeremy Corbyn had been taken out of his comfort zone in that Andrew Neil interview.

We're used to seeing him talk about how he wants to put more money into public services, to pay for public sector pay rises. We've not really seen him grilled closely about how he's going to pay for it and who's going to have pay for it.

In the course of the half hour interview he really struggled with some of the questions.

In particular, he was forced onto the defensive over Labour's claim that people earning less than £80,000 won't pay any more in tax after it was pointed out that removing the marriage couple's allowance would mean some low income families would lose a tax break of around £250 a year

In terms of the costing of his plans he was forced to concede that the extra £57bn that had been set aside for the so-called Waspi woman hadn't been included in Labour's costings programme.

And the money to pay for that would have to come from borrowing, even though Labour have said they will only borrow for capital spending, not everyday expenditure.

Today marks three weeks since the election campaign officially kicked off - and we've still got just over a fortnight left.

Here's what's on the agenda:

• The Scottish National Party will launching its manifesto later this morning. Read our story looking ahead to the launch here.
• Labour are briefing that they're going to be making a "major statement" about the NHS at about 10:00 GMT. Jeremy Corbyn says: "You won't want to miss it." Meanwhile, Labour's Diane Abbott and Richard Burgon will be campaigning against knife crime in London. This evening, Mr Corbyn will be in Cornwall for a climate change rally.

• Also in Cornwall, Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson will be spending the day travelling around on the campaign trail. He is expected to visit a hospital and give a speech this afternoon. Chancellor Sajid Javid will be campaigning in Cumbria.
• Meanwhile, the Lib Dems are holding a press conference with Tory grandee - well, former Tory grandee - Lord Heseltine, who has urged Tory voters to back Lib Dem or independent candidates.
• The Brexit Party is holding a rally in Doncaster later this morning.

• The fall-out from Mr Corbyn's interview with the BBC's Andrew Neil is also continuing to make headlines, after Mr Corbyn admitted that some low income earners could pay more tax under Labour - because of the marriage tax allowance being scrapped.
• And we're also covering the continued reaction to the chief rabbi's criticism of Labour over its response to anti-Semitism and the ongoing criticism of the Conservatives over Islamophobia
• Looking further ahead, on Thursday, the leaders of Labour, the Lib Dems, the Green Party, and the SNP will go head-to-head for a debate on climate change policies, external on Channel 4.

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For the next hour, Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price is taking questions from listeners on BBC Radio 5 Live - broadcast on the News Channel too.

The first question, from Holly in Cardiff, is about climate change. She asks why she should vote for Plaid Cymru over the Green Party on this issue.

Mr Price replies by saying tackling climate change is "a great opportunity" for Wales.

He says his party is promising a "green jobs revolution", through investing in renewable energy such as offshore wind and tidal lagoons.

"Wales can be at the heart of this green industrial revolution in the same way that we were the cradle of the original one," he says.

Listen to Adam and Laura - and guest political correspondent Iain Watson - chew over Tuesday's activities.

It includes the verb "pomping"...

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Appearing on the Today programme earlier, Stephen Gethins was also asked about an SNP leaflet which accused Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson of accepting a £14,000 donation from a "fracking company".

A court has ruled that the statement on the leaflet was false in substance, materially inaccurate and defamatory.

Mr Gethins refused to be drawn on whether he stood by the accusation in the leaflet, saying, "there may be an appeal on it and therefore it would be unwise to get into this particular case."

However, he went on to accuse the Lib Dems themselves of distributing leaflets containing "dodgy" barcharts.

“For the Liberals to be throwing accusations about dodgy leaflets at other parties is quite something," he adds.

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Lib Dem business spokesman Sam Gyimah was asked a short time ago whether it was time for his party to "admit that the hope is over" and leader Jo Swinson would not be elected as PM - so their policy to cancel Brexit was not realistic.

"Look, it is a tall order, as it's always been for a third party in our system," he said.

"We are the unequivocal party for Remain. If we do not form a government, we will look to get a referendum and we will look to get Remain on the ballot paper and we would advocate Remain."

Mr Gyimah was pressed on whether the best way for the Lib Dems to secure another referendum would be to back Jeremy Corbyn - who has promised one.

"I didn't leave the Conservative Party, leave a ministerial job and leave a safe seat to put Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street," replied Mr Gyimah.

"We've got two extremes. A hard-Brexit Conservative Party and a hard-left Labour Party. We want a Remain parliament, and as a Remain parliament we can be a block on the extremes."

He added: "We do not know what the precise constitutional arrangements will be at the end of this election... Liberal Democrats votes will support a People's Vote at every opportunity.

"We will not be looking to put Corbyn or Johnson in Downing Street."

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Asked about the SNP's priorities in exchange for offering support to Labour in the event of a hung Parliament - we talked about the NHS and independence a short time ago - Stephen Gethins says these will also include an end to austerity and not investing in a new generation of nuclear weapons.

Challenged over whether the SNP had a plan for those who would be put out of work if the UK's nuclear deterrent, Trident, was scrapped, Mr Gethins says his party would instead invest in conventional forces and create jobs there.

“Spending money on new nuclear weapons that you do not need is something that is for days gone by and does not meet the security challenges," he says.

"It is a waste of precious resources.”

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Some of you were interested in how much UK politicians have to reveal about their tax, finance and employment details. You also asked about policies aimed at the self-employed and single-income families.

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Lib Dem business spokesman Sam Gyimah is asked about his party's policy that employees on zero-hours contracts should be paid a higher minimum wage and have new rights.

Why not just ban zero-hours contracts outright, like Labour wants to do, he is asked.

The former Conservative MP - who had the Tory whip removed after rebelling against Boris Johnson in a bid to prevent a no-deal Brexit - says the party acknowledges that "there are a lot of innovative new businesses offering new types of employment" and lots of workers who "want flexible employment".

"So going back to the past and just outright banning a form of employment that a lot of workers seek is not the right solution," he says.

"What we see as the right solution, as the party of responsible business, is to come up with a new form of employment which acknowledges how work is done today."

Ross Hawkins
Political correspondent

If Boris Johnson won the election but lost his seat would he be political toast?

Prof Robert Hazell points out we’ve had a PM who wasn’t in Parliament - briefly - before, in Alec Douglas-Home in 1945.

Prof Hazell argues for my piece on BBC Radio 4 Today this precedent could give Boris Johnson time to stay on as PM, persuade a fellow Tory in a safe seat to quit and stage a by-election.

But it turns out you can be a minister for ages outside Parliament (or you could anyway). Patrick Gordon Walker was foreign secretary for three months after losing his in 1964, says Prof Hazell.

The Cabinet Office Manual says the PM sits in the Commons “by modern convention”.

Who knows how the battle in Boris Johnson’s own seat plays out - but a firecracker constitutional row is one possible outcome.