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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is visiting a school in Peterborough as his party announces its education proposals.

He was pictured talking to pupils in a classroom at Fulbridge Academy.

Labour's proposals include limiting class sizes and recruiting more teachers.

The prime minister needed a little guidance from the king and queen of morning TV as he tried to take an off-air selfie with presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.

A clip later released by the programme showed the pair pointing out how to take the photo as they grinned at the phone in his hand.

"He wanted a selfie but didn't know he had to press the button," explained Schofield.

And ta-da, the finished product...

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In case you weren't watching ITV's This Morning, er this morning, there was a interesting exchange between Boris Johnson and hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby immediately after their interview.

As the presenters moved on to talk about last night's edition of I'm A Celebrity, Willoughby joked that perhaps Mr Johnson could "follow in [his] father's footsteps" and enter the jungle.

Stanley Johnson was the fifth contestant to be eliminated in 2017, but formed a memorable and lasting friendship with eventual winner Georgia Toffolo.

"He did brilliantly," said Mr Johnson of his father's efforts.

"He did," said Willoughby. "Could you do it?"

And the PM's official response: "I think I could certainly do the eating the funny stuff. But he was absolutely amazing... I take my hat off."

We're not sure if "eating the funny stuff" counts as an election pledge. We await to see whether any political rivals or even family members want to try to hold him to it.

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All primary school children in England would receive free healthy breakfasts under a Labour government, the party says - one of a number of plans to "poverty proof" schools.

The free breakfast programme would also be piloted in secondary schools.

Labour has pledged an extra £14bn over the next three years for schools in England and are also promising to cap class sizes at 30 pupils.

Secondary school children whose families receive Universal Credit would receive free school meals, the cost of uniforms would be capped and grants to help families afford these returned.

"Labour will tackle child poverty while driving up standards in schools by providing extra support to the children who need it most," shadow education secretary Angela Rayner says.

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That's all from us on the BBC Asian Network's Big Debate election special. The programme is continuing with interviews with representatives of the Brexit Party, Green Party and Plaid Cymru. You can listen in here.

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An audience member says major parties have been accused of racism at a time when people are facing rising levels of hatred online and elsewhere. What are they doing to combat racism?

Conservative Alok Sharma says racism is "completely unacceptable" and all parties should stamp it out. He says they are setting up an independent inquiry in the Tory Party, but some audience members laugh.

He says the criticism of Jeremy Corbyn by faith leaders is "unprecedented".

But an audience member asks when will Boris Johnson apologise for calling black people "picaninnies" and saying Islamophobia is a "natural response"?

Mr Sharma says the prime minister has apologised, but the audience member says it was a case of "I'm sorry if you are offended".

Another audience member calls for more education about the UK's colonial legacy, saying our "education separates us".

Labour's Tan Dhesi says this is at the "centre of their thinking" and his party, if elected, will set up an educational trust to develop a curriculum covering the impact of colonialism. He says Jeremy Corbyn would apologise for the Amritsar Massacre in 1919, drawing applause from the audience.

On anti-Semitism, he says, "we could and should have done better".

Lib Dem Chuka Umunna says he is fed up with hearing good people in Labour and the Conservatives "defend the indefensible" when both their leaders are "guilty of racism".

Jeremy Corbyn says saving lives this winter will become his "moral mission" if Labour win the general election.

He's promising a "housing first" model, building 4,000 new homes to get people off the streets regardless of their situation, and a further 4,000 permanent "move-on" homes for rough sleepers moving out of hostel accommodation.

Over five years, Labour proposes a £600m "modern hostels fund" to provide quality homeless accommodation, with 5,000 extra bed spaces, £500 million for emergency winter shelter, and a £200m fund to upgrade existing hostels.

The Conservatives and Liberals say they too would end rough sleeping within five years. The Tories would invest a further £422m in 2020-21, while the Lib Dems would introduce a duty on local authorities to provide immediate emergency accommodation and end no-fault evictions.

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Nick Eardley
Political correspondent

The announcement is another blow in what has been a tough election for the Brexit Party - squeezed as it has been by the Conservatives under Boris Johnson.

Nigel Farage and the party leadership have faced lots of internal criticism - with concern their decision to put up so many candidates in this election will make a Conservative majority less likely - and thus risk Brexit itself.

A Brexit Party spokesman this morning accused those who were quitting of having existing close ties to the Tories. Mr Farage said in a statement he was disappointed with their decision - and accused them of failing to realise the party was actually taking votes away from Labour, in its traditional Leave heartlands.

Three Brexit Party MEPs have quit the party to back Boris Johnson's Brexit deal and the Conservatives instead. Lance Forman, Lucy Harris and Annunziata Rees-Mogg - who is the sister of Jacob Rees-Mogg - have all resigned the Brexit party whip, just seven months after being elected as MEPs.

Another Brexit Party MEP, John Longworth, was also sacked yesterday, for "repeatedly undermining" Nigel Farage's strategy to target Labour-held seats in the general election and give incumbent Conservatives a free run.

Mr Farage said he was "disappointed" the four MEPs didn't seem to understand that by "hammering the Labour Leave vote in its traditional heartlands", the Brexit Party was making it much easier for the Conservatives to win in many of those seats.

Lance Forman and Lucy Harris will be giving a news conference - we'll keep across it and let you know what they say.

Arif Ansari
Head of Journalism, BBC Asian Network

I've been following our Big Debate - here's a Twitter summary of the highlights:

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Boris Johnson has now exited the This Morning studio, leaving Holly and Phil to their talk of flapjacks and Christmas presents and the imminent arrival of former One Direction star Liam Payne.

While Phillip Schofield posed many of the tough questions during the interview, Holly Willoughby was particularly persistent on the issue of the PM's past comments he made, as a journalist, that Muslim women wearing the burqa looked like “letterboxes” and that working class men were "drunk, criminal and feckless".

Boris Johnson apologised for any offence he may have caused but did not accept an invitation by Schofield to specifically say sorry for writing the articles.

Willoughby pressed the Conservative leader several times on whether he could see that his comments would "hurt the feelings" of many watching the program.

Mr Johnson said: "I don’t set out to cause offence in what I’ve written" - and emphasised that he wanted "to run a country where people are at ease with themselves".

He also said: "I think people want to know what we’re going to do now" and promised again to set up an independent inquiry into all forms of prejudice within the Conservative Party.

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They have also been talking Brexit over at the Asian Network's BIg Debate election special.

Labour's Tan Dhesi there has been a "complete mismanagement of negotiations". He says within six months Labour will renegotiate to stay in the customs union and put the deal to another referendum.

But a Lib Dem supporter in the audience calls this "laughable" after it took three years to negotiate the first deal.

Mr Dhesi says there have already been detailed talks with the EU on Labour's proposed deal and a customs union is easier to negotiate.

Lib Dem Chuka Umunna says the answer is to "stop Brexit altogether and remain in the EU" to some applause.

He says it has "unleashed levels of hate, racism and xenophobia I have never seen in my lifetime".

Conservative Alok Sharma says "politicians shouldn't pick and choose which democratic processes they respect". But presenter Qasa Alom points out that Mr Sharma's party closed down Parliament unlawfully.

The Tory says he is "confident" his party, if elected to government, can get a trade deal with the EU by the end of the year, even though it took Canada seven years to negotiate a similar agreement.

The SNP's Kirsty Blackman says the "best future is to Remain" in the EU, saying we face "decades of negotiation", rather than getting Brexit "done" by January.

Presenter Phillip Schofield again interrupts the PM in mid-flow and says he only has time to ask him one final question. The PM seems surprised that the ITV interview is being limited to a strict 12 minutes but is reminded that it is the same time as Jeremy Corbyn was given on the famous sofa.

"Can you get us out - cleanly out - of the EU?", asks Schofield.

"I promise, I absolutely promise," the PM says. "If we get a... majority, just nine seats more, we can be out on 31 January."

He adds that the general election on 12 December offers voters a decision: "We either get Brexit done... or we have a year of dither, delay, defeatism [and] despair".

Asked about what he would say to This Morning viewers concerned about public safety in the wake of the London Bridge attack, Boris Johnson reiterates his promise to end the early release of serious violent criminals.

He also said that, while "we must always try to rehabilitate people", some people "just can't be changed".

Mr Johnson also touted his record as Mayor of London, saying he was able to bring down crime. BBC Reality check has previously examined these claims.

The This Morning interview with Boris Johnson continues on the theme of healthcare.

The PM says his party wants to "invest massively" in mental healthcare and to "make sure people don't feel stigmatised for their mental health problems".

Back at the Asian Network election debate, the next questioner asks whether the British government should accept responsibility for people like Shamima Begum. The 19-year-old has been stripped of her UK passport and saw her baby die in a Syrian refugee camp after she fled London to join IS four years ago.

Kirsty Blackman for the SNP says "yes, unequivocally", adding that "her child died because the British government wouldn’t step up to the plate". She says she should face justice in UK courts for allegedly supporting terrorism.

Conservative Alok Sharma gets applause when he reiterates that "the first priority as a government is to keep people in this country safe".

He says it is right for the government to take action if people commit terrorist acts.

But Ms Blackman says, to applause: "What risk did her baby pose to the British public?"

An audience member says that Ms Begum has never been to Bangladesh but the UK government is making her stateless and forcing another country to let her in. She says it is a "racially targeted attack" which white English people would not face.

Labour's Tan Dhesi says the Islamic State group is "diabolical" but "we cannot just wash our hands" of UK citizens. He says she should face British justice.

Chuka Umunna for the Lib Dems says there is "clearly a racial dimension" to the issue and accuses then Home Secretary Sajid Javid of playing "party politics".

Asked about his promise to recruit 50,000 more nurses, the PM says the Tories will bring back bursaries for nurses and are "squeezing the time" that people have to wait to get visas.

But Phillip Schofield interrupts and asks: "Will those nurses still be required if the NHS is sold to the Americans?"

The PM responds by saying: "This is absolute nonsense, a scare story that comes up time and time again."

He points out, with a smile, that there are also documents that apparently prove the existence of UFOs.

He denies the NHS is, or ever was, "on the table".

Missed Chancellor Sajid Javid's interview on the Today programme this morning?

You can watch his response to claims about Islamophobia in the Conservative Party here.

"I think there's a big trust issue with the whole of politics at the moment and I think that is basically because after three-and-a-half years we haven't got down what we were told we would do in 2016," prime minister Boris Johnson tells ITV's This Morning, referring to Brexit.

"All we need now is a working majority, we can move forward."

Boris Johnson has just popped up on the sofa on ITV's This Morning. Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby will be posing the questions.