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Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak has popped up on 5 Live as well this morning, defending Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party from accusations they could not be trusted.

Presenter Nicky Campbell cited the prime minister's refusal to answer when asked how many children he has as well as the accuracy of the party's "Get Brexit Done" slogan.

Mr Sunak said: "I think it’s perfectly reasonable for the prime minister not to want to talk about his family."

Going on he added: "You’re right to talk about trust in politics and the single biggest thing that people have been disillusioned by is the failure of Parliament to deliver the single biggest democratic decision the country has seen three years ago and that’s why we’re having this election.

"It’s about restoring people’s faith in the political process."

Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

The top line dynamics haven't really moved - the Tories have been broadly ahead and Labour have been struggling to close the gap.

But, in a funny way, Friday morning will be the product of two big experiments that have nothing to do with Brexit.

First of all, can the Conservatives win over the country by presenting themselves as a very different party - more brash, less bothered about being parsimonious with the cash - a party that's able to take seats that they've never won before? That's a huge gamble.

And second, could Labour end up in power by moving further to the left, offering voters a vision of a much bigger state? Of course, they moved to the left in 2015 and didn't win, and then they moved further to left again in 2017 and they didn't win. So what will happen when they move again in this direction in 2019?

Both of those experiments have faced a lot of hurdles. For the Tories, there's a lot of people cross about what's happened in the past nine years, and a leader who a lot of people don't trust - people who think he's slippery, including some of his candidates. And Labour, which has a leader with a hard core of really devoted fans, but who lots of candidates have found to be a problem on the doorstep.

Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

The DUP have not had a big role in the national campaign this time, but given how tight the margins are around the country, and given how unsure, frankly, the Tory headquarters is that they will end up with anything like a safe majority, Arlene Foster may well come into play on Friday morning in a very, very big way.

On this issue of customs checks, it's hard to see how the PM is doing himself any favours by continuing to refuse to use the words and actually admit that there are some extra checks under the deal he did with Brussels.

A bit more from the leader of the DUP, Arlene Foster, who says Boris Johnson “broke [his] word” over checks between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

“Boris wants to, in his words, ‘get Brexit done’, and I completely understand that.

“But you can’t leave part of the UK in a worse off position.”

Asked repeatedly whether she could now trust anything the prime minister said, Ms Foster added: “It is very important for us in Northern Ireland not just to have the words but the detail."

She said it would be a case of "once bitten, twice shy" when it came to dealing with Mr Johnson in the future.

This stuff around checks on goods is pretty complicated, so our Reality Check team have broken down what you need to know here.

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The DUP's Arlene Foster says there are "very real concerns" that Northern Ireland is "going to be left behind" and "treated differently" as a result of Boris Johnson's Brexit deal.

She says Conservative representative Rishi Sunak chose his words carefully - he said there wouldn't be checks on goods moving from NI to GB, but didn't say there wouldn't be any going the other way.

She says there has to be free flow of goods in both directions across the Irish Sea - checks on things going from GB to NI would be "unacceptable", she says.

But she says she has spoken to HMRC officials who made it clear there would be extra checks.

"It goes very much to the heart of the act of union," Mrs Foster adds, which talks about a free flow of trade as well as poltical and social unity through the UK.

Our political correspondent's ears pricked up at the very same exchange...

Rishi Sunak is also challenged over Boris Johnson's insistence that there will not be any checks for goods travelling from Northern Ireland to Great Britain under his Brexit deal.

The prime minister said on Sunday that a leaked Treasury analysis document was "wrong" to suggest this would be the case.

Mr Sunak tells the Today programme that the PM's withdrawal deal is clear that Northern Ireland will have "unfettered access" to Great Britain.

"It also says in black and white that we will leave together, Northern Ireland will be part of the UK’s customs territory," he says.

“The prime minister has been unequivocal – there will not be checks, there will be no new barriers to trade.”

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"Get Brexit Done" has been the key slogan of the Conservative election campaign - but doubt has been cast on this pledge by a document written by officials in the government's Brexit department, which has been published in the Financial Times, external.

The leaked document questions whether the infrastructure, systems and staff will be ready to deliver Boris Johnson's promise to secure an EU trade deal by the end of 2020.

Rishi Sunak, chief secretary to the Treasury and one of a handful of cabinet ministers who sits on the committee which plans for Brexit, was asked about the document when he appeared on BBC Radio 4's Today programme a few minutes ago.

He insists Mr Johnson's plan to secure a trade deal with the EU by the end of 2020 is "deliverable".

"People said it would be impossible for the PM to get a new deal… he’s shown his ability to actually negotiate well and get things done for this country," he tells the programme.

He adds that the government is "in a very good state" to deal with new trading relationships.

Challenged over whether his government would continue to plan for no deal if it wins the election - in case a trade deal isn't reached in time - Mr Sunak says: "We won't need to plan for no-deal because we will have a deal.

"There is going to be a trade deal... everyone said we wouldn't be able to get this deal, we have got this deal," he adds.

"The trade deal, the outlines of it, the framework of it, is already there contained in the political declaration in quite a lot of detail, and talks about an ambitious, comprehensive trading relationship with close co-operation on security, on economic matters."

The BBC has spoken to a panel of undecided voters about the issues that matter most to them - and why they find it hard to make up their minds.

Top of the list is the NHS. For Sutton Coldfield resident Rob, 48, it's by far the most important issue of the campaign. He says: "It deserves every penny and more that it can get from the public purse."

Thirty-six-year-old Kate is frustrated with the number of people who don't turn up for NHS appointments, when she has to wait days to get one. "I believe they should operate a three-strikes-and-out policy," she says.

Rachel, 49, worries about over-stretched GPs and mental health services, as well as the difficulty of retaining qualified staff. Leanne, 34, meanwhile, is suspicious of claims that the NHS will be privatised or sold to the Americans.

Read what our health correspondent Nick Triggle had to say about these concerns and others here.

Just a reminder that from 9am the BBC will have the latest in a series of special phone-ins with party leaders.

Jo Swinson is up this morning - we've already heard from Boris Johnson, Nicola Sturgeon, Adam Price, Nigel Farage and Jonathan Bartley in the last few weeks.

As 5 Live's Rachel Burden points out, external, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn is the only big hitter not yet to confirm whether he'll take part.

First-time voters come in all shapes, sizes and ages. Here two - aged 18 and 69 - explain why they are taking part this time.

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In her Today programme interview a short time ago, Jo Swinson was also asked about her party's policies on trans rights.

In their manifesto the Lib Dems are promising to reform the Gender Recognition Act - which sets out the legal process by which a person can change their gender - by removing the requirement for medical reports, scrapping the fee and recognising non-binary gender identities.

Asked whether she believes biological sex exists, Ms Swinson tells the Today programme: "I’m not going to pretend I’m an expert in the subject but I don’t think these things are as binary as is often presented."

She compares the "prejudice and discrimination" faced by trans people today to the experiences of gay people decades ago.

The debate, though, has seen angry clashes between trans activists and some feminist campaigners - for example, over access to previously single-sex spaces such as domestic violence refuges.

Challenged over whether her party would protect safe spaces for women, such as refuges, Ms Swinson says "the most important thing is to keep people safe".

She says risk assessments should be made "on the basis of risks that an individual poses whether they are cisgender or transgender”.

“Implicit in some of this is an assumption that trans women are in some way more likely to be violent and it just is not borne out," she says, adding that "there is a demonisation of a community going on here”.

Alex Forsyth
Political correspondent

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Boris Johnson is currently clutching a cod at Grimsby fish market. Chatting to some of the people who work here there’s definitely support for him personally - people say he’s got charisma - but there’s still an awful lot of general frustration with politics.

The stop is the first in a series being carried out by the Conservative leader in four Brexit-voting Labour-held seats in Humberside and north-east England.

Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell has previously stated that "nobody needs or deserves" to be a billionaire.

That didn't go down well with one such billionaire - the philanthropist and Phones 4u founder John Caudwell, who said Mr McDonnell was creating a "divisive message".

The businessman also said that nearly every wealthy person, including him, was thinking of leaving the UK if Labour win the election.

Well, the politician extended an invitation for tea so the two men could talk.

What happened? Have a watch - it's really interesting and entertaining.

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As we reported earlier, the Lib Dems are focusing on their "stop Brexit" message today, but there is a slight shift in focus.

If the party wins a majority, it is promising to revoke Article 50 immediately - but speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, leader Jo Swinson admits this now "obviously doesn't look likely".

“The most likely way we can stop Brexit is through a People’s Vote and the Liberal Democrats have led the campaign for a People’s Vote for three and a half years," she tells the programme.

The Lib Dems are promising to introduce legislation immediately after the election which they say would pave the way for another EU referendum.

If you're one of those undecided voters perhaps this will help. It's our policy guide and will take you through where the parties stand on everything from climate change to mental health.

Go on, give it a read.

Not yet made up your mind how to vote on Thursday? You're not alone. Three days before the election, many voters are struggling to find a party that offers what they want.

The BBC has commissioned an opinion research consultancy, Britain Thinks, to put together a sample of voters - representative in age, location, gender, race, class and voting history. Some common themes emerge: the NHS, Brexit, a lack of trust in politicians and money. It's a snapshot of the undecided voters.

We asked our participants to fill in a survey about themselves, their voting history - and what's stopping them from making up their minds. We then asked BBC correspondents to tell us what the answers reveal about the voters in 2019 - and why so many of them are dissatisfied with the choice on offer.

You can read the whole piece here, but we'll also dip into it through the day looking at some of the key issues.

Chris Mason
Political Correspondent

There are just a few days to go and the party leaders know that this is the time when most normal people actually start engaging with the election and really thinking about who to vote for.

That's why they always return to their core themes in the last few days, and so we'll see Boris Johnson talking Brexit and Jeremy Corbyn talking NHS and other public services.

The leaders also like to show loads of energy - even though everyone involved in the campaigns is completely exhausted. They want to show they’ve got what it takes to run the country, the energy for the battles ahead, so they do these mad dashes around the country and we're going to see lots of that.

As we said earlier, Boris Johnson is visiting four Brexit-voting Labour-held seats in Humberside and north-east England today.

His first stop is a fish market in Grimsby in north-east Lincolnshire, where nearly 70% of people voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum.

Politico's Jack Blanchard and ITV's Paul Brand are both there for what's becoming something of an election campaign cliche...

Throughout the campaign period, the BBC has been visiting the places where the election could be won or lost.

As we mentioned, today we're in Crewe - the last stop on our tour of the UK.

Crewe and Nantwich are two towns in one constituency in the county of Cheshire.

They are divided by two political parties: Crewe traditionally votes Labour, while Nantwich traditionally votes for the Conservatives.

The BBC's political reporter for Cheshire, Phil McCann, is in the county to see what issues matter to people there.

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• Shadow chancellor John McDonnell will promise to deliver a Budget to “end austerity” in a speech setting out Labour’s priorities for its first 100 days in government. He'll also detail plans for “democratic control” of newly nationalised water and energy firms. Read more here.
• Boris Johnson will visit four Leave-supporting Labour-held seats in Humberside and north-east England, where he will argue that the Labour Party and Parliament have let people down by failing to deliver Brexit. The prime minister will also travel to south-west England, where he will warn against voting for the pro-EU Lib Dems.
• Meanwhile, the Lib Dems are pledging to table legislation to "stop Brexit" immediately after the election by introducing two draft bills they say would pave the way for another EU referendum. The party’s leader Jo Swinson will take questions from voters in a 5 Live phone-in at 09:00 GMT. Read our guide to where the parties stand on Brexit here.
• Away from Brexit, a leading NHS boss says politicians have "ducked" the big issues in health and social care during the election campaign. Read the full story here.
• Later tonight, the BBC’s Emma Barnett will host a Question Time special for an audience of under-30s.
• And the BBC is in Crewe, the last stop on its tour of the UK, to see what issues matter to people there.