Summary

  • It's the final day of campaigning, ahead of Thursday's general election

  • Jeremy Corbyn works his way through six constituencies offering a "vote for hope" and attacking Tory "negativity"

  • Boris Johnson travels from West Yorkshire, through Wales and to London, insisting the Tories are the only party who can "get Brexit done"

  • Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson also tours Remain-supporting seats, urging voters to back her candidates to stop Brexit

  • The SNP's Nicola Sturgeon makes her final pitch in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and Dunbartonshire

  • Nigel Farage reaches out to Labour Leave voters and warns of the holes in Mr Johnson's Brexit deal

  • Plaid Cymru and the Greens also drive home their key messages

  • Polls will open at 07:00 GMT on Thursday and close at 22:00

  1. Corbyn: I don't have to hide in a fridge when someone asks me a questionpublished at 19:12 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Jeremy Corbyn

    Jeremy Corbyn steps on to the stage in Bedford.

    He tells supporters the Liberal Democrats and Tories took the "political decision to impose austerity on this country." That austerity is evident through the "boarded-up shops, the dead High Streets, the closed youth centres", he says.

    And, taking a pop at Boris Johnson, Mr Corbyn says: "I don't have to hide in a fridge when somebody comes to asks me a question."

  2. Still not sure who to vote for?published at 19:05 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Graphic

    It may be the day before polling day, but there are still plenty of wavering voters out there.

    If you're still not sure who to vote for, we might be able to help you make up your mind.

    Allow our manifesto guide to simply explain where the parties stand on issues that matter to you.

    You can compare party pledges on climate change, education, crime, Brexit and lots more.

    Find our manifesto guide here.

  3. Exaggeration, misrepresentation and numbers that don't add uppublished at 18:59 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Chris Morris
    BBC Reality Check

    Boris Johnson and Jeremy CorbynImage source, Getty Images

    It says something about modern politics that an election this important has been fought amidst a flurry of exaggerated claims, misrepresentations and numbers that don’t quite add up.

    There has always been spin, there have always been slogans.

    But social media has enabled political parties, on a much larger scale than before, to continue to pump their message out unfiltered to millions of people, even after it has been shown that they haven’t always got their facts straight.

    The pace of modern media has also become a challenge - a dodgy claim can be made live on air in seconds, but it can sometimes take several minutes or even hours to check all the facts properly.

    And because this election feels like such a clear fork in the road - offering choices between leaving or staying in the EU, and between radically different economic visions - distorting the facts has even greater consequences.

    The prime minister in particular has used the tactic of doubling down on claims that the evidence doesn’t appear to back up.

    He continues to insist, for example, that there will be no checks in the future on goods travelling between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, even though internal government documents and his own Brexit withdrawal agreement say that is precisely what there will be.

    But Mr Johnson is not alone. Jeremy Corbyn continues to say the Tories will put the NHS up for sale, suggesting wholesale privatisation for which there is no evidence.

    Voters of course can make up their own minds about all of this. But there will be a corrosive impact if politicians no longer care very much if something is true or not.

  4. Tories top donation figurespublished at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    MoneyImage source, PA Media

    The latest donation figures have come in from the Electoral Commission... and it is much the same picture as previous weeks.

    The Conservatives continue to lead the table, having been given £3.2m between 27 November and 3 December.

    This is compared to £727,000 for Labour.

    But remember - these are the numbers for donations above £7,5000, rather than smaller individual donations.

    The biggest Tory funder for the week was Bridgemere UK PLC, an umbrella group of real-estate companies and developers, which donated £1m alone.

    For Labour, the largest single donation came from the GMB Union, who donated £290,000 to the campaign.

    The Brexit Party benefited from £125,000 extra for their campaign, the Liberal Democrats took in an additional £80,000 and the Green Party was given £50,000.

    Advance Together, a party set up in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire to call for more local accountability, also reported donations of £22,750.

    Overall, the parties reported £4.2m of donations and £9,171 in loans during the seven-day period.

  5. Carol singers entertain crowd as Labour leader is late for rallypublished at 18:47 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Carol singers

    Jeremy Corbyn is due to take to the stage for one of his final rallies in Bedford.

    But the Labour leader is running a little late, so we're being entertained by some carol singers.

    We'll of course tell you what Mr Corbyn says when he arrives.

    In the meantime, crack out the mince pies.

  6. The campaign trail in picturespublished at 18:28 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Here on the live page, we've always looked forward to receiving photos from the campaign trail.

    Never work with children or animals, so they say. But that rule goes well and truly out the window where electioneering politicians are concerned.

    Here are some of the highlights from the last few weeks:

    Jeremy Corbyn with a supporterImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visited Wales shortly after he was called "a Marmite figure" by Welsh Labour leader Mark Drakeford. Mr Corbyn's response? "A lot of people like Marmite, it's good for them."

    Jo SwinsonImage source, PA Media
    Image caption,

    Lib Dem Jo Swinson looked less than impressed with this puppet of Boris Johnson during a rally in Edinburgh.

    Nicola SturgeonImage source, PA Media
    Image caption,

    Nicola Sturgeon wasn't shy when it came to joining in at playtime during a number of visits to nurseries around Scotland.

    Boris JohnsonImage source, AFP
    Image caption,

    Boris Johnson opted for goalie gloves during a warm up before a football match in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester.

    Find more excellent photos from the campaign trail in our full round-up here.

  7. People are 'sick and tired' of divisionpublished at 18:21 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Radio 4 PM

    Radio 4's PM talks to Kim Leadbeater - sister of MP Jo Cox who was murdered in the run-up to the EU referendum in 2016 - about the divisions in British society.

    She says: "There's a lot of people who are sick and tired of the division and sick and tired of the negativity."

    Many people, she adds, want to listen to other opinions and don't want to be "part of the polarisation".

    Ms Leadbeater is an ambassador for the Jox Cox Foundation, which campaigns for a "more compassionate society".

    She tells PM: "We need to listen and understand each other's positions. And that, sometimes, isn't the most exciting of stories."

  8. Corbyn: Message 'getting through' ahead of votepublished at 18:12 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Jeremy Corbyn

    Jeremy Corbyn says he believes Labour's message is "getting through", as he makes final-day campaign visits before voters head to the polls tomorrow.

    “I think the support is growing, and there’s a greater understanding that we cannot go on with under-funded public services," he tells BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

    Asked if he has a feeling about which way the vote will go tomorrow, he says: “I’ve got a hunch that all the experts elsewhere may just have got it wrong."

    “We’re going to win this thing," he adds

    Mr Corbyn says if his party wins the election, the first thing he would look to do is "something very quickly and very urgently” to help the homeless.

  9. Veteran politicians unimpressed by campaignpublished at 18:06 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Radio 4 PM

    With the hours ticking away until the start of polling day, Radio 4’s PM programme looks back at the campaign with three veteran politicians - none of whom are standing for election this time round.

    Ken Clarke became a Conservative MP in 1970 – and held several Cabinet posts - but lost the Tory whip earlier this year when he voted to block a no-deal Brexit.

    He thinks there's been "remarkably little content and challenge" and says the only event which took him by surprise was the Brexit Party's decision not to put up candidates in Conservative-held seats.

    Meanwhile, Kate Hoey - Labour MP for Vauxhall from 1989 - says the mantras have stayed the same.

    "We are either saving the NHS or getting Brexit done."

    But she reckons Labour has "won the argument" about public services needing more money.

    Sir Vince Cable, a former leader of the Liberal Democrats, doesn't think the campaign has produced "a slither of light".

    But he agrees with Ken Clarke that Nigel Farage "folding" his party into the Conservative Party "critically changed the dynamics of the election".

  10. IT error leads to election registration mix-uppublished at 18:02 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Polling station signImage source, PA Media

    An IT error has resulted in some people who are not registered to vote being "wrongly informed" they can take part in the election.

    The Electoral Commission says a glitch in software used by some councils had led to a "small number" of ineligible people being told they could vote.

    The watchdog says it is working with those councils to ensure those affected do not turn up to vote in error.

    It is understood the error related to software supplied to councils by Electoral Reform Services, which helps run elections on behalf of local authorities and other organisations.

    It is not clear exactly where the error occurred.

    The Electoral Commission says it only became aware of the issue this morning, less than 24 hours before polls open.

    Read the full story here.

  11. Guests on one of the final pre-election TV programmespublished at 17:54 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Andrew Neil Show
    Wednesdays from 7pm on BBC2

    In an extended edition of the Andrew Neil Show, the presenter's guests are Labour's Andy McDonald, Brexit Party's Ben Habib, Green Party's Sian Berry and former Conservative deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine.The 60-minute programme is live on BBC Two from 19:00 GMT, or later on iPlayer. and also features the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg and Jeremy Vine.

    Guests on the Andrew Neil Show
  12. Watch: Scotland in or out of UK? In or out of EU?published at 17:48 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    BBC Politics Live
    BBC2's lunchtime political programme

    Ahead of polling day, there are still some undecided voters in a marginal Scottish seat.

    Politics Live reporter Ellie Price found some in Argyll and Bute are conflicted about party lines on Brexit and Scottish independence and their own priorities.

    The west coast seat was held by the Liberal Democrats in 2010, the SNP in 2015, with the Conservatives seeing a big vote rise in 2017.

    Media caption,

    General election 2019: Views of Argyll and Bute voters

  13. Johnson: It's going to be very closepublished at 17:42 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Boris Johnson

    Boris Johnson says the result of tomorrow's election will be "very close", adding "every vote counts."

    In our political editor Laura Kuenssberg's final sit-down interview with Mr Johnson before the country heads to the polls, he says: "This is the most important election that I can remember in my political lifetime."

    Speaking from the Conservative Party's campaign bus, he says the choice is "absolutely stark".

    The only alternative to a Conservative majority, he claims, is a "chaotic" hung parliament: "Jeremy Corbyn supported by Nicola Sturgeon, that's the only mathematical alternative."

    Questioned about his trustworthiness, and his reaction to a photo of a sick boy lying on the floor of Leeds General Infirmary, he says: "Obviously I think that anybody who experiences a bad time in the NHS has my full sympathies. We've all been there."

    If you missed it, Mr Johnson initially refused to look at the picture of the four-year-old, and briefly took a reporter's phone who tried to show him the photo.

    "Anybody whose had a bad experience in A&E will know exactly how that family feels," Mr Johnson says.

    "That is why I want to concentrate on getting cash into the NHS now," he continues, adding that there's a "massive programme of investment in that hospital alone."

    This is correct - read more on the Conservative plans for Leeds hospitals and others here.

    Asked if he thinks he deserves to win, Mr Johnson replies: "I do think that we have the best programme for the country."

    "We want to unite and level up across the country... but the fact is our country, our politics, will be paralysed, unless we get Brexit done."

    Does he think he'll be moving back into No 10 on Friday? "It's very, very tight."

    "I think you've seen what the polls say, we all remember what happened in 2017," referring to the final opinion polls of the last election, which all suggested a clearer Conservative lead than the actual outcome.

    "Of course we're fighting now for every vote," he says.

  14. The general election and the volatile poundpublished at 17:36 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Simon Jack
    BBC Business Editor

    A currency traderImage source, Getty Images

    Tomorrow night could be a long one for financial market traders.

    The most sensitive market to political events is almost always the value of the pound.

    And, given the political stakes could scarcely be higher, it could be very volatile as exit polls and results begin to come in.

    Markets care A LOT about the outcome of the election, but why should we even discuss them - and what do we even mean when we say "markets"?

    Get the answers here from Simon.

  15. Swinson: A 'real buzz' around Lib Demspublished at 17:31 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Jo Swinson on the phone

    Jo Swinson has been helping out Lib Dem volunteers by answering phones at her party's hub in central London.

    She says there is “a real buzz” around the Liberal Democrats and it has been “a privilege and honour” to lead the party during the election campaign.

    The 39-year-old says the campaign has “certainly been a learning curve” for her after only becoming leader of the party in July.

    “In many ways it would have been nicer to have a bit longer to plan,” she says.

    She adds that she won’t reflect on the campaign until “the dust has settled”, and her focus is on “rousing the troops” for one final push.

    Click here to see what the Lib Dems are promising as part of their manifesto.

  16. How do the parties compare with only hours to go?published at 17:23 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    Peter Barnes
    BBC political analyst

    Over the course of the campaign every single poll has had the Conservatives ahead by at least 6%. So if they don't end up with the most votes it would be a serious failure.

    Labour have consistently been in a clear second place, a long way ahead of the Liberal Democrats in third.

    For most of the campaign there have been marked differences between the polling companies. But all of them have suggested that the race has narrowed in the final two weeks.

    With just a few hours to go, check out how the parties compare and see how things have changed throughout the campaign using our poll tracker here.

  17. In pictures: Polling day preparations ramp uppublished at 17:16 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    A polling station signImage source, PA Media
    Image caption,

    One of hundreds of signs that have been dispatched around the UK

    A polling station signImage source, Reuters
    BBC staff lay out tiles for map of UK
    Image caption,

    BBC staff create a map of the UK, showing the 2017 general election result

    BBC staff lay out tiles for map of UK
  18. 'We would be supportive of a progressive alliance' - SNP candidatepublished at 17:07 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    SNP candidate and Westminster deputy leader Kirsty Blackman spoke earlier on Emma Barnett's Radio 5 Live show about her party's plans in the event of a hung parliament as part of four interviews with candidates from the major parties.

    She said: "We’ve always said we would be supportive of a progressive alliance and we will do everything we can to keep Boris Johnson out of 10 Downing Street.

    "If that involves a situation where we will have some sort of deal with Labour… that is a likelihood, as long as, when they pick up the phone to us, they are talking about the Scottish parliament choosing the date of independence referendum, and they are talking about removing nuclear weapons from the Clyde.

    Ms Blackman admitted she had concerns with the Labour Party over issues such as Brexit and anti-semitism. When pressed by Barnett about whether the SNP was putting its desire for independence over tackling anti-semtism, Ms Blackman said: "It’s not about that.

    "It’s about locking the Conservative government out of Number 10, it’s about ensuring that we do not have continued austerity and it’s about ensuring the people of Scotland have the choice over Scotland’s future."

    You can see more about the SNP's manifesto here.

  19. Listen: Your last-minute election questionspublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Polling station sign

    Over the past few weeks, BBC Radio 5 Live's election clinics have looked at tactical voting, education policy, the NHS and crime and punishment but today it's all about making your mind up: is there one thing you still need to know before you cast your vote?

    Nihal Arthanayake puts questions from people all over the UK - on a whole range of subjects - to a panel of experts.

    Click here to listen on BBC Sounds.

  20. An alternative manifesto...published at 16:43 Greenwich Mean Time 11 December 2019

    As voters decide who to back tomorrow - perhaps by consulting the parties' manifestos - Newsnight reminds us of the comedian David Mitchell's three-point plan to "improve" Britain. But even he doesn't think it would be a vote-winner!

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