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Boris Johnson has answered criticism of him by the President of the European Commission.  Jean-Claude Juncker had accused the former London mayor of giving the public information on the EU which was not "in line with reality" - and had invited him to go to Brussels to see the truth for himself. 

During a visit to Winchester, Boris Johnson said he knew how the EU worked - and that it was deeply anti-democratic.

He said Brussels wanted a "federal United States of Europe", to harmonise property law, have more tax harmonisation and that there would be more cost and regulation to come if the UK voted to remain in the EU.

On immigration, he said: 

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The UK government has made a tax loss from North Sea oil and gas production for the first time since records began nearly 50 years ago.

UK oil and gas production generated negative receipts in 2015-16 of -£24m, compared with £2.15bn the year before.

The oil and gas industry in the North Sea has been hit by falling oil prices and tax receipts from the sector have been falling for several years.

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The Electoral Commission figures (see 2:04pm entry) also show who is behind the bigger donations to the EU referendum campaigns.

The biggest single donation was £850,000 - given to Vote Leave by International Motors Ltd. Financier Jeremy Hosking gave £500,000, while spread betting tycoon Stuart Wheeler gave £250,000. Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin donated £150,000, while a donation of £500,000 came from Gladys Bramall. 

Funding the campaign for Britain to stay in the EU is the financier Mark Coombs, who gave £250,000 to Britain Stronger In Europe and Bet365 Group Limited, which gave the same amount. Former science minister Lord Sainsbury gave £200,000 to "Scientists for EU".

Away from the EU Referendum debate, the government has published the number of housing completions, external in the first three months of 2016.

They show 32,950 new houses were completed between January and March, a 9% fall compared with the previous quarter and 3% lower than a year ago.

When the previous quarter figures were published in February, the government pointed, external out that they were 21% up on the previous year. 

But Labour's John Healey said the latest figures were "deeply disappointing".

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Ex-pensions minister Steve Webb warned that a plan to cut pension benefits to help save Tata Steel's UK operations could take ministers down a "dangerous path".

One option is to base the scheme's annual increase on the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation measure, which is usually below the Retail Prices Index (RPI) measure currently used.

His former coalition colleague Iain Duncan Smith gave his reaction to the Daily Politics.

Groups campaigning for Britain to leave the EU continue to declare more funding than those who want to stay in the union.

Figures declared between 22 April and 12 May from the Electoral Commission show Vote Leave Limited (the designated lead campaigner) raised £3.35m, with other registered anti-EU bodies lifting the total to £3.78m. 

Britain Stronger in Europe declared £1,04m, with other registered campaigning for staying in the UK pushing the total for the Remain side to £1.57m. 

Since the start of February, £20,993,848 has been donated to EU referendum campaigns, while another £6,093,940 has been raised through borrowing. 

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The chancellor concludes by telling MPs that with "record employment and the fastest growing economy in the developing world it would be easy to think job done".

However he says that would be "failing the British people - I didn't come into politics to see that happen".

He foresees battles and controversy ahead but insists that the Conservatives are "up for the fight".

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The Chancellor attacks the opposition. "Labour is on life support. The policy of the shadow chancellor is 'do not resuscitate'," he says.

John McDonnell intervenes to point out that the Conservatives lost all the recent mayoral elections.

George Osborne fires back calling Labour's performance in the May elections as "the worst for an opposition party in 30 years".

"If they want to live in a parallel world, they can. We'll get on with governing the country."

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London's new Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, tells the BBC that the campaign to keep the UK in the EU must "encourage, enthuse and excite young people to get involved in this election".

He was also asked if he would share a platform with David Cameron to campaign for a Remain vote - he has criticised the PM over the way the Conservative mayoral race was run. 

"Absolutely," Mr Khan said, adding that the EU issue is "about more than party politics".  He went on:   

A cross-party groups of MLAs have warned that leaving the EU would damage the local economy

"Yes these figures are not where I'd want to be," immigration minister James Brokenshire tells BBC Radio 4's World at One, repeating his message of the day. "We need to reduce those numbers back down - that is where the government is committed." 

But he says leaving the EU is no "silver bullet" for solving migration - things are much more complicated than that. 

He says further reform is needed and the UK must use its veto on new joiners to the EU, to ensure their economies are not "out of kilter" with existing members. 

Identity checks at borders between the island of Ireland and Great Britain could be strengthened following a Brexit, a committee of MPs says.

Conservative David Davis, who describes himself as a "long-standing Brexit campaigner" says the government is "throwing the kitchen sink in terms of panicky stories at this referendum". But he says all the arguments are "one way", in his view - that it is best for the UK, if it leaves.

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On the migration figures released earlier today, BBC Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw says 65,000 have come from Bulgaria and Romania - a rate of arrival which has more than doubled in two years. Poland and the other "EU 8" countries saw 73,000 arrive while older EU countries like Spain and Portugal saw 129,000 come in last year, up by a quarter over the last two years. 

In other news... DUP MP Jim Shannon has been ordered to pay back £13,925.86 - after he was found to be the highest claimant for staff constituency mileage in the financial year 2014-15.

The Strangford MP was named following a review of constituency travel expenditure claimed by all MPs by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA).

Mr Shannon's claims were five times greater than the second highest claiming MP - and 37 times greater than the average across all MPs.

He accounted for 26.1% of all staff constituency mileage claimed by the entire House of Commons.

IPSA has not found that any member of staff claimed fraudulently, rather that “a number of errors… have been made by Mr Shannon leading to claims for constituency office mileage that would not be allowable under the scheme".

These include: instructing staff to deliver food aid, permitting staff to engage in casework in neighbouring constituencies and delivering leaflets which are party-political.

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The final day of the Queen's Speech debate is underway, with the economy and work as today's subject.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell is leading the debate. He says his admiration for the Queen increased last week because of her ability to keep a straight face while reading out "drivel".