Labour is to use its last opposition day debate in the Commons before the EU referendum to discuss what it argues are the "economic benefits" of remaining in the EU. 

The Commons will break for a recess on Wednesday evening so it will be - barring an adjournment debate on investment in the Tees Valley - the last piece of parliamentary action before the 23 June vote. 

Leading EU Leave campaigner Boris Johnson - responding to suggestions by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn that he wanted to charge for the NHS - said the Remain campaign was "in total disarray".

Pressed on whether the NHS would be safe in his hands, Mr Johnson said: "We're talking about what the government could do with the Brexit dividend of £10.6bn a year. We're saying £100m a week could be spent on the NHS, "which he described as a "great thing".

He added: "I'm not the government, we're talking about what the government could do."

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Campaigners for Britain to leave the EU have hit back at studies claiming it would be bad for growth and living standards with a report from eight economists arguing the UK would thrive outside the EU. 

Professor Patrick Minford, of the Economists for Brexit, spoke to the World at One earlier.

A gig scheduled for this weekend to celebrate the UK leaving the EU has been cancelled. 

In a statement, co-ordinator Andy Wigmore claimed the event, described as the Last Night of the Brexit Proms and dubbed BpopLive, had been "shut down by the Electoral Commission". 

He said the gig "promised to be a truly unique event, with a live orchestra, a little tongue-in-cheek entertainment and speeches from Nigel Farage and other leading lights of the Leave campaign", and accused the elections watchdog of "pursuing a spiteful vendetta" against organisers Leave.EU.

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Ken Livingstone's questioning by the Home Affairs Committee draws to a close, but not before a short statement from its chairman, Labour MP Keith Vaz.

He thanks Mr Livingstone for giving evidence to the panel, but he says the committee finds him "unconvincing on the issue of anti-Semitism" and suggests "it may be worth your while issuing a more formal statement".

He adds that the committee would be happy to accept any further evidence Mr Livingstone may wish to submit.

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Ken Livingstone again defends his comments that Hitler supported Zionism, saying: "What I said is true."

The ex-London mayor says that in one of his interviews he promised that if anyone could prove it was not true he would take them out for "the best dinner of their lives".

"Oddly enough no-one's come up with it," he adds.

Committee chairman Keith Vaz responds: "It may be that nobody actually wants to have dinner with you," and the room descends in to laughter.

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Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has added his voice to those within Labour calling for a rethink of EU immigration rules if, as he hopes, the UK votes to stay in the European Union on 23 June.

Speaking on a visit to a children's centre in Burnley, he said restrictions on in-work benefits for new EU migrants negotiated by David Cameron earlier this year were a "good start" but did not go far enough and called for.

He insisted that, for working class voters and working people, what Vote Leave was offering was "a bad deal".

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Former BHS owner Sir Philip Green has confirmed he will appear on Wednesday before MPs on the work and pensions and business select committees investigating the high street chain's collapse. 

In a statement, he said he had thought "long and hard" about the matter amid concerns about the process and, in particular, the neutrality of Labour MP Frank Field, who chairs the work and pensions committee. He said.

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Ken Livingstone stands by his argument that his comments about Hitler and Zionism were true, and says the reaction to it was down to "an embittered old group of Blairite MPs" trying to "stir up trouble".

And he adds: "There's no inherent anti-Semitism in the Labour Party."

How should anti-Semitism be tackled, Mr Livingstone is asked? He says it's important to explain and understand the history of Jewish persecution.

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In response, Mr Umunna says he and Labour colleagues campaigned for Mr Livingstone twice to be mayor and says that during his time in office he reduced poverty and inequality and improved the housing situation. But he adds:

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There's some tense exchanges between Ken Livingstone and Chuka Umunna, who accuses the former London mayor of not answering his questions. Chairman Keith Vaz calls order, and says Mr Livingstone must be given the chance to respond.

Defending his legacy as London mayor, Mr Livingstone says he oversaw a reduction in anti-Semitic incidents and tells Mr Umunna: "You might not agree with what I say, but the legacy of what I've done should be given some study."

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Tory David Burrowes invites Ken Livingstone to apologise.

"If anyone's been hurt by what I said I'm of course sorry about that. But I came in to politics to tell the truth - and I've always told the truth."

Labour MP Chuka Umunna is the next questioner, and asks Mr Livingstone whether he thinks conflating Zionism with Hitler's views "runs counter" to the spirit of solidarity in the party's constitution?

"Telling the truth cannot do that," Mr Livingstone responds.

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Ken Livingstone says he has been approached by people in the street who have told him that what he said about Hitler "is true".

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Asked by Labour MP David Winnick whether he thinks he's undermined the "reasoned case" for Palestinians, Ken Livinstone tells MPs: "I don't know what I could do to do it."

He says Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu isn't even "responsive" to pressure from US president Obama - saying there is "no progress".

The former London mayor adds that he supports a two-state solution with "one economy" to "lock it in place".

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Conservative MP Jake Berry asks Ken Livingstone "why is it that the only minority group that you have repetitively caused offence to is the Jewish community?".

He replies: "I've always been critical of the way the Israeli government has treated Palestinians," he replies, saying it is one of the "most appalling abuses of my lifetime". 

Mr Livingstone also defends Labour MP Naz Shah - who was suspended from the party over comments she made about Israel - saying: "I don't think she's anti-Semitic."

And referring back to the reaction to his comments that Hitler had supported Zionism in the 1930s, he adds:

Polish nationals represent the largest group of EU nationals living in the UK overall, with 853,000 of its citizens living in the UK.

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When it's put to him that political leaders should take great care with the things they say, Ken Livingstone says: "If I could go back in time and avoid referring to Hitler and Zionism in the Vanessa Feltz interview, I would - because it allowed all the anti-Jeremy (Corbyn) people to start whipping this up as an even bigger issue."

Referring to Labour MP John Mann's confrontation, he adds: "I don't think it helped our campaign (for the local elections)."

Does Labour have a problem with anti-Semitism? He says he's never heard anyone say anything anti-Semitic in his 47 years in Labour.

He says there have been "a few dozen people" in Labour who have made anti-Semitic remarks in recent months - but adds that they've been dealt with.