Summary

  • Tributes paid to Labour MP Jo Cox who has died after being shot and stabbed

  • The 41-year-old mother of two became MP for Batley and Spen in 2015

  • Police arrested a 52-year-old-man over the incident in Birstall on Thursday

  • EU referendum campaigning has been suspended

  1. Johnson, Farage and Gove 'shooting their mouths off' over immigrationpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

    On the issue of immigration, Jeremy Corbyn used his speech to thank EU nationals working in the NHS. He said the Leave campaign has "said a lot" about immigration and about foreign nationals, and added:

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    I want to use this opportunity to say a big thank you to the doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and the many, many other skills that work in the NHS and contribute to our country and save lives. They come from all over the world. They've given us fantastic service. And we welcome them, we work with them and we're proud of what they do."

    The Labour leader said there were 52,000 NHS workers from elsewhere in the EU, and added:

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    What's the answer Johnson, Farage and Gove have got to that? The NHS couldn't afford to lose 52,000 dedicated professionals and still deliver the service we need. They should think about these things before they shoot their mouths off in the way that they do."

  2. 'False' Brexit promises on fundingpublished at 14:09 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

    Promises that Wales will not lose any money if the UK leaves the European Union are "false", a former British ambassador to the United Nations says.

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  3. Corbyn: Vote Remain to protect the NHSpublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

    Jeremy CorbynImage source, Getty Images

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for a Remain vote in next week's EU referendum to "support, defend and protect" the NHS.

    Addressing an audience at the TUC, Mr Corbyn said the NHS was "in crisis" under the Conservatives and it would be "even worse" if "many on the Leave side have their way".

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    A vote to leave is a vote that will put the NHS in jeopardy, in the hands of those who want to break it up and end it as a service free at the point of use."

    Mr Corbyn also criticised Vote Leave for its claim the UK sends £350m a week to the EU.

  4. What do disabled people think about Brexit?published at 14:03 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

    The BBC's disability correspondent Nikki Fox looks at what the EU referendum means for people with disabilities.

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  5. NHS 'would see big cuts to funding' if UK left EU - TUC bosspublished at 13:57 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

    BBC News Channel

    Frances O'Grady

    Speaking to BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith, the TUC's Frances O'Grady says a vote to leave the EU would pose "a big risk" to the economy which, she says, would impact on public services.

    Citing TUC analysis, she suggests the public purse could lose "a quarter of NHS England's entire funding". She acknowledges that "not all of those cuts" would fall on the health service, but "even so, we would see big cuts to an NHS that is already under pressure".

    Asked about immigration, she says the NHS is an example of how migrants "contribute and pay their way" in the UK.

  6. John Lewis boss: 'Harder to see upsides to Brexit'published at 13:46 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

    The chairman of John Lewis, Sir Charlie Mayfield, has said the prospect of a British exit from the European Union is having an adverse effect on the UK economy.

    Speaking to World At One presenter Martha Kearney, he said a vote to leave could trigger years of uncertainty.

    (Photo: Shoppers walk past John Lewis on Oxford Street. Credit: BBC)

  7. Analysis: Concern over the NHS is not what's driving Leave momentumpublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

    Norman Smith
    Assistant political editor

    Jeremy Corbyn wanted to press the button that all Labour leaders in difficulty press - the NHS button.

    But the problem is that what is driving the momentum of the Leave campaign is not concern about the NHS, but concern about immigration, and Mr Corbyn has had very little to say about that.

    Privately, some of his colleagues are saying he needs to come out and say that a future Labour government would campaign to reform EU free movement rules and to tighten up border controls - and stance that at least some other EU nations would also be sympathetic to.

    The difficulty with that is that it's yonks away, while in the here and now, Labour has just days left to convince its supporters that it's not just serious about the NHS, but about immigration too.

  8. Labour leader not taking journalists' questions at Remain eventpublished at 13:39 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

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  9. Leave 'selling people a false promise' - Lucy Powellpublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

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    Lucy Powell, shadow education secretary, says Labour is now getting the "air time" to get across its pro-Remain message, suggesting the campaign has been dominated by Tory infighting.

    She argues that British jobs, public services and Labour communities, who "often bear the biggest brunt of economic downturns", will be "better off" if the UK votes to stay in the EU in next week's referendum.

    She also accuses the rival Leave campaign of "selling people a false promise".

    One last question: Is it a blow to Remain that the Sun newspaper is backing Brexit? "Hardly."

  10. Pro-Brexit economist 'living in a fantasy land' - Labour's Lucy Powellpublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell - responding to Prof Minford's argument that a post-Brexit free trade agreement would be better for the UK - says the professor lives in "a fantasy land".

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    If the UK secured a free trade agreement, we are [still] going to be bound by all the very things Leave campaigners say are the reasons for us to leave."

    She adds that the economic consensus is in support of Remain because of the "economic hit" leaving the EU could cause.

  11. Pro-Leave economist challenges pro-Remain economists' analysis of Brexitpublished at 13:24 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Responding to Paul Johnson's analysis, Professor Patrick Minford, part of the Economists for Brexit group, says: "What's at stake here is whether the consensus have made the right assumptions about Brexit - actually they've made the worst possible assumptions about Brexit, that we got to absolute no free trade whatsoever."

    "Garbage in, garbage out," he adds - and claims they are trying to "terrorise" people out of voting for an EU exit on 23 June.

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    There's a lot of completely arbitrary pessimism built in to the consensus for very obvious political reasons."

  12. 'Brexit hit on the economy could outweigh savings from leaving' - IFSpublished at 13:19 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    The Leave campaign says there would be more money for the NHS and public services if the UK voted to leave the EU - and today ministers campaigning to to that end say recipients of EU funding would get the same money if the UK votes to leave.

    Institute for Fiscal Studies director Paul Johnson says the UK government spends about £800bn a year on public services and social security - of which £8-10bn is a net contribution to the EU. That's about 1% of total spend.

    Remain says there'd be a £40bn hole in public finances if the UK leaves the EU. Mr Johnson says it all depends on what would happens to the economy in the event of an Brexit. He says the consensus of economic forecasts is that the economy would be about "4% smaller in 2020" outside the EU, and adds:

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    That is enough to not just outweigh the £8bn that we send to the EU, but to create a hole of somewhere in the region of £20-40bn because the public finances are incredibly sensitive to what happens to the economy."

  13. Watch: How much has Nigel Farage bet on referendum result?published at 13:11 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

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  14. Andy Burnham demands fuller answers on Euro 2016 violencepublished at 13:06 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

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    Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham says what happened in Marseille was a "terrible weekend".

    He says England fans were "not blameless" but they were "subject to terrible violence" from Russian fans. 

    He wants to know how many police have been sent to France, and why police did not seize the passport of everyone subject to a football banning order.

    Mrs May says she can't give every detail he asks for but "there will be a greater police presence" at stadiums from now on.

  15. 'It's been lonely on the Leave side until now,' says Faragepublished at 13:06 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

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    Nigel Farage, pictured here campaigning in Kent on Monday

    UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said he's "over the moon" at The Sun newspaper's decision to back the Leave campaign.

    During a campaign stop in Kingston-Upon-Thames, he said:

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    Don't forget, for a lot of years of doing this it's been quite a lonely old place for me. And to see politicians and well-known public figures, and now the biggest selling daily national newspaper, adopting that line. I'm absolutely thrilled by it."

  16. Watch again: Remain and Leave politicians on their soapboxpublished at 12:57 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

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  17. Brexit 'the best chance to save the NHS' from the Tories, says unionpublished at 12:57 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

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    Alex Gordon

    Alex Gordon, from the RMT, says other unions may be lining up to say that staying in is the best thing for the NHS, but he believes it's the biggest risk.

    TTIP - the EU-US trade deal currently in the works - is particularly worrying, he goes on, warning that it "will open up the NHS to private healthcare companies from the US". 

    Cath Speight, from the GMB, backs Remain, but agrees that TTIP is a threat. She says, though, that "a Brexit vote" leading to "a Tory government with Boris or Michael Gove in charge" would put the NHS at even greater risk than it is now.

    Coming back on that, Mr Gordon says: "If we vote to come out of the European Union, Cameron is out of office, he'll be sacked his own party and we'll have a general election. 

    "That's the best opportunity to save the NHS."

  18. Theresa May issues plea to England fanspublished at 12:49 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

    Euro 2016 statement

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Home Secretary Theresa May tells MPs there are additional UK police going to France for England's game against Wales. 

    She says nine British nationals have been arrested and six given custodial sentences in Marseille.

    She urges fans to stay out of trouble and says discussions are ongoing about re-enforcing policing in France.

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  19. The EU has got a lot better at clamping down on expenses, says MEPpublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

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    Richard Corbett

    Richard Corbett, Labour MEP, says Vote Leave has "come out with some pretty dodgy figures and statistics in the past" and he suspects some of their claims about EU bureaucratic profligacy may be in a similar vein.

    "Yes, ministerial meetings sometimes happen in hotels. Yes, some of those hotels may offer massage facilities. It doesn't mean any ministers used those facilities for heaven's sake," he says.

    He says taxpayers shouldn't be paying for "any extra luxuries" not connected to the meetings.

    "The EU has got a lot better at clamping down on things," he adds.

  20. Home secretary: Violence at Euro 2016 'disturbing'published at 12:40 British Summer Time 14 June 2016

    Euro 2016 statement

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Home Secretary Theresa May says violence at Euro 2016 has been "deeply disturbing". 

    She is responding to an urgent question from shadow home secretary Andy Burnham on violence in Marseille involving England fans at the Euro 2016 tournament.

    England face Wales in their next group match on 16 June.