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. Analysis: Late push for Labour voters with Project Hopepublished at 06:58 British Summer Time 13 June 2016

    Norman Smith
    Assistant political editor

    There is a huge amount of concern, bordering on panic, in the Remain camp, and nowhere more so than in Number 10. It's an irony of this campaign that David Cameron's fate may well rest in the hands of one Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party - and Downing Street are worried that Labour hasn't been doing enough to persuade its supporters to go out and vote for Remain.

    So over the next 48 hours we'll see senior Conservative figures take a back seat and allow Labour to try and do what they've not managed to do so far - dominate the news agenda and reach out to core voters.

    We'll also see something of a rebranding of the Remain campaign, with a conscious move away from Project Fear to Project Hope. That's the sort of things we'll be hearing from Gordon Brown today.

    The big difficulty of all this is that it's late, very very late, and in political campaigns you need weeks and months to drive your message home. The idea of trying to thrash it all together in the last 10 days just underlines how nervous Labour folk are.

  2. Migration Watch says immigration will stay high if UK votes Remainpublished at 06:52 British Summer Time 13 June 2016

    Coming from the Leave side of the argument this morning, think tank Migration Watch - which campaigns for tighter immigration controls - is forecasting that net migration to the UK will run at more than 250,000 a year for at least 20 years if the country stays in the EU.

    The think tank says there's widespread complacency and denial about both the likelihood and the impact of rapid population growth.

    It insists numbers won't come down until the economies of Eastern Europe are similar to the UK's. 

    But in response, immigration minister and Remain campaigner James Brokenshire said quitting Europe would damage the economy and that was not the answer to the complex issue of immigration.

  3. BT bosses and union leaders tell staff they back Remainpublished at 06:45 British Summer Time 13 June 2016

    BT signImage source, Getty Images

    Also this morning, bosses at telecoms firm BT and the leaders of the CWU and Prospect unions - which have members among BT's 81,400 staff - are sending a joint letter to staff saying they want the UK to stay in a reformed EU.

    They say it is up to staff how they vote in the EU referendum on 23 June but urge them to cast their ballot, arguing the vote will have a big impact on the economy and company.

    Vote Leave said talk of a "reformed Europe" was "meaningless and hollow".

    Read more.

  4. Gordon Brown to make 'positive case' for Remainpublished at 06:37 British Summer Time 13 June 2016

    Gordon BrownImage source, Getty Images

    We've had a series of political big beasts making interventions in the campaign and today is the turn of former prime minister Gordon Brown.

    He is to make a speech later telling Labour voters they have the "most to gain" if the UK stays in the European Union, as the party seeks to rally its supporters behind the Remain campaign.  

    Calling it the "positive" case for staying in, Mr Brown will say the EU can deliver policies close to their concerns including tackling corporate tax avoidance and creating jobs.

    But the Labour MP Gisela Stuart - who chairs the official Leave campaign - said her party's voters "have now seen through government spin and no amount of hastily cobbled together relaunches" would change that.  

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  5. Good morningpublished at 06:27 British Summer Time 13 June 2016

    Hello from Westminster where we're starting another day of coverage of the EU referendum battle. We're in the penultimate week of the campaign now, so stick with us for all the latest news and analysis.

  6. Good morning from Kent Livepublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 13 June 2016

    Claire Cottingham

    I'll have your updates up to 14:00 BST. Here's our #photooftheday - it's taken from yesterday's BBC South East EU referendum debate programme. We'll have reaction and analysis this morning.

    You can get involved by tweeting, external us using #EUREFsoutheast, sending us a message on Facebook, external or emailing us.

    BBC South East's EU referendum debate panel
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    BBC South East's EU referendum debate panel

  7. Labour seeks to 'reform' Remain campaignpublished at 03:26 British Summer Time 13 June 2016

    The Remain campaign will look and sound different this week as more senior Labour figures take centre stage in the debate ahead of the 23 June referendum, says the BBC's Iain Watson.

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  8. BBC Radio Kent's EU Referendum panel discussionpublished at 23:42 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    You can catch BBC Radio Kent's EU Referendum panel discussion, hosted by Lembit Opik, on Tuesday between 19:00 BST and 20:00 BST.

    Richard Whitman, professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, Dr Simon Usherwood, senior lecturer in politics at the University of Surrey, and Jonathan Portes, principal research fellow of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and a former government economist, will be on the panel.

    The show will be repeated next Sunday from 11:00 BST to 12:00 BST. 

    Lembit Opik is hosting BBC Radio Kent's EU Referendum panel discussion
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    Lembit Opik is hosting BBC Radio Kent's EU Referendum panel discussion

  9. BBC Sussex & Surrey's EU Referendum debatepublished at 23:35 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    Don't forget you can catch BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey's debate on Tuesday night from 19:00 BST to 20:30 BST. It's hosted by Danny Pike.

    On the panel will be Liberal Democrat South East MEP Catherine Bearder and Labour MEP for the South East Anneliese Dodds arguing the case for Remain.

    Arguing the case for Leave will be Tom Bewick, a Labour councillor in Brighton and Hove and Sir Gerald Howarth, Conservative MP for Aldershot.

    There will be another chance to hear the show on Danny Pike's Mid Morning Show from 09:00 BST to 10.30 BST on Wednesday.

    Danny Pike will be hosting BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey's EU Referendum debate
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    Danny Pike will be hosting BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey's EU Referendum debate

  10. Debate programme available on iPlayerpublished at 23:30 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    If you missed our debate, you'll be able to catch it on the iPlayer shortly. The link's here.

    Our debate will be available on the iPlayer
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    Our debate will be available on the iPlayer

  11. BHS inquiry: knighthood row 'a sideshow'published at 23:27 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    Conservative MP Mark Field says a select committee inquiry into the BHS collapse could see Sir Philip Green having to pay millions back into its pension fund. The Conservative vice chairman told the Westminster Hour that a worse threat to the tycoon than losing his knighthood could be a "full inquiry in all his business dealings going back a number of years".

  12. Nigel Farage migrant warning after German bomb plotpublished at 23:22 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    You can read our BBC News story based on today's debate here.

  13. EU Referendum: In numberspublished at 23:18 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    UK trade.

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    EU Referendum: In numbers

  14. EU Referendum: In numberspublished at 23:12 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    UK contributions to the EU budget.

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    EU Referendum: In numbers

  15. EU Referendum: In numberspublished at 23:10 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    UK employment: non-UK EU nationals.

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    EU Referendum: In numbers

  16. 'We are voting for the independence of our nation'published at 23:06 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    UKIP Leader Nigel Farage - one of the most prominent Leave campaigners - on the economy.

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    Nigel Farage speaking on BBC South East debate

  17. EU Referendum: In numberspublished at 22:55 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    Intelligence sharing: Vote Remain.

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    EU Referendum: In numbers

  18. EU Referendum issues guide: Explore the argumentspublished at 22:51 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    We go to the polls on Thursday 23 June to decide whether the UK should stay a member of the European Union.

    Use the BBC's Reality Check website to find out the arguments from the Leave and Remain sides on a range of key topics. You can see it here

    EU Referendum campaign
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    Explore the arguments

  19. Postpublished at EU Referendum: In numbers

    Illegal immigrants arrested within the Port of Dover.

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    EU Referendum: In numbers

  20. Profile of Damian Green MPpublished at 22:42 British Summer Time 12 June 2016

    Here's a profile of Damian Green for the Remain campaign.

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    EU Referendum debate: The panel