Summary

  • Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn urges young people to register to vote and "step up for Britain"

  • Theresa May makes her first election campaign visit to Scotland

  • European Union leaders agree a joint strategy for Brexit negotiations

  • UKIP leader Paul Nuttall confirms he will stand in Boston and Skegness

  • General election due on 8 June

  1. May and Corbyn clash over voters' 'choice'published at 13:18 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

    PMQs

    If you just missed PMQs, here's a write-up of the key bits:

    Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clashed over the "choice" facing voters in the final PMQs before the general election.

    The PM claimed a win for Labour would mean a "chaotic Brexit" but Mr Corbyn said the Tories were for the "strong against the weak and weak against the strong".

    Mrs May also declined to confirm the so-called triple lock on the state pensions would be kept in place.

    The SNP's Angus Robertson, who raised the issue, said the PM's answers showed she planned to "ditch" the commitment.

    The triple-lock, which has been in place since 2010, guarantees that pensions rise by the same as average earnings, the consumer price index, or 2.5%, whichever is the highest.  

    Read more here.

  2. An outbreak of Parliamentary Tourettes?published at 13:17 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

    Points of Order

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Paul FlynnImage source, HoC

    Labour's Paul Flynn raises a point of order expressing concern over the well-being of members of the House.

    He fears that there has been an outbreak of "parliamentary Tourettes" caused by "a Crosby chip" being implanted into the heads of Conservative backbenchers requiring them to say "strong and stable leadership" every 18 seconds.

    Is this affliction curable? he asks. 

    John Bercow suggests that this is not a matter for him. 

    Conservative Michael Fabricant makes a subsequent point of order - "There has been speculation about what is on my head - but a chip is not one of them." 

    In fact, there were a considerable number of points of order, following one of the longest PMQs ever. 

    Conservative Sir Gerald Howarth, one of those who asked a question during PMQs, also made a point of order, staying to thank the Speaker for permitting the long session, giving many retiring MPs the chance to speak in the chamber for the last time.

  3. Has the NHS been given the money it asked for?published at 13:10 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

    Reality Check

    Jon Ashworth saying: The NHS... has not been given the money it asked for by this Conservative government.

    Shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth told Radio 4 that the NHS had not been given the money it asked for by the current government.

    Reality Check looked at whether this was the case earlier this year when the prime minister said in Parliament she had given the NHS more than it had asked for.

    It turned out that the amount the NHS in England was due to be given by 2020 was at the bottom end of the range that it asked for and that the funding calculation did not take into account the knock-on effects of shortfalls in other areas such as social care.  

    Read the full Reality Check here.

  4. Barclays wants access to foreign workerspublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

    Jes Staley says attracting skilled staff to London is more important than access to the EU market.

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  5. Watch: Eric Pickles asks about anti-Semitismpublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

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  6. Record PMQs gave Jeremy Corbyn chance to go through 'his greatest hits'published at 13:04 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

    The Daily Politics

    BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says for Jeremy Corbyn PMQs had been an attempt "to go through his greatest hits" on housing, NHS and school cuts. But she said going through the emails he had received had not served him well.

    Laura added that the prime minister had been given the opportunity twice to give assurances about the "triple lock" on state pensions "and twice she swerved it", adding that clearly there's "a live debate" on the issue at the top levels of the Conservative Party.

  7. Longest PMQs 'on record'published at 13:04 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

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  8. PM: I've been in televised debates week in and week outpublished at 12:56 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

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    Asked about appearing in a TV debate during the election campaign - something she has ruled out, Theresa May says: "I've been in televised debates week in and week out" - a reference to her appearances at PMQs. 

  9. How much longer..?published at 12:55 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

    Brian Wheeler

    This is almost certainly a new record - we are heading towards an hour of Prime Minister's Questions now.

  10. Outgoing MP asks about steel industrypublished at 12:53 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

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  11. Farron: Opposition has been 'abject failure'published at 12:53 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

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    We're well into extra time now and Lib Dem leader Tim Farron says the legacy of this Parliament is the "abject failure" of the opposition to hold the government to account, and asks if it's time for a new opposition.

    Theresa May said he talks about a decent opposition but he has a candidate with  "questionable views on anti-Semitism".

  12. SNP's Robertson presses PM on pensions 'triple lock'published at 12:51 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

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  13. Pic: Pickles gets a final question at PMQspublished at 12:48 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

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  14. Lilley bows out saying 'God speed'published at 12:47 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Conservative MP Peter Lilley says his reason for standing down after 33 years is because he has such confidence in the leader Theresa May.

    He wishes the House and Mrs May "God speed" in her Brexit negotiations.

  15. Heading for the longest PMQs?published at 12:46 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

    Brian Wheeler

    As usual, Speaker John Bercow is letting PMQs run longer than its allotted half hour to allow as many backbenchers - including some who are standing down - as possible to have their say.

    We think the previous record came before Christmas, when Theresa May took questions for 45 minutes.

  16. How May and Corbyn framed election choicepublished at 12:45 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

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    Jeremy Corbyn said strong leadership was about "standing up for the many, not the few", and said "the PM and the Conservatives only look after the richest, not the rest... they are strong against the weak and weak against the strong".

    Theresa May said"every vote for you is a vote for a chaotic Brexit - every vote for me is a vote to strengthen our hand in negotiating the best deal for Britain." A vote for Labour "is for a weak economy", and warned against a "coalition of chaos", between Labour the Lib Dems and the SNP.

  17. The Speaker's verdict on the leaders' clashpublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

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  18. Call for maximum stake on betting terminalspublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

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    Asked about putting in place a maximum stake of £2 on fixed odds betting terminals, Theresa May says a consultation has taken place but the findings would not be published until after the election.

  19. Tory slogan in double figures?published at 12:39 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

    Brian Wheeler

    I make it 12 "strong and stables" so far - mostly from the mouth of the prime minister herself, with a bit of help from friendly Tory backbenchers. Is anybody else keeping score?

  20. Theresa May on the 'I like Corbyn but...' websitepublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 26 April 2017

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