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The general election of 2015 was an immense piece of administration.  

Some 45 million ballot papers were printed for the 650 separate candidate lists for the election. And the total cost of holding the poll came to £98,845,157.

But all that was organised with five years' notice - the duration between the previous election and the date of the 2015 poll.

Read more here about the scramble to hold a snap election on 8 June.  

Former prime minister Tony Blair told Radio 4's World This Weekend  Brexit was a bigger issue than party allegiance in the upcoming general election. 

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Read what Jeremy Corbyn had to say about the UK's nuclear weapons here in our main story.

Labour still supports the renewal of Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent, says a party spokesman.

It comes after Jeremy Corbyn refused earlier to say whether a commitment would be in Labour's manifesto.

He told The Andrew Marr Show the party would review all areas of defence if elected. 

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The former prime minister said he feared that a large majority in the election would effectively hand Theresa May "a blank cheque for Brexit at any costs" which was not in the interests of the country. 

And he conceded he "wasn't totally sure" what Labour's position was on Brexit under Jeremy Corbyn.  

Mr Blair has said it is “important” for voters to know where prospective parliamentary candidates stood on the kind of Brexit they want before the general election.

"In every constituency, if you care about this issue, we are going to provide a sufficient amount of pressure that candidates are forced to say where they stand on this question on what is the mandate that she (Mrs May) is getting to negotiate with on Brexit".

Former prime minister Tony Blair has called on voters not to back general election candidates who "back Brexit at any cost" regardless of which political party they stand for.

Speaking to Radio 4's World This Weekend, he said voters needed to know where candidates stood on Brexit and that Theresa May was pursuing an "unreasonable policy"  driven by the right of her party.

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Here's a reminder of the number of seats held by the four biggest parties in the UK Parliament as things stand.

Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said Theresa May is treating the snap election like a "regal coronation" and the question for the Lib Dems is how they make sure the "powerful are held to account".

He said the political landscape has changed "dramatically" since the Lib Dems were in coalition with the Tories in 2010.

He said previously the Lib Dem stepped up to provide a responsible government and now they needed to provide an effective opposition. 

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Expect to hear this line a lot from the Conservatives over the next few weeks.

Tory Party Chairman Patrick McLoughlin says the Tory party will be saying what it thinks is the right course for Britain and the difference Theresa May will make in terms of a "strong and stable leadership."

Radio host John Piennar asked him whether the party "give out Smarties" to ministers who use the phrase.

"I've heard it so often it rings in my ears," he said.

Mr McLoughlin answered "you are certainly going to hear it a lot more".

There has been speculation that the Conservatives may not keep its 2015 manifesto pledge of no rises in VAT, national insurance or income tax.

Theresa May has yet to say whether the Tories will keep this promise in the 2017 manifesto, simply saying it is "a lower tax party".

It was a line repeated by chairman Patrick McLoughlin who told John Pienaar: "It is other parties that put up taxes, we want to reduce taxes."

He said overall people needed to "judge our record" and the Tories want to "stay" as a low tax party.

So now we know plans for a cap on household energy bills are set to be included in the Conservative manifesto. 

The party's plans could reportedly cut, external gas and electricity costs by £100 a year for 17 million families.  

Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green told ITV they were different from a Labour promise at the 2015 general election to freeze energy prices.

He said the Tory plan would be "more flexible" and consumers would benefit if wholesale prices fell.

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It's the question of the day so far.

Has the Tory pledge on energy prices been taken from Ed Miliband's 2015 election campaign?

Well it looks like we will have to wait to see the fine print. 

Tory party chairman Patrick McLoughlin told John Pienaar on 5 live that Theresa May had set out her commitment to tackle the issue at the party's spring conference.

He went on: "You'll need to wait and see the actual details of what we are going to do in due course"

Let's recap on Jeremy Corbyn and his vision for Britain if he was the next prime minister.

The Labour leader has said he wants a "different" kind of country and would end "business as usual" in domestic and foreign policies .

He said he would not launch a "first strike" nuclear attack and suggested the party's policy on the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent was not settled.  

Mr Corbyn also said he would like to scrap grammar schools and would phase out private contracts in the NHS.  

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Home Secretary Amber Rudd has come out to attack Mr Corbyn's stance on Trident and border controls following his appearance on the Andrew Marr show.

She said: "This morning we learnt that Jeremy Corbyn would refuse to strike against terrorists, dismantle our nuclear defences and fail to control our borders.

"Unless people turn out and vote Conservative, this man could be our prime minister in less than seven weeks' time - propped up by the SNP and Lib Dems in a coalition of chaos."

She said it was "critical" to vote for the Tories to ensure a "strong and stable leadership" on the road to leaving the EU.

Back to the Tories and their energy price pledge.

Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green has confirmed the Conservatives would take steps to cap people's energy bills if they return to power.

How would this work? Labour had promised at the last election to freeze energy prices.

Mr Green told ITV's Peston on Sunday: "We would have Ofgem setting the limit, so it would be a cap, so it would be more flexible, it would be able to reflect market conditions, so the market would still have an influence. 

"And that would mean in practical terms that if the oil price fell again then consumers would benefit in a way they wouldn't have done under Ed Miliband's proposal."

Labour MP Liz Kendell appeared on Peston on Sunday where she admitted to having "differences" with Jeremy Corbyn in the past.

If you cast your mind back to 2015, she stood against Mr Corbyn as a candidate to lead the Labour party.

At the time she said Labour risked sending a "resignation letter to the British people as a serious party of government" if he was to become leader.

So has her stance changed? Well, she does say she wants "a Labour prime minister". 

Lib Dem leader Tim Farron repeated the declaration there is no chance his party would go in to a coalition after the election.

There are "no circumstances whatsoever", he said.

Speaking on Peston on Sunday, he went on to say that Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn had "joined hands to push us over the Brexit cliff" and that the Labour party is "neither fish nor fowl on the biggest issue we have faced for a generation". 

The Labour Party has hit out at the Conservative pledge to deal with energy prices in its manifesto.

In a statement on Twitter, external, it said the deal should be taken with a "huge pinch of salt" and that the party had constantly promised action but "when it comes to it they have broken those promises".

It said energy bills had soared under the Conservatives and that the party had opposed Labour's pledge to take action on bills during the 2015 election.