Summary

  • Theresa May launches stinging attack on EU

  • She says they are trying to affect UK election

  • Followed dispute over Brexit 'divorce bill'

  • Corbyn says May trying to distract attention from economic failure at home

  • Parliament has now been dissolved

  • The general election is on 8 June

  1. May defends benefit cutspublished at 09:53 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    Mrs May is asked about benefit cuts in the pipeline. 

    She says the government has made changes to welfare. She says she wants people to be supported but says that work is the best way out of poverty. 

    Mrs May says it is important to be "fair" to people who are working as well. 

  2. May: We want economy that gives more securitypublished at 09:52 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    Mrs May's economic proposals are "nonsensical" and would lead to higher taxes and less money to the NHS. 

    She is asked about there being record numbers of food parcels under her government. 

    Mrs May says the Conservatives will work to create an economy that gives people more security but to do this Brexit negotiations need to be done right. 

  3. May: 'Complex reasons for people using foodbanks'published at 09:52 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    Mrs May says the government has invested £10bn in the NHS. 

    She says there are "many complex reasons" why people use foodbanks and she says she wants an economy that pays for public services but also creates well paid and secure jobs. 

  4. May: 'I want a country that works for everyone'published at 09:44 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    Theresa May

    Mrs May is asked about nurses using food banks. 

    She says she wants a country that works for everyone. 

    She says half of NHS staff have an increase of 3% in pay. 

  5. May: 'I'm my own person'published at 09:41 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    May is now asked about whether she is going in a different direction to predecessor David Cameron.

    She says she was proud to serve under him "but of course I'm my own person".

    She says the circumstances have changed - such as Brexit - but she also wants to address long-term issues around ageing and the economy. 

  6. May: We need 'strong hand' in Brexit talkspublished at 09:39 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    May is asked about the slogan "strong and stable" that the Conservatives have been repeating. 

    She says she mentions this because of the EU negotiations, which "at times are going to be tough".

    "We need to ensure we have a strong hand in this negotiation," she says.  

  7. May: 'Most important election of my lifetime'published at 09:38 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    Theresa May is now being interviewed by Andrew Marr. 

    The prime minister says this election is the most important she's faced in her lifetime. 

  8. Farron: 'I admire Blair'published at 09:37 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    Mr Farron is also asked about reports he met with Tony Blair and whether they could join together after the election. 

    He says he has many disagreements with Mr Blair - including the Iraq War - but he admires him as a "progressive". 

    But he does not answer Marr's question directly about whether he could imagine working with Mr Blair.  

  9. Farron: One option to prevent 'calamity of hard Brexit'published at 09:33 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    Mr Farron is asked about how the Lib Dems can hope to be the main opposition leader when the party only has nine seats. 

    He says there is only one option to prevent the "calamity of hard Brexit" and there are millions of people "appalled" by the direction the prime minister is taking the country in.  

  10. Farron: May heading for 'colossal coronation'published at 09:32 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    Mr Farron is asked about comments he made that he would not go into a coalition with Labour or the Tories.

    He says there will be no hung parliament this time round and thus no prospect of a coalition.

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  11. 'Vacancy for opposition leader'published at 09:29 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

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  12. Farron: 'We want fairer tuition fees system'published at 09:27 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    He is asked about tuition fees and whether he would change the system.

    He says he wants it to be fairer. Mr Farron says the Lib Dems got a better deal on tuition fees while in the coalition government than the Conservatives wanted. 

  13. Farron: 'I wouldn't have chosen to talk about my faith'published at 09:25 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    Mr Farron is now asked about his views on homosexuality and gay sex, which he has been questioned about repeatedly. 

    Mr Farron, a Christian, says he wouldn't have chosen to spend this week talking about his "personal faith". 

  14. Farron: 'Vacancy' to be opposition leaderpublished at 09:24 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    Lib Dem leader Tim Farron is now being interviewed on the Marr Show. 

    He is asked about saying he wants to be the leader of the opposition, which Marr says is "going it a bit". 

    Mr Farron says Conservatives and Labour are obsessed with fighting among themselves and there is a "vacancy" for the position of leader of the opposition.  

  15. Cameron 'buys luxury £25,000 hut'published at 09:20 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    Former prime minister David Cameron has spent £25,000 on a “luxury hut” for his Cotswolds garden, the Guardian reports, external

    The paper says he plans to use it as a writing studio. 

    The Times has tweeted this photo of the hut. 

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  16. May arrives at the BBCpublished at 09:17 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

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    Prime Minister Theresa May arrived at the BBC studios in central London for her interview on the Andrew Marr Show later. 

    Yesterday she was in Scotland where she urged Scots to vote for her to "strengthen the Union", the economy and her hand in Brexit talks.

  17. Sunday's political programmespublished at 08:59 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    After the Andrew Marr Show there is Pienaar's Politics on at 10:00 BST on BBC Radio 5 live and Sunday Politics on BBC One from 11:00.

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  18. May's first TV interview of campaignpublished at 08:49 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    It promises to be a busy morning of political programming. 

    The prime minister will be giving her first television interview of the election on the Andrew Marr Show, which starts at 09:00 BST on BBC One. 

    Lib Dem leader Tim Farron will also be on the show, and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's sister, Rachel, will appear to discuss why she has defected from the Conservatives to Mr Farron's party. 

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  19. Sunday morning newspublished at 08:48 British Summer Time 30 April 2017

    Good morning and welcome to the politics live page. 

    Here is a summary of the stories you're waking up to this morning:

    • Theresa May has announced plans to protect pensions from "unscrupulous" bosses if she wins the election
    • Labour has announced a 20-point plan to end the "rigged economy" in the workplace  
    • European Council President Donald Tusk has called on the UK to come up with a "serious response" on what will happen to EU citizens in Britain after Brexit
    • Mrs May is to give her first television interview of the election campaign on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, which starts at 09:00 BST