General election 2017: Theresa May hits out at EU

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

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Claire Heald and Tom Moseley

Watch: 'We must not let the Brussels bureaucrats run over us'published at 15:50 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
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PM cites 'threats' from Brusselspublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
Theresa May goes on to accuse European politicians and officials of seeking to influence the result of the general election through "threats".
"There are some in Brussels who do not want these talks to succeed," she says.
The gloves are off: PM 'on warpath'published at 15:48 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
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Tough talk from the PMpublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
Theresa May turns fire on Brussels
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May: Voters' choice all about the futurepublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
In a statement outside Number 10, Theresa May says: "I have just been to Buckingham Palace for an audience with her Majesty the Queen. The 2015 Parl is now at an end."
She said the choice voters make is "all about the future"
Pic: PM giving Downing Street addresspublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
"The choice you now face is all about the future," says Theresa May.
Pic: May leaves palace after 30-minute meeting with Queenpublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
Where have all the MPs gone?published at 15:33 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
The UK has no MPs after Parliament was prorogued last week and then dissolved in the early hours of Wednesday.
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May 'expected to make a short statement'published at 15:31 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
At Downing Street
Eleanor Garnier
Political Correspondent
A lectern has been put outside ready for Theresa May. When she returns, we expect a short statement.
Today marks the official start of the campaigning. The formal dissolution of Parliament happened this morning, just after midnight.
Election meetings with Queen 'typically last 20 minutes'published at 15:22 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
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Evening Standard: Now it is EU's turn to get bloody difficultpublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
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Pic: Downing Street ready for May speechpublished at 15:16 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
Pics: Theresa May's visit to palace to meet the Queenpublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
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May and Queen to discuss general electionpublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
The BBC's Jane Hill say it's not known exactly how long the meeting will last - probably 20 minutes or so - but the prime minister will discuss with the Queen that a general election has been called and campaigning is under way.
There are 25 days to go until the election on 8 June, BBC political correspondent Eleanor Garnier reminds us.
Pic: Theresa May arrives at Buckingham Palacepublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
PM leaves Downing Street for palace meetingpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
Theresa May, wearing pearls, gets into the back of a limousine, and leaves Downing Street to make her way to Buckingham Palace for her meeting with the Queen.
Pic: The Queen arriving back at the palace a short time agopublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
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Palace staff raise the Royal Standardpublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
News helicopters are circling over Buckingham Palace ahead of Theresa May's meeting with the Queen.
Cameras capture an unusual shot of palace staff switching the Union Jack for the Royal Standard which signals the Queen is in residence.
Corbyn should 'absolutely' not quit after electionpublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
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A Jeremy Corbyn supporter who is seeking to return to Parliament as an MP on 8 June has said the Labour leader should “absolutely” not quit his post were his party to lose the general election.
Chris Williamson, a former Derbyshire MP, said that in the event of a Conservative victory next month the blame would lie “100% at the door of the malcontents” within Labour.
In an interview with the Huffington Post,, external Williamson insists there is no appetite for a return to New Labour because Mr Corbyn is offering a “mainstream” platform of an “interventionist, enabling government”.
He says he is “bemused” just as “ordinary members of the public are bemused” about why Labour MPs had tried to oust Mr Corbyn following last year's European referendum.
Watch: Awaiting Theresa May's trip to see the Queenpublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 3 May 2017
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