Summary

  • Labour: No tax rises below £80,000

  • Tories' mental health treatment pledge

  • Lib Dems to keep pensions 'triple lock'...

  • ...but means-test winter fuel payment

  • General election on 8 June

Live Reporting

Esther Webber and Brian Wheeler

  1. Is Corbyn looking ahead to future general elections?

    The BBC's political correspondent tweets...

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  2. Kebab awards founder on the campaign trail

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    It's not just party leaders hitting the streets today. 

    Ibrahim Dogus - seen above sampling an orange - is more well known for founding the annual British Kebab Awards, beloved of hungry politicians and journalists nationwide. 

    He's also the Labour candidate for the Cities of London and Westminster.

    Other candidates announced so far:

    • Mark Field, The Conservative Party
    • Bridget Fox, Liberal Democrats
    • Lawrence McNally, Green Party

    At the time of writing we're unsure which foods they're associated with. 

  3. Corbyn speaks in key marginal seat

    Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during an election campaign event in DerbyPA

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks to party activists in a village hall in Derby. 

    The Derby North seat is the most marginal seat in England, taken by the Conservatives by just 41 votes in 2015.

    Mr Corbyn says Conservative cuts to the welfare system could mean the need to "industrialise" food banks.

    He also says plans to introduce new grammar schools would divide children into "sheeps and goats".

  4. Jeremy Corbyn calls for Prime Minister to debate him

    The BBC's political correspondent tweets on the Labour leader's visit to Derby...

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  5. Derby North: England's most marginal seat

    Derby North results in 2015 - CON majority 41

    Jeremy Corbyn is in the constituency of Derby North, which has the distinction of being England's most marginal seat. It was taken in the 2015 general election with a majority of just 41 votes. 

    The UK's most marginal seat - if you're interested - is Gower in South Wales, where the former MP had a majority of just 27. 

    You can see the full details here...

  6. Labour leader campaigns in 'England's most marginal seat'

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  7. When the leaders hit the midlands

    Radio 4 PM

    Theresa May was campaigning in Wolverhampton today, visiting a factory, while Jeremy Corbyn addressed supporters at a rally in Leicester.

    Rob Golledge, political correspondent at the Wolverhampton Express & Star, told the PM programme on BBC Radio 4 Theresa May sees the West Midlands "as an area where the Conservatives can make sweeping gains in the General Election".

    Dan Martin, from the Leicester Mercury, said Jeremy Corbyn had seemed confident despite the losses in the election and had come among supporters to "re-set the clock".

  8. Afternoon update: here's where things stand at teatime

    A nice cup of tea

    Jeremy Corbyn has told a rally of Labour supporters that his party faces 'a huge challenge' over the next five weeks. 

    Theresa May says she isn't "taking anything for granted" in this campaign.

    The Lib Dems have pledged to raise income tax by 1% to help fund the NHS.

    Paul Nuttall says UKIP voters will come back to the party after its poor showing at the local elections.

    And the progressive alliance lives on as Green candidates stand down in Oxford West and Abingdon, Twickenham and Richmond Park. 

  9. Watch: An MP teaches the BBC about exercise

    "J is for jogging"

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    If you're looking for a break from the election, here's something from the archives.

    Ernest Marples, former transport minister during the 1960s, takes a BBC reporter on a run around Hyde Park to explain an exciting new craze from the US: "Jogging."

  10. Welsh Labour: England could learn from us

    Wayne David

    Labour in England can learn from the Welsh party's local election performance, its general election campaign chairman in Wales has said.

    Labour lost control of Blaenau Gwent and Bridgend, and its leader in Merthyr Tydfil, but held seven councils.

    Wayne David said the Tories made fewer gains than expected as Welsh Labour was "in touch with people's realities".

    The highlight for Conservatives was winning a majority in Monmouthshire, but they also made progress elsewhere.

    Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies said his party made "huge strides in the Vale of Glamorgan".

    Labour held seven councils, including Cardiff, Swansea and Newport, despite the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru making inroads into their vote.

    Leanne Wood

    Plaid Cymru increased its majority in Gwynedd and announced it would continue running Carmarthenshire in coalition with independent councillors, as it remains the party with the largest number of seats there.

    Plaid also overtook independents to be the largest group in Anglesey, but it remains a council with no party in overall control.

    Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said: 

    "We are now the biggest party in Rhondda and we've made significant gains from the Labour Party in their own strongholds such as Neath, Aberavon and Blaenau Gwent."

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  11. Watch: Should under-18s be able to vote?

    BBC Politics's Sofia Bettiza went to meet a young voter

    One thing our readers outside of Scotland may not have noticed about the local elections this week was that 16 and 17 year-olds there could vote in them. 

    Jack is one of those young voters. He voted for the first time on Thursday, and thinks it's wrong he can't vote in next month's general election as well. 

    But not everyone agrees. Watch the video to find out more.

  12. Backlash claims 'ludicrous' - Sturgeon

    The first minister's comments come after significant gains by the Scottish Conservatives in the local elections.

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  13. Corbyn rally: supporters back their leader

    Iain Watson
    Political correspondent

    Labour supporter

    At a rally for Labour supporters in Leicester, political correspondent Iain Watson canvassed opinions on Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

    Most people urged the Labour leader to "keep going", despite the disappointing results in the local elections.

    One woman said:

    I think Labour should keep doing what they are doing. They seem to be getting more people in every day. Jeremy is doing a good job at the minute."

    One man had this advice for the Labour leader:

    Labour supporter

    Keep repeating the policies that we have ...on housing, the nationalisation of the railways, on privatisation, on a national education service, restoring the NHS. The polices are what is needed. Keep calm and hope that the media - like the BBC - start to report on the polices."

  14. Progressive Alliances: how would they work?

    BBC Politics video

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    As the Green Party announces it'll stand down in favour of the Lib Dems in Oxford West and Abingdon, here's a video on the subject of local pacts from our Facebook page. 

  15. Parties vie over NHS, social care and taxes

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    The Liberal Democrats have been outlining their plans to raise income tax by a penny-in-the-pound to help fund the NHS and social care.

    They said the rise - across all income tax bands and on dividends - would raise around £6bn a year.

    Asked about the Lib Dem plans during a campaign visit to Wolverhampton, Theresa May said the Conservatives were investing in the NHS and social care.  

    The Lib Dems, the Labour Party, the SNP, they would cost millions of people money in their pockets because they would be wanting to put up taxes. That's their instinct. We have always been a low-tax party and we're the only party which has the intention and wants to reduce tax on ordinary working families."

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party would properly fund health and social care, but would not be raising taxes for lower or middle income earners. 

    We're looking much more at the top end of the scale and corporate levels of taxation, because raising the basic level of income tax obviously means you affect people on lower and middle incomes."

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  16. Greens to support Lib Dem candidate

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    Layla Moran is standing in Oxford West and Abingdon

    The Green Party will not contest one of Oxford's constituencies in the General Election after agreeing to support the Liberal Democrats.

    Cheryl Briggs is standing aside as the party's prospective Oxford West and Abingdon candidate "to put the greater good" before Green Party interests.

    She said Liberal Democrat Layla Moran offered "the best chance of beating the Conservatives".

    The Conservatives said the move was "proof of grubby deals" by opposition parties.

  17. Adam's Election Broom Cupboard

    Fresh from the BBC Politics Facebook page

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    If you missed this yesterday here's your chance to catch up on the Election Broom Cupboard with the Daily Politics' own Adam Fleming. 

    This week Adam was joined by Tom Walker - better known as his journalistic alter-ego, Jonathan Pie. 

  18. Redditch Tories choose new candidate

    Rachel Maclean has been selected as the Conservative candidate for Redditch for the General Election. She replaces Karen Lumley, who was the sitting MP but is standing down due to ill health.

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  19. Sturgeon: What role for Labour in Scotland?

    The SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, says it's Labour and not her party that should be worried about the Conservatives strong performance on Thursday:  

    You're seeing that scrap for second place where right now the Tories are pipping Labour to the post. And Labour's now here in such a pincer movement in Scotland, people who used to vote Labour who support independence have long since started to vote for the SNP. And now we see people who oppose independence leaving Labour to vote for the Tories and there's a big question I think now about what role in Scottish politics is there anymore for Labour."

  20. UKIP will 'live to fight another day'

    Neil Hamilton

    UKIP will "live to fight another day" despite poor local election results, the party's leader in the Welsh Assembly, Neil Hamilton, has insisted.

    UKIP failed to win any seats in Wales, whilst in England it lost 145 councillors and only got one elected.

    Mr Hamilton said UKIP voters who had returned to the Tories would come back because of immigration concerns.

    He told BBC Wales his party "started to slide down a cliff" when the prime minister called the general election.

    It's certainly a very disappointing result but I've been in politics a very long time, I've seen landslides come and go and come back again and UKIP will live to fight another day. It's quite clear looking at the opinion polls over the last few weeks that as soon as Theresa May called a general election we started to slide down a cliff, because this has become a bit of a referendum in itself on the Brexit process I think."