Summary

  • Labour and Plaid Cymru manifestos

  • Labour plans water nationalisation...

  • ...more childcare and "excessive pay" levy

  • 45p tax rate from £80,000, 50p from £123,000

  • Plaid aim to seize Brexit gains for Wales

  • Lib Dems promise cash for entrepreneurs

  1. Corbyn campaigning in seat with big Tory majoritypublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

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  2. 'Corbyn, Corbyn, Corbyn!'published at 14:37 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    Jeremy Corbyn

    "Our next prime minister!" cheers one enthusiastic supporter. "Corbyn, Corbyn, Corbyn!" chant some more.

    The Labour leader gets a rapturous reception at the town hall in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.

    He begins by talking about flooding, clearly an issue close to local hearts. Cue more whooping.

    Mr Corbyn then says there are two election campaigns going on - one featuring "personal abuse", presumably he means directed at him, and then the other, "the amazing levels of enthusiasm, energy and participation in our party".

    Jeremy Corbyn
  3. Electioneering on horsebackpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

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    We're all familiar with the battle bus, but what about the battle horse? Conservative candidate Nicholas Soames - and grandson of Winston Churchill - has been canvassing in Sussex on the back of a trusty steed.

  4. Pros and cons of meeting voterspublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

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  5. UKIP decision makes race 'more competitive' says Conservative candidatepublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    The outcome of the general election in North Norfolk is far from certain... voters who were expecting five candidates to choose from have just three.

    The Greens have decided not to field a candidate, to help the Lib Dems' Norman Lamb hold his seat.

    Meanwhile, UKIP is not standing to boost the chances of Conservative candidate James Wild.

    Mr Wild, a former special advisor to the defence secretary, says UKIP pulling out has made the race more competitive.

    James Wild in open-neck shirt, standing in street
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    I was standing on my own ticket anyway, I voted for Brexit, I supported Brexit and now it's time to deliver Brexit."

    James Wild, Conservative

  6. Watch: Voter puts housing point to Maypublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

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  7. Lunchtime recappublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    A quick summary of the day so far to digest alongside your sarnies:

    • Theresa May visits Oxfordshire to expound on the Tories' pledge to improve workers' rights. She spends time talking to voters in a market - some supportive, others critical, including one woman who tells the PM she wants her Disability Living Allowance back.
    • Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells the BBC Friday's cyber attack on the NHS should not be "politicised". Labour had accused him of being as elusive as Shergar.
    • Jeremy Corbyn tells the Royal College of Nursing that Labour will spend an extra £37bn on the NHS over the next five years. There are strings - in the form of tougher targets - attached.
    • He also tells the audience he wishes there could be a public debate between him and Theresa May about the NHS but the PM "seems reluctant".
    • Lib Dem leader Tim Farron also appears in front of the RCN where he promises to end the public sector pay freeze.
    • Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood admits she took drugs as a student, including cannabis, and says she doesn't rule out working with Labour.   
  8. Watch: PM's encounters with voters in marketpublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    Media caption,

    Woman accosts May over support for people with learning difficulties

    When Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron came face-to-face with one angry Oxfordshire voter two weeks ago he said such a thing would never happen to the prime minister as she never "talked to anyone normal".

    Fast forward to today, and Theresa May has been out and about in... Oxfordshire... meeting voters. 

    One woman was upset at the lack of support that people like her, with mental health problems and learning difficulties, receive. In contrast, Mrs May also spoke to a lifelong Labour voter pledged her his support.

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    'I've voted Labour all my life, but you've got my vote this time'

  9. Food bank figures 'should shame Tories and SNP'published at 13:47 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    Kezia DugdaleImage source, Getty Images

    Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has joined local candidates at a food bank in Glasgow where she's attacked the ruling parties on both sides of the order.

    "Under the Tories and the SNP nearly half a million emergency food parcels have been handed out to people across Scotland," she says.

    "That's the brutal reality of two governments more obsessed with the constitution than delivering for working families.

    "In a country as wealthy as Scotland it should shame the SNP and the Tories that working families can't afford to feed themselves."

  10. Babies and Brexit - SNP leader campaigns in Hamiltonpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    Nicola SturgeonImage source, Getty Images

    Kissing babies is part and parcel of election campaigning. But Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon seems to be leading the pack in this regard. On Monday she kissed, hugged and presumably squished lots of chubby cheeks on a visit to Hamilton. 

    Aside from that, Ms Sturgeon had a serious message to deliver too. 

    She told the BBC: "We know that Theresa May doesn't just want to take the UK out of the EU - she seems intent on pursuing a very extreme Brexit and that would sacrifice jobs and the Scottish economy, so we need to make sure Scotland's interests are protected.

    "A vote for the SNP, whether you were Leave or Remain in the EU referendum... is a vote to make sure Scotland's voice is heard in the negotiations."

    Nicola SturgeonImage source, Getty Images
  11. Wrong to politicise NHS cyber attack - Huntpublished at 13:30 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    Jeremy Hunt

    Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has come in for a bit of criticism since Friday's NHS cyber attack, with suggestions from Labour that he's been hard to track down.

    Well, he's now spoken to the BBC and says he would "caution against politicising what is a national security issue as I'm afraid Jeremy Corbyn has been doing this morning".

    Nevertheless, he does a bit of politicising himself, asking why Mr Corbyn and shadow home secretary Diane Abbott voted against greater powers for the security services and why cyber security "didn't feature" in the leaked draft Labour manifesto.

    Mr Hunt says it's "not correct" to suggest that government spending decisions have left the NHS more vulnerable to attack.

    "Although we did use some of the capital budget for revenue spending, the IT budget has been protected," he says.

  12. The art of the campaign leafletpublished at 13:22 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    There appears to be a bit of a Twitter trend emerging today of posting pictures of candidate's election leaflets.

    Here's a new entry from the Financial Times's chief political correspondent:

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  13. Reality Check: How many apprenticeships have started since 2010?published at 13:16 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green says two million apprenticeships were created from 2010 to 2015.

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  14. Is pollution an election issue?published at 13:11 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    A growing number of schoolchildren and parents are calling on politicians to clean up London's air.

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  15. Lib Dems 'would take over Southern Rail'published at 13:03 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

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    The Lib Dems are proposing an emergency takeover of Southern Rail , externalin an effort to reduce disruption on the line which has been plagued with strike action.  

    The London Evening Standard says the commitment will be in their manifesto.

    Lib Dem chief whip Tom Brake told the newspaper: "This is an emergency situation so we are proposing an emergency solution: for a government-run company to take over Southern Rail.

    “Measures must be put in place to strip companies of rail franchises when they fail their customers to ensure this does not happen again.”

  16. UKIP hopes to 'dent' support for Toriespublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    Neil Hamilton says his party will make sure Theresa May delivers on Brexit.

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  17. Theresa May meets shoppers and stall holders in Abingdonpublished at 12:56 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    Theresa May in AbingdonImage source, PA

    The prime minister has been meeting voters on a walkabout in the Oxfordshire market town of Abingdon. 

    Theresa May spent about 15 minutes talking to shoppers and stall owners and was asked questions about housing, mental health, farming and small businesses.

  18. Party-by-party: Votes at 16published at 12:54 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

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  19. Lib Dem leader sees strange Brexit bedfellowspublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

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  20. Lib Dems would give public sector workers a pay rise - Farronpublished at 12:45 British Summer Time 15 May 2017

    Tim Farron

    Tim Farron has accused Theresa May of treating health workers "like dirt" and promised to restore bursaries for students nurses and to give NHS staff and other public sector workers a pay increase. 

    Speaking to the RCN conference in Liverpool, the Lib Dem leader said if people wanted the best health care it would cost them one penny on income tax to provide the NHS with an extra £6 billion a year. 

    He said the Liberal Democrats were offering to invest far more than any other party and unlike any other party the investment was "costed and believable". 

    Mr Farron said it had been revealed that some nurses had been forced to use food banks. 

    He went on: 

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    And you find a prime minister who thinks that's somehow not an issue, it feeds into a narrative of this Conservative government treating nurses like dirt and I will not have it."

    He added his party offered a better way forward than the "mean and bleak" direction Theresa May was taking the country.