Tim Farron is asked by a member of the Royal College of Nurses why people should trust the Lib Dems after they rowed back on student tuition fees. 

The party leader says he did not vote for tuition fees, and adds: "I never thought that issue was about fees, it was about trust."

Mr Farron says that in a society that thinks MPs are scumbags and liars, "don't confirm that". 

He concedes that if a party is in a coalition "you compromise", but he acknowledges that the Lib Dems made a promise not to increase tuition fees "and we should have kept that".

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Daily Politics presenter

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TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady says she is pleased all the main political parties are competing over rights for working people.

"There's a recognition that working people have had a tough deal," she tells BBC2's Daily Politics. "We need a stronger voice for working people."

Ms O'Grady says she would like "to hear a positive story about the role of unions", which she argues help people enforce their rights.

She also asks what is going to be done to help ordinary workers, as well as the very low paid.

Tim Farron says health and social care "faces a crisis like no other". 

The Lib Dem leader claims 80% of people would be prepared to pay more tax if it was ring-fenced for health and social care. 

Mr Farron says the Lib Dems want to improve the health service: "It will cost you but you will get it."

He claims a 1p rise in income tax will raise £6bn a year and says the overall investment the Lib Dems will put forward over the next parliament totals £48bn, which he says is "fully costed". 

Like Labour, the party will restore bursaries for nurses and midwives and will get rid of the cap on public sector pay rises.

The BBC's Jeremy Vine finds delightful examples of the party political leaflets that are being handed out for this snap election: 

Institute of Fiscal Studies director Paul Johnson says by the time the Conservatives and their coalition partners the Lib Dems took power in 2010, the NHS was in a "good financial state".

But he says that because of the effort to reduce the UK deficit, the NHS has experienced the slowest growth in spending since the 1950s.      

Lib Dem leader Tim Farron is addressing the Royal College of Nursing and thanks Labour's Jeremy Corbyn - who gave a speech earlier -  "for warming up for me".

He says speculation that the Conservatives are heading for the kind of majority Margaret Thatcher enjoyed in the 1980s is "a very bad memory," adding that he remembers how his friends' parents - and sometimes his own Mum and Dad - felt being out of work.

He warns against a government that "takes people for granted". 

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The Conservatives have promised to expand workers' rights so people can take up to a year off work to care for elderly or disabled relatives.

But it is unpaid and who can afford to take a year off without pay?  

Conservative parliamentary candidate Kwasi Kwarteng tells BBC News: "The point is it is a much better improvement to what it is now. 

"It recognises the fact that lots of people today have elderly relatives that need looking after." 

He concedes that the pay element is something that could be examined, but would need to be developed.

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With just a week to go until the registration to vote in the general election closes, you may have already received your polling card.

The Electoral Commission estimates around one in six people in Yorkshire are not correctly registered to vote.

Across the country almost a third of those aged under 34 aren't on the register., external

There are roughly 750,000 people who will be able to vote for the first time in their lives on 8 June.

Once registered, you'll get a polling card in the post before voting day.

This will tell you where to go on 8 June.

Polling stations are open from 07:00 until 22:00.

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Presenter, The Daily Politics

Leanne Wood's interview came as she sang Catatonia's Road Rage with Victoria Derbyshire.

A group of black men have written a formal letter of complaint to Labour's national governing body after the party failed to select any additional black male candidates for the 2017 election. 

BuzzFeed News reports that the letter, external, which has been signed by a number of prominent activists and councillors, says they are “perplexed and disheartened”.

The letter, which has also been sent to Jeremy Corbyn, states: "We believe there is clear and growing evidence of discrimination and unconscious bias which has led to an outcome of under-representation compared to other BAME communities.”

BuzzFeed News says Labour has a total of 13 black or mixed race candidates of African or Caribbean descent contesting seats. Of that, five are new parliamentary candidate, all of which are women.

Stuart Maisner
BBC Live reporter

Undecided first-time voter Callie from Rochester says tuition fees will be the big issue that sways her vote on 8 June.

#myfirstvote

Norman Smith
Assistant political editor

Jeremy Corbyn painted a bleak picture of the NHS under the Tories in his speech to the RCN in Liverpool. He said it was underfunded, demoralised and will be unrecognisable in five years' time, with 40,000 fewer nurses.

The extra £37bn that Labour promises to invest in the NHS will come from two places - business and the City, and higher taxes for the UK's top 5% of earners.

But that the extra funding comes with strings attached such as demanding that those with serious injuries in A&E are treated in an hour and reducing cancer waiting lists.

On the funding, a tax rise for those earning more than £80,000 is estimated to bring in an extra £4.5bn a year.

But even an extra £37bn might not be enough for the NHS - according to a National Audit Office report, the health service is facing a £56bn black hole.

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First word from the prime minister today during a visit to businesses in Oxford - naturally she was talking about the Conservatives' policy of choice.

“This is the biggest ever enhancement of workers’ rights by a Conservative government," she said.

“The national living wage will continue to rise in line with median earnings.

“People will be allowed to take time off to care for a relative and we want to support and encourage returnships."

She added: “I've been visiting women who've taken time out for parenting to return to the workplace or perhaps set up their own business. This is what we want to see more of in the future.”

The SNP leader says voters will strengthen Scotland's hand over Brexit if they back her party in the election.

A member of the audience at the Royal College of Nursing asks Jeremy Corbyn if he will have to keep working until 68? The current plan is for retirement age to reach that level by 2046.

The Labour leader quips: "You know what they say - 68, too late."

But he isn't giving anything away. He tells the questioner to be patient for another 24 hours until Labour releases its "fully costed" manifesto. Sounds as though there'll be more on that issue though.

A few commentators, including the Mirror's political reporter, note the Labour leader's own age too...

The draft Labour manifesto leaked last week suggested the party would commission a new review of the pension age focused on "developing a flexible retirement policy".

Jeremy Corbyn ends his speech by stating: "Those who work in the NHS are all that is good in our country and our society." 

Answering questions now, Mr Corbyn promises legally enforced staffing levels in hospitals.

He also pledges to appoint a mental health minister because he says mental and physical health need to be given "parity of esteem".

"It has to be chased through the system," he adds.