Andrew Kerr
Political correspondent, reporting from Glasgow

The Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar is now on stage.

He says he wants to say directly to those who have not voted Labour in the past that he and Keir Starmer have worked day and night so the party is ready to serve again.

He adds that with hard work, humility and energy they will work to earn people’s trust.

And he says they will demonstrate what change means - and bring honesty and decency back into public life.

Image source, PA Media

Andrew Kerr
Political correspondent, reporting from Glasgow

Before Keir Starmer speaks, Labour’s deputy Scottish leader Jackie Baillie is on stage, saying the people are sick and tired of this Conservative government.

She also hits out at the SNP - saying they put party before country.

She says Labour can give hope to change Scotland, delivering Scotland’s voice at the very heart of government.

We'll have all the key lines and pictures soon - and remember, you can watch live by pressing play at the top of the page.

James Cook
Scotland editor, reporting from Glasgow

There’s a real buzz as the crowd of Labour supporters await Sir Keir Starmer in Glasgow.

I’ve been chatting to some of the people who work here at City Facilities Management.

They tell me the work they do here is building maintenance, especially for several big supermarket chains, construction and social housing.

The owner Lord Willie Haughey is a Labour peer and he is hovering by the door, waiting for the party leader to make his entrance.

Andrew Kerr
Political correspondent, reporting from Glasgow

The stage is set in Glasgow for a big Scottish Labour event.

We’re waiting for Sir Keir Starmer for his first visit north of the border since the general election was called.

Scottish candidates are gathering in the atrium with their placards.

It's been a busy news morning on day two of the general election campaign.

In case you missed it, we reported just before 08:00 BST that veteran Conservative MP Sir John Redwood, who ran for the party leadership in 1995, says he's not standing for re-election.

As the below chart shows, he is not alone in making that decision.

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

The former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been told he has been expelled from the party he led four years ago.

This is because - as we reported earlier - he has said he will stand against the official Labour candidate in his Islington North constituency.

A Labour source said "we are focused on returning as many Labour MPs as possible", and that Corbyn - who was running to be prime minister at the last general election - is no longer a party member.

Alice Evans
Education reporter

Keir Starmer used to support abolishing university tuition fees for students - a pledge in Labour's manifesto at the last election, and his 2020 leadership campaign.

He told us this morning that he still thinks the fees are "unfair" on students, but that he can't afford to scrap them if he's going to spend the money needed to bring down NHS waiting lists.

“What I won’t do is pretend I can do things and then tell people after the election that it’s not going to happen," he says.

"I still want to resolve the tuition fees - there are other ways of doing that", he adds.

At the moment, most students leave university owing money from loans they take out to cover tuition and living costs.

The Student Loans Company says graduates in England leave university with average debts of £44,940.

Annual tuition fees for UK students varies:

• England and Wales: £9,250
• Northern Ireland: £4,750 for Northern Irish students, or £9,250 for other UK students
• Scotland: Free for most Scottish students, and £9,250 for other UK students

Starmer's thoughts come after his shadow education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, told the BBC on Thursday that the idea of raising tuition fees was an "unpalatable choice".

Keir Starmer has just given back-to-back interviews on the BBC's Today and Breakfast programmes. Here's a re-cap of what he said:

• Labour will only make commitments "we know we can fulfil"
• When being asked about scrapping university tuition fees - which he backed when running to be Labour leader - he said he can't, because cutting NHS waiting lists is the priority
• He said Labour wants to remove the two-child benefit cap "in an ideal world" but we "don't have the resources at the moment"
• He still wants to abolish the House of Lords "but the question is if it is the priority"
• He will carry out TV debates, but won't commit to the Conservatives' idea for weekly head-to-heads
• And he said that Palestine should be a state - but would not say when a Labour government would recognise it

Nick Eardley
Political correspondent, reporting from Northern Ireland

Image source, Reuters

Good morning from Northern Ireland, where Rishi Sunak’s whistle-stop tour of the UK is continuing.

Sunak has been out the traps like a jackrabbit, with three visits in three nations yesterday. Today is the fourth.

The Tory campaign is a personal - almost presidential one - so far. Sunak is front and centre of what the Conservatives want the country to see.

This morning in the Telegraph he’s challenging Keir Starmer to TV debates (Labour have said yes, but don’t want as many as the Conservatives).

The approach isn’t without risk. Sunak isn’t popular with everyone - and the constant attention means there is more room for slip-ups (he asked yesterday how people in Wales were feeling about the summer of football, despite Wales not qualifying for the Euros).

But Sunak knows he will have to pull off a major upset to stay in Downing Street. And he’s decided getting out on the front foot - selling himself to the country and trying to frame the debate - is his best option.

That's all from Starmer for now - here's some more on the possible smoking ban for people born after 2009.

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho was earlier asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme about the bill, which looks set to be shelved because Parliament is shutting down today.

On the proposed ban, Coutinho says Sunak took “a very bold decision to do something”, which was “controversial in certain quarters”.

“I think what he’s done is won the argument on it," she says - adding if Sunak is re-elected, he will “bring it back”.

Starmer is asked about the smoking ban for people born after 2009 - which is not likely to make its way through Parliament in time for the election. Will he reinstate it?

Starmer says the ban is important and supports it - suggesting there was more Labour support than Tory.

"We are committed to it," he says, adding that he hopes there will be a cross-party consensus after the election.

Keir Starmer is now speaking about abolishing tuition fees - something he was previously committed to.

He says he still thinks the system is unfair but after the "damage that has been done to the economy" and having costed both abolishing fees and cuts to NHS waiting lists - he's left with a tough political choice.

"I can't do both," Starmer says.

"I've chosen that we will deal with the waiting lists and putting the NHS back on its feet."

How will Labour help with energy prices and the cost of living crisis?

Starmer says that an energy price cap is important but the only long term solution is to set up Great British Energy, which will be based in Scotland - as a reminder, the Labour leader is speaking from Glasgow.

That will "bring energy prices down for good", he says.

We need to stabilise the economy and if you lose control of the economy, "it's working people who pay the price," he says, adding we need to "end the chaos".

Starmer is asked if he will debate with the prime minister every week, something which Rishi Sunak has asked for.

"Of course there will be live TV debates but I want to talk for as long as I can to voters directly and take my message to them and hear from them," Starmer says.

"At the end the power is with those voters," he says.

He goes on to say that he could debate with the PM "once or a hundred times" but "I know what he is going to say. He will say everything is fine... we hear that every week at PMQs."

Starmer is now asked once again about Diane Abbott.

Speaking first on the unity of the party he refers to "incredible support" among members, activists and voters for what the party is trying to achieve.

He references the party's success in the local election results - specifically the mayoral elections and the Blackpool South by-election.

As he did earlier this morning, Starmer underlines that the Diane Abbott disciplinary process is one for the National Executive Committee.

Sir Keir Starmer is asked again about Jeremy Corbyn and whether there is a world in which he can call up the former Labour leader.

Starmer sidesteps the question and replies that the party is "changed".

"It is a party united in understanding that only parties that are strong on the economy, in defence on security and borders are trusted by the public."

Starmer is asked about Jeremy Corbyn's announcement that he will stand against the Labour party as an independent in the eneral election.

Starmer says "that's a matter for Jeremy" but that "we will have an excellent candidate" in Islington North, where Corbyn will be standing.

After his Today interview, Keir Starmer is now on BBC Breakfast - watch live by pressing play above.

Do you believe Palestine should be a state? Starmer is asked.

"Yes I do", he responds.

Recognition of a Palestinian state is important, he says, alongside a "safe and secure" Israel.

It has to be part of a peaceful resolution in the region but must come at an appropriate time, he says.

Political leaders have looked away in the last decade and this is one of the reasons for the "terrible, terrible" situation in Gaza, he says.

Starmer is asked if he's looking away by not committing to recognising a Palestinian state, like other countries have this week.

There needs to be a ceasefire, hostages need to be released, and aid must be let in to Gaza first, he says.