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Back to today, and with the papers out and set-piece political shows on, Sunday mornings are a key battleground for political parties - even more so with an election on.

Key figures from the Conservatives, Labour, Reform and the SNP will be making their case on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg very soon. And we'll be bringing you live updates here.

But the day doesn't stop there.

True, there's not much in the way of big campaign events today, but some party leaders will still be spotted out and about.

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper is expected to campaign alongside Keir Starmer with the Labour election bus due to visit the East of England.

And in Scotland, we're expecting to see SNP leader John Swinney out campaigning too.

Our brief summary of what political storiesare featured on today's front pages also gives a good indication of the messages the parties are hoping to put out today, and you can see more detail on specific pledges in some of our posts below.

As the past couple of weeks have shown, you never know where the next twist in this story will come from... stay tuned.

Stepping away from today and looking back at yesterday, Saturday felt very much like the morning after the night before, with Friday's seven-party leadership debate generating many of the headlines. However, that's not to say Saturday was a quiet day, many senior party figures were out and about campaigning. Here are some of the highlights:

• Rishi Sunak continued to face criticism from rival parties over his decision to leave D-Day commemorations in France before the international leaders event
• SNP leader John Swinney said the PM's actions had "completely destroyed" his credibility
• Sunak, who was campaigning in north-east England, did not speak to broadcasters on Saturday but had apologised earlier in the week and said leaving the event early was a "mistake"
• There was a focus on the expectation that the Conservatives will pledge to permanently get rid of stamp duty tax for first-time buyers of properties costing up to £425,000
• Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves hit the high street to highlight Labour's plans to support small businesses and overhaul the business rates system, while Keir Starmer campaigned alongside Dragons' Den star Deborah Meaden
• Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds suggested Labour would maintain the Conservative plans for income tax thresholds to remain frozen if it wins the election
• The Liberal Democrats pledged to create at least three new national parks, with leader Ed Davey out showing off his tennis skills

There's plenty more to come today, so stick with us for more updates and analysis.

Three party manifestoes are launching next week, according to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.

The Liberal Democrats are set to go first, the party is expected to launch their manifesto on Monday.

The Conservatives are set launch theirs on Tuesday, and then Labour on Thursday.

We've seen a few policy announcements this weekend, the Conservatives have pledged almost £730m to expand NHS mental health treatment in England, and Labour has said it would build more prisons by allowing ministers to bypass the traditional planning process if it wins the general election.

Let's take a look at the Sunday papers for a moment. There's a real mix of stories on the front pages this morning, but the election still gets plenty of space.

The Observer leads on Labour's plan to open "80 new rape courts" in England and Wales, while the Sunday Times leads on a report saying the Labour manifesto will codify its pledge "not to put up income tax, national insurance or VAT", which it describes as Keir Starmer's "triple lock" pledge on not hiking taxes.

The Sunday Telegraph leads on criticism of Labour's net-zero plans - Energy Secretary Clare Coutinho tells the paper that Labour's plan to decarbonise the electricity grid by 2030 would "risk blackouts". The paper also reports that the Tories would ensure climate targets take into account the cost to households.

The Sunday Times' front features an interview with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, with the paper reporting he is arguing for people making six-figure salaries to keep more of their money and that removing tax "cliff edges" would help boost productivity.

And the Sunday Express reports on a "six-year masterplan" from Reform Party leader Nigel Farage to "reshape politics" and carry out what the paper terms a "hostile takeover" of the Tories.

• You can see more here.

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Another party with a pledge this morning is the Liberal Democrats which is promising new hospital beds and investment in A&E departments which it says will reduce ambulance waiting times and help end the "scandal" of patients waiting in hospital corridors to be treated.

The party's manifesto - set to be launched on Monday - will pledge capital investment of £280 million to expand urgent treatment centres and A&E wards, and an additional £400 million a year to add an extra 1,000 staffed beds in hospitals.

Ed Davey says his party is putting health and care "right at the centre of our election campaign", adding "on ambulance delays and waiting times, it’s been a crisis".

“We’ve seen in some parts of the country people’s loved ones dying before the ambulances arrive," he says.

According to the party, the pledge is “fully funded” and the manifesto will feature a dedicated care chapter.

Among its wider ambitions is a plan for 8,000 extra GPs and a 10-year rolling programme of hospital repairs, and a plan to up the Carer’s Allowance by £20 a week, from £81.90 to £101.90.

After a week that has seen two televised debates, the return of Nigel Farage to front-line politics, and an explosive row over the prime minister’s curtailed attendance at D-Day commemorations in France, there will be plenty to talk about on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

On the show is Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride, who will likely be asked about his party’s plans to end what it calls “sick note culture”.

Labour’s Shabana Mahmood, the party’s shadow justice secretary, will likely be asked about its pledge to build more prisons should it form the next government.

Also appearing will be Reform leader Nigel Farage and SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.

On the panel this morning are former home secretary Amber Rudd, General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union Matt Wrack, and businessman John Caudwell - who was previously a major Tory donor but has spoken about his switch to backing the Labour Party, external.

The programme is on BBC One and BBC iPlayer or you can stream at the top of this page from 09:00 BST.

On to Labour, who this morning have pledged to build more prisons by allowing ministers to by-pass the traditional planning process.

Under its plans, prisons would be designated sites of "national importance" on public safety grounds - placing the power to green-light planning applications solely in ministers' hands.

The party said the policy would help it create the 20,000 prison places the Conservative Party had promised but not yet delivered.

The Conservatives attacked Labour's record and said the government had overseen the "largest expansion to the prison estate since the Victorian era."

Shadow justice secretary Shabana Mahmood will be on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg later, so we'll get her thoughts on the policy then.

Read more about it here.

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Ahead of Labour and the Conservatives publishing their manifestos next week, the policy pledges are coming thick and fast.

The most recent Tory pitch is a spending commitment to help tackle what they call “sick note culture”.

If they form the next government, the party says it will spend almost £730m to expand NHS mental health treatment in England - funding talking therapies such as counselling services for an extra 500,000 people.

The Conservatives say this would help save the economy £12bn a year by ensuring more working age people currently claiming benefits have a job.

Sunak has previously outlined his plans to remove the power of GPs to issue sick notes and transfer this responsibility to specialist work and health professionals - a move slammed by disability organisations.

Since the pandemic, the number of people inactive for health reasons has increased by 33% to 2.8 million, according to the Office of National Statistics, external.

Read more about the pledge here.

Rob Corp
Live reporter

It's a little before 6am on the third Sunday of the 2024 general election campaign and we're here with you through the day for more live and continuing coverage.

This morning we've got policy announcements from the Conservatives on their plans to end so-called "sick note culture". The party says, if it wins the election, it will pump in £730m to expand NHS mental health treatment in England as part of moves to cut rising welfare costs.

For Labour - they say they will use powers to by-pass local planners to build more prisons in a bid to create 20,000 extra spaces for inmates. You can read more about that here.

Of course it being a Sunday we have the BBC's flagship political interview programme Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg to look forward to from 09:00. We'll catch you up with who's on the show in a bit - but rest assured you will be able to follow all the action here on this page a little bit later.

So now's a good time to open the curtains, feed the cat and put the kettle on ahead of another busy day on the campaign trail.