Summary

  • Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out raising capital gains tax on the sale of primary residencies

  • Speaking to the BBC, Starmer says it was never Labour policy and rules it out for the next Parliament

  • Earlier, Veterans' Minister Johnny Mercer admitted his party didn't get there "fast enough" on bringing down the number of small boat arrivals

  • Labour has been focusing on its plan to clear the NHS backlog with its policy to create 40,000 extra appointments a week

  • The Liberal Democrats are calling for a boost to frontline policing in a bid to tackle car crime

  • And the SNP is turning its attention to helping protect Scotland's food industries like Scottish salmon from "botched Brexit trade deals"

  • Meanwhile, Rishi Sunak remains off the campaign trail as he attends Trooping the Colour

  1. Hello and welcomepublished at 05:17 British Summer Time 14 June

    Adam Durbin
    Live reporter

    Good morning, thank you for joining us as we move into the second half of this general election campaign.

    With most major parties having already published manifestos and no debates scheduled, both politics and football watchers may feel they can safely watch Scotland take on Germany in the Euros opener without fear of missing out.

    That said, you can watch BBC interviewers tackling some key figures of the campaign on Friday.

    Last night saw the second seven-way political debate take place on ITV, with senior figures clashing for the most part over the NHS, education and immigration.

    Nigel Farage arguably caused the biggest stir when he declared Reform UK is now the "opposition to Labour" in response to a new opinion poll putting his party ahead of the Conservatives for the first time. Check our poll tracker to help put this in perspective.

    We’ll be speaking to Farage this morning on Breakfast as well as Rhun ap Iorwerth of Plaid Cymru, and Labour leader Keir Starmer’s Panorama interview with Nick Robinson is due to air this evening – so stay tuned for what they have to say.

    Lib Dem leader Ed Davey is taking a break from public campaigning while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is still in Italy for the G7 summit so won’t be out and about either.

    And we'll bring you any new policy announcements by the parties as they happen, of course.