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| Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are stressing their core themes as they and other party leaders tour the country in a last push for general election votes. | Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are stressing their core themes as they and other party leaders tour the country in a last push for general election votes. |
| Ahead of Thursday's poll, the Tory leader is saying Brexit will bring more jobs, homes and better transport links. | Ahead of Thursday's poll, the Tory leader is saying Brexit will bring more jobs, homes and better transport links. |
| Warning of "five more years of Tory austerity", Labour's leader promised more spending on health and education. | |
| The Lib Dems are focusing on Remain-voting target seats while UKIP says only it can stop Brexit "backsliding". | The Lib Dems are focusing on Remain-voting target seats while UKIP says only it can stop Brexit "backsliding". |
| In Scotland, the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has warned that a vote for Labour risks "handing the keys of No 10" to Theresa May, while leaders in Wales and Northern Ireland are also making their last pitch for votes. | |
| After a week dominated by security issues since the terror attack in London, the prime minister promised on Tuesday to change human rights laws if they hamper a crackdown on terror suspects, by potentially seeking opt-outs from the European Convention on Human Rights. | After a week dominated by security issues since the terror attack in London, the prime minister promised on Tuesday to change human rights laws if they hamper a crackdown on terror suspects, by potentially seeking opt-outs from the European Convention on Human Rights. |
| The proposals have been criticised by her opponents, urging that "basic rights" should be upheld. | The proposals have been criticised by her opponents, urging that "basic rights" should be upheld. |
| But returning to her central message on Brexit - the reason she gave for calling Thursday's election 50 days ago - Mrs May began the day by emphasising that money which has until now been spent on EU projects could deliver "huge benefits" across the UK after its withdrawal, due in 2019. | |
| She has been highlighting her party's promise to put £23bn into a National Productivity Investment Fund, focusing on housing, road, rail and broadband improvements. | |
| The PM's day started in London, where she chatted to butchers at Smithfield meat market in the City. She was accompanied by her husband, Philip, who will be at her side throughout the day as she visits the South Coast, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire and the West Midlands. | The PM's day started in London, where she chatted to butchers at Smithfield meat market in the City. She was accompanied by her husband, Philip, who will be at her side throughout the day as she visits the South Coast, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire and the West Midlands. |
| "A year ago, the British people voted for a brighter future outside the European Union," she said. | "A year ago, the British people voted for a brighter future outside the European Union," she said. |
| "My plan to deliver that brighter future will make sure all four corners of our United Kingdom benefit from the opportunities Brexit will bring - with more jobs, more homes, better roads and railways, and world-class digital connectivity wherever you live." | "My plan to deliver that brighter future will make sure all four corners of our United Kingdom benefit from the opportunities Brexit will bring - with more jobs, more homes, better roads and railways, and world-class digital connectivity wherever you live." |
| Emphasising Labour's plan to invest billions on public services, to be paid for by higher taxes on business and the better-off, Mr Corbyn said the NHS could not afford "five more years of underfunding, understaffing and privatisation". | |
| Addressing activists in Runcorn, he said the election was "all about the kind of society we want to live in", saying: "Never before has there been a clearer choice between the parties... a choice quite simply between hope and fear." | |
| "The re-election of a Theresa May government will mean five more years of cuts to the NHS, five more years of increases in waiting times, five more years of more and more people waiting for social care and five more years of austerity," he said. | |
| Instead, he urged people to take the "other road" and back Labour's "positive and inclusive" vision. | |
| The Labour leader has had to reshuffle his top team on the eve of the election after announcing shadow home secretary Diane Abbott would be taking a break due to ill health. | The Labour leader has had to reshuffle his top team on the eve of the election after announcing shadow home secretary Diane Abbott would be taking a break due to ill health. |
| Ms Abbott pulled out of a number of media engagements on Tuesday and the BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, said Lyn Brown, the shadow police minister and candidate for West Ham, had been asked to stand in for her indefinitely. | |
| Meanwhile, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has urged Labour supporters to "send a message" to Theresa May on issues such as Brexit and social care by supporting his party in seats where they are the Tories' main challengers. | Meanwhile, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has urged Labour supporters to "send a message" to Theresa May on issues such as Brexit and social care by supporting his party in seats where they are the Tories' main challengers. |
| Endorsing tactical voting on campaign stops in Solihull and St Albans, he said: "This was undoubtedly an election called in the interests of the Conservative party and it hasn't quite turned out the way she expected because Theresa May's made some very poor decisions, that have shown weakness and a level of heartlessness." | |
| In his final campaign rally in Oxford, Mr Farron - whose party is offering voters a referendum on the final Brexit deal - will urge voters not to give Mrs May a "blank cheque", saying the prime minister has "spent every day since she called the election trying to avoid answering any questions". | In his final campaign rally in Oxford, Mr Farron - whose party is offering voters a referendum on the final Brexit deal - will urge voters not to give Mrs May a "blank cheque", saying the prime minister has "spent every day since she called the election trying to avoid answering any questions". |
| Campaigning in Edinburgh, the Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said re-electing SNP MPs would ensure Scotland retained a "strong voice" in Westminster and deny the Conservatives the "crushing majority" they were expecting. | |
| "People in Scotland should not risk waking up to Tory MPs who can hand Theresa May a majority and then rubber stamp anything she wants," she said. "Instead, voters should take the opportunity to stand up for Scotland's schools, hospitals, public services, pensioners and jobs by rejecting the Tories' extreme and dangerous plans." | |
| At their final election rally, the Green Party will call on people to "vote with their hearts". | At their final election rally, the Green Party will call on people to "vote with their hearts". |
| "I'm calling on people across the UK to vote not just for the MP they want, but the kind of country they want," co-leader Jonathan Bartley said. | "I'm calling on people across the UK to vote not just for the MP they want, but the kind of country they want," co-leader Jonathan Bartley said. |
| UKIP leader Paul Nuttall is visiting Norfolk and Essex, saying only his party can keep the pressure up on the government over Brexit and stop unacceptable compromises. | |