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| General election: parties unveil plans amid spending warnings – live news | General election: parties unveil plans amid spending warnings – live news |
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| Cheaper visas for NHS staff and year-long maternity pay among the promises as campaign takes shape | Cheaper visas for NHS staff and year-long maternity pay among the promises as campaign takes shape |
| PA has this report on Margaret Hodge’s interview on BBC Radio 4 this morning: | |
| The papers | |
| From Jon Henley, the Guardian’s Europe correspondent: | From Jon Henley, the Guardian’s Europe correspondent: |
| What’s happening today? | What’s happening today? |
| Nigel Farage is heading to Wales and will be attending a rally for the Brexit party in Pontypool at around midday and then another at Newport in the evening. | Nigel Farage is heading to Wales and will be attending a rally for the Brexit party in Pontypool at around midday and then another at Newport in the evening. |
| Labour will be holding a lunchtime event in Stevenage featuring Dawn Butler, the shadow minister for women and equalities, who announced last night she would be throwing her hat into the ring for the job of deputy Labour leader. | Labour will be holding a lunchtime event in Stevenage featuring Dawn Butler, the shadow minister for women and equalities, who announced last night she would be throwing her hat into the ring for the job of deputy Labour leader. |
| Jo Swinson is in Fife and Boris Johnson is on pooled visits, though it’s unclear exactly where. | Jo Swinson is in Fife and Boris Johnson is on pooled visits, though it’s unclear exactly where. |
| The list of candidates who have stood down for inappropriate behaviour continues to grow. | The list of candidates who have stood down for inappropriate behaviour continues to grow. |
| A former radio host running as a Conservative candidate for Broadland in Norfolk withdrew from the race after saying women should keep their “knickers on” to avoid rape and a Labour candidate who had been standing for Gordon in Aberdeenshire announced she would no longer run after it emerged she had made comments comparing Israel to “an abused child who becomes an abusive adult”. | A former radio host running as a Conservative candidate for Broadland in Norfolk withdrew from the race after saying women should keep their “knickers on” to avoid rape and a Labour candidate who had been standing for Gordon in Aberdeenshire announced she would no longer run after it emerged she had made comments comparing Israel to “an abused child who becomes an abusive adult”. |
| Roger Godsiff, the Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green, was among those told this week by the national executive committee that he would not be endorsed as a Labour candidate over his support for people protesting the teaching of LGBT equality classes at a local school. He has confirmed he will run as an Independent Labour candidate. | Roger Godsiff, the Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green, was among those told this week by the national executive committee that he would not be endorsed as a Labour candidate over his support for people protesting the teaching of LGBT equality classes at a local school. He has confirmed he will run as an Independent Labour candidate. |
| Good morning! | Good morning! |
| It’s day two of the election campaign and we hope you’re still brimful of energy for political news. I’m Kate Lyons and will be bringing you the day’s political news early in the morning, before I hand the blog over. As usual, you can get in touch via Twitter or email. | It’s day two of the election campaign and we hope you’re still brimful of energy for political news. I’m Kate Lyons and will be bringing you the day’s political news early in the morning, before I hand the blog over. As usual, you can get in touch via Twitter or email. |
| The parties have started unveiling their plans and promises as leaders travel the country, laying out their stalls for election. | The parties have started unveiling their plans and promises as leaders travel the country, laying out their stalls for election. |
| Boris Johnson has announced a plan for half-price visas and preferential immigration processes for doctors and nurses wanting to work in the UK. The new NHS visa would cost just £464 and would operate under a fast-track process, with applicants guaranteed a decision within two weeks. | Boris Johnson has announced a plan for half-price visas and preferential immigration processes for doctors and nurses wanting to work in the UK. The new NHS visa would cost just £464 and would operate under a fast-track process, with applicants guaranteed a decision within two weeks. |
| Labour has unveiled its plans to improve equality in the workplace, pledging to introduce maternity pay for a full year after the birth of a child and give workers the rights to choose hours that suit them, putting the onus on employers to explain why they cannot offer flexible working hours. The announcement comes as the shock of Tom Watson’s resignation as deputy leader of the Labour party continues to ripple through the party. Watson’s allies have called his decision a “big loss” for the centre, with one saying “it leaves some of us feeling abandoned. Tom was our shield.” The race to replace him has already begun, with Dawn Butler, the women’s and equalities shadow minister, the first to announce she will be throwing her hat in the ring for the job. Rajeev Syal has written this guide to the runners and riders for the job. | Labour has unveiled its plans to improve equality in the workplace, pledging to introduce maternity pay for a full year after the birth of a child and give workers the rights to choose hours that suit them, putting the onus on employers to explain why they cannot offer flexible working hours. The announcement comes as the shock of Tom Watson’s resignation as deputy leader of the Labour party continues to ripple through the party. Watson’s allies have called his decision a “big loss” for the centre, with one saying “it leaves some of us feeling abandoned. Tom was our shield.” The race to replace him has already begun, with Dawn Butler, the women’s and equalities shadow minister, the first to announce she will be throwing her hat in the ring for the job. Rajeev Syal has written this guide to the runners and riders for the job. |
| But both parties have been warned by the Institute of Fiscal Studies about their ambitious spending promises, saying that the public spending bidding war Labour and the Conservatives are engaged in may return infrastructure investment back to 1970s levels, but may also be undeliverable. | But both parties have been warned by the Institute of Fiscal Studies about their ambitious spending promises, saying that the public spending bidding war Labour and the Conservatives are engaged in may return infrastructure investment back to 1970s levels, but may also be undeliverable. |
| Thanks for reading. | Thanks for reading. |