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| General election: Corbyn talks free broadband as Johnson launches campaign bus – live news | General election: Corbyn talks free broadband as Johnson launches campaign bus – live news |
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| Labour leader will announce internet plan in speech in Lancaster, while prime minister is in Oldham | Labour leader will announce internet plan in speech in Lancaster, while prime minister is in Oldham |
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| A reminder of what Boris Johnson was up to yesterday as he visited the West Monkton CEVC Primary School in Taunton, Somerset. | A reminder of what Boris Johnson was up to yesterday as he visited the West Monkton CEVC Primary School in Taunton, Somerset. |
| In the latest instalment of the Guardian’s People and Power series, Aamna Mohdin has written about the way a residents’ Facebook group could swing the seat of Canterbury. | In the latest instalment of the Guardian’s People and Power series, Aamna Mohdin has written about the way a residents’ Facebook group could swing the seat of Canterbury. |
| Local newspaper editors once controlled the information that circled around a town or small city during an election. But in Canterbury in 2019, that power has fallen into the lap of the 32-year-old administrator of a Facebook group. | Local newspaper editors once controlled the information that circled around a town or small city during an election. But in Canterbury in 2019, that power has fallen into the lap of the 32-year-old administrator of a Facebook group. |
| Edd Withers set up the Canterbury Residents Group on Facebook five years ago in an attempt to bridge the divide between the city’s large student population and its older residents. In a sign of the changing media environment that could shape this election, what started as a community project to bring generations together has turned into a lively and often chaotic rolling political conversation about all manner of issues affecting the city. | Edd Withers set up the Canterbury Residents Group on Facebook five years ago in an attempt to bridge the divide between the city’s large student population and its older residents. In a sign of the changing media environment that could shape this election, what started as a community project to bring generations together has turned into a lively and often chaotic rolling political conversation about all manner of issues affecting the city. |
| Of the nearly 100 Canterbury residents who contacted the Guardian about the tight race in their constituency, Withers’ Facebook group was mentioned more than a dozen times. While one resident described it as “a good starting point to find the ‘real’ residents and the issues they are passionate about”, another said they left the group “because of the extreme views and bullying behaviour”. | Of the nearly 100 Canterbury residents who contacted the Guardian about the tight race in their constituency, Withers’ Facebook group was mentioned more than a dozen times. While one resident described it as “a good starting point to find the ‘real’ residents and the issues they are passionate about”, another said they left the group “because of the extreme views and bullying behaviour”. |
| Quite an interesting new campaign video from the Labour team. | Quite an interesting new campaign video from the Labour team. |
| The drama around deals between parties continues to roil. Nigel Farage has attacked the Conservative party after it was claimed that senior Brexit party figures – including Ann Widdecombe – had been offered post-election roles or peerages as part of an attempt to get him to stand down more candidates at the general election. | The drama around deals between parties continues to roil. Nigel Farage has attacked the Conservative party after it was claimed that senior Brexit party figures – including Ann Widdecombe – had been offered post-election roles or peerages as part of an attempt to get him to stand down more candidates at the general election. |
| Farage said it showed “the system is corrupt and broken”. | Farage said it showed “the system is corrupt and broken”. |
| Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the day’s political news. I’m Kate Lyons and will be with you on the liveblog for the first hour or so of the day, before I hand over to my excellent colleagues. As usual, you can get in touch with your questions, thoughts, witticisms etc on Twitter or email (kate.lyons@theguardian.com). | Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the day’s political news. I’m Kate Lyons and will be with you on the liveblog for the first hour or so of the day, before I hand over to my excellent colleagues. As usual, you can get in touch with your questions, thoughts, witticisms etc on Twitter or email (kate.lyons@theguardian.com). |
| It’s a big day for promises as both Labour and the Conservatives roll out big-spending, crowd-pleasing election pledges. | It’s a big day for promises as both Labour and the Conservatives roll out big-spending, crowd-pleasing election pledges. |
| The Conservatives are offering a package to revitalise neglected towns while Labour is promising free full-fibre broadband for homes and businesses. | The Conservatives are offering a package to revitalise neglected towns while Labour is promising free full-fibre broadband for homes and businesses. |
| Boris Johnson says a Tory government would spend hundreds of millions of pounds reviving dying high streets and struggling communities. It includes discounts on business rates, rate relief for pubs, money to reopen train stations and a £150m fund to help groups trying to take over and run pubs and post offices threatened with closure. Labour has criticised the proposal, saying the Conservatives are the ones responsible for destroying high streets and towns through “a decade of vicious cuts to the services that people on our communities rely on”. | Boris Johnson says a Tory government would spend hundreds of millions of pounds reviving dying high streets and struggling communities. It includes discounts on business rates, rate relief for pubs, money to reopen train stations and a £150m fund to help groups trying to take over and run pubs and post offices threatened with closure. Labour has criticised the proposal, saying the Conservatives are the ones responsible for destroying high streets and towns through “a decade of vicious cuts to the services that people on our communities rely on”. |
| Meanwhile, Labour is promising free full-fibre broadband for every home and business by partly nationalising BT. Jeremy Corbyn will outline the plan during a speech in Lancaster, saying: “What was once a luxury is now an essential utility.” The plan, estimated to cost about £20bn, will be funded partly by high taxes on internet companies such as Amazon, Facebook and Google. The Conservatives have criticised the policy, saying it was a “fantasy plan to effectively nationalise broadband [that] would cost hardworking taxpayers tens of billions”. | |
| As for what will happen today: | As for what will happen today: |
| Jeremy Corbyn will be announcing his broadband plan in a speech on digital infrastructure in Lancaster this morning. | Jeremy Corbyn will be announcing his broadband plan in a speech on digital infrastructure in Lancaster this morning. |
| Boris Johnson will launch his campaign bus in Oldham at lunchtime. | Boris Johnson will launch his campaign bus in Oldham at lunchtime. |
| The Lib Dems go to Leeds where Ed Davey will be giving a speech in the afternoon on economics. | The Lib Dems go to Leeds where Ed Davey will be giving a speech in the afternoon on economics. |
| And there is a big question mark hanging over the Brexit party’s campaign events. There is meant to be a launch in Dudley for their candidate but it’s unclear if that will go ahead – given the candidate has pulled out of the seat. | And there is a big question mark hanging over the Brexit party’s campaign events. There is meant to be a launch in Dudley for their candidate but it’s unclear if that will go ahead – given the candidate has pulled out of the seat. |
| Join us for the ride! | Join us for the ride! |