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| General election: Farage says claims Tories bribed Brexit party candidates are 'fact' – live news | |
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| Nigel Farage bemoans ‘rotten and broken’ politics and Jeremy Corbyn discusses immigration | |
| Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Pienaar’s Politics this morning, Brexit party leader Nigel Farage has insisted that claims the party’s candidates were offered jobs by the Conservatives to persuade them to stand aside were “fact”. Scotland Yard announced yesterday that it was assessing two allegations of electoral fraud in relation to the claims. Farage accused Boris Johnson’s party of corruption. | |
| Jeremy Corbyn has told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show his government would allow “a great deal of movement” of people, in a sign Labour would look to keep a liberal immigration regime with Europe if Brexit goes ahead. The party’s 2017 manifesto said free movement would end at the point of Brexit, but a motion passed by Labour conference argued for the UK to “maintain and expand” free movement. | |
| Labour’s Kensington parliamentary candidate Emma Dent Coad is to report her Lib Dem rival – and former Tory MP – Sam Gyimah to the police over claims he made that she “was part of all the discussions that went on” regarding the cladding that was on Grenfell Tower. “If this is a political game, shame on him. We’ve sent rebuttals with all the links and all the evidence is there,” she told the Guardian. You can read the full story here. | |
| Guardian environment correspondents Sandra Laville and Matthew Taylor report that the Conservative party’s record on tackling the climate crisis has been condemned by leading scientists and former government advisers. | |
| Conservative politicians have criticised Angela Eagle – former Labour leadership hopeful – for retweeting this image of the foreign secretary. | Conservative politicians have criticised Angela Eagle – former Labour leadership hopeful – for retweeting this image of the foreign secretary. |
| She has dismissed it as a joke: | She has dismissed it as a joke: |
| Labour’s candidate in Ashfield in Nottinghamshire – Gloria de Piero’s old seat – has tweeted pictures of her office with its windows smashed. | Labour’s candidate in Ashfield in Nottinghamshire – Gloria de Piero’s old seat – has tweeted pictures of her office with its windows smashed. |
| A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: | A spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said: |
| The Guardian’s northern correspondent Nazia Parveen reports that housing and fire chiefs have criticised the government over a “cladding lottery” and called for an overhaul in UK fire safety regulations after a fire at student flats in Bolton. | The Guardian’s northern correspondent Nazia Parveen reports that housing and fire chiefs have criticised the government over a “cladding lottery” and called for an overhaul in UK fire safety regulations after a fire at student flats in Bolton. |
| An investigation has been launched after more than 200 students were evacuated when a fire ripped through the upper part of the town-centre six-storey building, which is cladded in high-pressure laminate (HPL) material. | An investigation has been launched after more than 200 students were evacuated when a fire ripped through the upper part of the town-centre six-storey building, which is cladded in high-pressure laminate (HPL) material. |
| The mayor of Salford city council, Paul Dennett, who leads the Greater Manchester’s high rise taskforce set up after the Grenfell tragedy, said it was an industrial crisis and called on the government to invest more funds in what he described as a “cladding lottery”. | The mayor of Salford city council, Paul Dennett, who leads the Greater Manchester’s high rise taskforce set up after the Grenfell tragedy, said it was an industrial crisis and called on the government to invest more funds in what he described as a “cladding lottery”. |
| You can read the full story here: | You can read the full story here: |
| Labour has claimed that its living wage commitments would give workers who earn the national minimum wage at least £9,000 more by 2024 than the Tories. | Labour has claimed that its living wage commitments would give workers who earn the national minimum wage at least £9,000 more by 2024 than the Tories. |
| The party has said: | The party has said: |
| Coupled with Labour’s pledge to not raise income tax or national insurance contributions for the bottom 95% of earners, this means a worker on the minimum wage will be at least £6,000 better off after tax.Analysis of latest ONS figures on earnings also shows that Labour’s pledge to immediately introduce a £10 an hour Real Living Wage for all workers over 16 will give approximately 7.5 million people a pay rise, including over 1.2 million young people. | Coupled with Labour’s pledge to not raise income tax or national insurance contributions for the bottom 95% of earners, this means a worker on the minimum wage will be at least £6,000 better off after tax.Analysis of latest ONS figures on earnings also shows that Labour’s pledge to immediately introduce a £10 an hour Real Living Wage for all workers over 16 will give approximately 7.5 million people a pay rise, including over 1.2 million young people. |
| The current minimum wage is £8.21 for people 25 and over and £4.35 for 16-17 year olds. | The current minimum wage is £8.21 for people 25 and over and £4.35 for 16-17 year olds. |
| The Conservatives have responded with a statement from chief secretary to the treasury, Rishi Sunak: | The Conservatives have responded with a statement from chief secretary to the treasury, Rishi Sunak: |
| The Guardian’s political correspondent, Peter Walker, commenting on Conservative immigration plans. See Raab’s comments from earlier. | The Guardian’s political correspondent, Peter Walker, commenting on Conservative immigration plans. See Raab’s comments from earlier. |
| The SNP has issued a statement in response to the BBC and Sunday Times investigation that accuses the UK government and the British army of covering up the killing of children in Afghanistan and Iraq. | The SNP has issued a statement in response to the BBC and Sunday Times investigation that accuses the UK government and the British army of covering up the killing of children in Afghanistan and Iraq. |
| Journalists have obtained documents that allegedly contain evidence implicating troops in killing children and the torture of civilians. | Journalists have obtained documents that allegedly contain evidence implicating troops in killing children and the torture of civilians. |
| The reports claim to have obtained new evidence from inside the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT), which investigated alleged war crimes committed by British soldiers in Iraq, and Operation Northmoor, which investigated alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. | The reports claim to have obtained new evidence from inside the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT), which investigated alleged war crimes committed by British soldiers in Iraq, and Operation Northmoor, which investigated alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. |
| The government closed IHAT and Operation Northmoor in 2017, after Phil Shiner, a solicitor who had taken more than 1,000 cases to IHAT, was struck off from practising law amid allegations he had paid people in Iraq to find clients. | The government closed IHAT and Operation Northmoor in 2017, after Phil Shiner, a solicitor who had taken more than 1,000 cases to IHAT, was struck off from practising law amid allegations he had paid people in Iraq to find clients. |
| Foreign secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC earlier: | Foreign secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC earlier: |
| Jeremy Corbyn has told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show his government would allow “a great deal of movement” of people, in a sign Labour would look to keep a liberal immigration regime with Europe if Brexit goes ahead. The party’s 2017 manifesto said free movement would end at the point of Brexit, but a motion passed by Labour conference argued for the UK to “maintain and expand” free movement. The Labour leader said: | Jeremy Corbyn has told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show his government would allow “a great deal of movement” of people, in a sign Labour would look to keep a liberal immigration regime with Europe if Brexit goes ahead. The party’s 2017 manifesto said free movement would end at the point of Brexit, but a motion passed by Labour conference argued for the UK to “maintain and expand” free movement. The Labour leader said: |
| You can read our full report here. | You can read our full report here. |
| Labour has pledged this morning to scrap charges for dental checkups, giving everyone in England the right to a “free teeth MOT”. The proposals, estimated to cost £450m a year, would eliminate band-one dentistry charges, which were introduced by the NHS in 1951. | Labour has pledged this morning to scrap charges for dental checkups, giving everyone in England the right to a “free teeth MOT”. The proposals, estimated to cost £450m a year, would eliminate band-one dentistry charges, which were introduced by the NHS in 1951. |
| The foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said it is not “remotely likely” that the UK will leave the EU without a deal. Also speaking to Marr, Raab initially declined to get into “hypothetical negotiating objectives” when asked if a no-deal would take place if the UK failed to secure its fishing objectives in trade talks. But he later replied: “I don’t think it’s remotely likely”. Critics have warned a no-deal Brexit could still occur at the end of 2020 given the lack of time to negotiate the future relationship between the UK and EU. | The foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said it is not “remotely likely” that the UK will leave the EU without a deal. Also speaking to Marr, Raab initially declined to get into “hypothetical negotiating objectives” when asked if a no-deal would take place if the UK failed to secure its fishing objectives in trade talks. But he later replied: “I don’t think it’s remotely likely”. Critics have warned a no-deal Brexit could still occur at the end of 2020 given the lack of time to negotiate the future relationship between the UK and EU. |
| The US businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri has told ITV’s Exposure that Boris Johnson brutally cast her aside “like some one-night stand”, leaving her “heartbroken” since he became prime minister and the controversy over their four-year relationship became public. The full interview will be aired on ITV’s Exposure this evening. Here’s our story. | The US businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri has told ITV’s Exposure that Boris Johnson brutally cast her aside “like some one-night stand”, leaving her “heartbroken” since he became prime minister and the controversy over their four-year relationship became public. The full interview will be aired on ITV’s Exposure this evening. Here’s our story. |
| Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Pienaar’s Politics this morning, Brexit party leader Nigel Farage insisted that claims the party’s candidates were offered jobs by the Conservatives to persuade them to stand aside were “fact”. Scotland Yard announced yesterday that it was assessing two allegations of electoral fraud in relation to the claims. | Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Pienaar’s Politics this morning, Brexit party leader Nigel Farage insisted that claims the party’s candidates were offered jobs by the Conservatives to persuade them to stand aside were “fact”. Scotland Yard announced yesterday that it was assessing two allegations of electoral fraud in relation to the claims. |
| Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Pienaar’s Politics this morning, Brexit party leader Nigel Farage insisted that claims the party’s candidates were offered jobs by the Conservatives to persuade them to stand aside were “fact”. | Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Pienaar’s Politics this morning, Brexit party leader Nigel Farage insisted that claims the party’s candidates were offered jobs by the Conservatives to persuade them to stand aside were “fact”. |
| It has been claimed that Brexit figures – including Ann Widdecombe – were offered post-election roles or peerages as part of an attempt to get them to stand down at the general election, something the Conservatives have denied. Scotland Yard announced yesterday that it was assessing two allegations of electoral fraud in relation to the claims. | It has been claimed that Brexit figures – including Ann Widdecombe – were offered post-election roles or peerages as part of an attempt to get them to stand down at the general election, something the Conservatives have denied. Scotland Yard announced yesterday that it was assessing two allegations of electoral fraud in relation to the claims. |
| Farage said: | Farage said: |
| The Brexit party leader said the situation showed how absolutely “rotten and broken” politics has become. | The Brexit party leader said the situation showed how absolutely “rotten and broken” politics has become. |
| Labour’s Kensington parliamentary candidate Emma Dent Coad is to report her Lib Dem rival – and former Tory MP – Sam Gyimah to the police over claims he made that she “was part of all the discussions that went on” regarding the cladding that was on Grenfell Tower. Dent Coad won the marginal constituency from the Conservatives by 20 votes in 2017. | Labour’s Kensington parliamentary candidate Emma Dent Coad is to report her Lib Dem rival – and former Tory MP – Sam Gyimah to the police over claims he made that she “was part of all the discussions that went on” regarding the cladding that was on Grenfell Tower. Dent Coad won the marginal constituency from the Conservatives by 20 votes in 2017. |
| Under the representation of the people act it is illegal for any person to “publish any false statement of fact in relation to the candidate’s personal character or conduct, unless he or she can show that he had reasonable grounds for believing that statement to be true”. | Under the representation of the people act it is illegal for any person to “publish any false statement of fact in relation to the candidate’s personal character or conduct, unless he or she can show that he had reasonable grounds for believing that statement to be true”. |
| The Liberal Democrats have sent a legal letter to the BBC about leader Jo Swinson being left out of the broadcaster’s election TV debate. | The Liberal Democrats have sent a legal letter to the BBC about leader Jo Swinson being left out of the broadcaster’s election TV debate. |
| In the letter sent to the corporation’s director-general Tony Hall, the party’s lawyers said that the exclusion of Swinson was “clearly unlawful”. The party has already launched a High Court challenge against ITV over its decision not to include Swinson in the debate it has arranged. | In the letter sent to the corporation’s director-general Tony Hall, the party’s lawyers said that the exclusion of Swinson was “clearly unlawful”. The party has already launched a High Court challenge against ITV over its decision not to include Swinson in the debate it has arranged. |
| The ‘BBC Prime Ministerial Debate’ on Friday 6 December will see a head-to-head between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn live from Southampton. ITV is to hold ‘Johnson v Corbyn: The ITV Debate’ this coming Tuesday. | The ‘BBC Prime Ministerial Debate’ on Friday 6 December will see a head-to-head between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn live from Southampton. ITV is to hold ‘Johnson v Corbyn: The ITV Debate’ this coming Tuesday. |
| The Lib Dem letter reads: | The Lib Dem letter reads: |
| The SNP have similar complaints and they are taking legal action against ITV over its exclusion from a general election debate. Speaking to Andrew Marr this morning, the party’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford said: | The SNP have similar complaints and they are taking legal action against ITV over its exclusion from a general election debate. Speaking to Andrew Marr this morning, the party’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford said: |
| Deborah Mattinson, a founding partner of research and strategy consultancy BritainThinks, has written in the Observer that very little seems to be getting through to voters in the election campaign so far. | Deborah Mattinson, a founding partner of research and strategy consultancy BritainThinks, has written in the Observer that very little seems to be getting through to voters in the election campaign so far. |
| The shadow home secretary has responded to comments by Michael Gove in the Mail on Sunday. He wrote: | The shadow home secretary has responded to comments by Michael Gove in the Mail on Sunday. He wrote: |
| Abbott points out that EU workers pay taxes like everybody else, so it is wrong to say they aren’t “paying in”. | Abbott points out that EU workers pay taxes like everybody else, so it is wrong to say they aren’t “paying in”. |