UK general election LIVE: Diane Abbott claims she is BANNED from standing for Labour on July 4 despite having whip restored as ITV announce Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer debate for next Tuesday - latest updates from the campaign trail

Before taking questions from aesculapian students alongside Wes Streeting, the Labour person acceptable retired wherefore the wellness work was truthful important to him.

He told the assemblage his parent was a caregiver on with his sister portion his woman presently works successful the NHS.

He said:

Asked however Labour would trim infirmary waiting lists, Mr Starmer said nether his authorities determination would beryllium 40,000 much operations and appointments per week paid for by scrapping the 'non-dom' taxation status.

He said the determination would spot waiting lists chopped by 2 cardinal patients per year.

More absorption present to the Diane Abbott enactment arsenic Scotland's First Minister and SNP person John Swinney gives his presumption connected the seasoned MP's 'unfair' treatment.

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Tory president Richard Holden (pictured) has written to Sir Keir Starmer demanding answers astir the Diane Abbott row.

He asked for details astir erstwhile the disciplinary process had been completed pursuing reports it concluded successful December 23 and asked whether elder Labour figures had been fixed 'deliberately mendacious lines' astir an ongoing process oregon whether they had been lied to by the National Executive Committee.

Mr Holden told Sir Keir:

Keir Starmer and shadiness wellness caput Wes Streeting are present taking questions from aesculapian trainees arsenic Labour unveils its caller NHS pledge.

We volition bring you the champion quality and absorption arsenic we get it.

It's been a engaged commencement to the time arsenic we scope the halfway constituent successful the archetypal afloat week of campaigning up of the wide predetermination connected July 4.

Rishi Sunak is successful the southbound westbound this greeting looking to propulsion his caller argumentation to scrap 'rip-off- degrees to money 100,000 caller apprentices, portion Labour are focusing connected the NHS with a committedness of its own.

But the biggest communicative of the greeting is Diane Abbott's assertion she has been banned from lasting arsenic a Labour MP successful the upcoming vote. Labour is yet to respond to Ms Abbott's remarks.

Here's what you request to cognize this morning:

We volition proceed to bring you the latest updates from the run trail.

This is the infinitesimal Rishi Sunak weighed successful connected the enactment involving Diane Abbott that threatens to engulf the Labour enactment up of campaigning today.

The Prime Minister was speaking successful Cornwall.

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Liberal Democrats person Sir Ed Davey appears to beryllium having the clip of his beingness touring the state connected the run trail.

Never 1 to miss a photograph opportunity, Sir Ed was pictured spreading his legs wide portion riding a bicycle connected a sojourn to Knighton successful Powys with Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader Jane Dodds and section campaigner David Chadwick.

It comes aft Sir Ed was pictured and filmed repeatedly falling disconnected a paddleboard successful Lake Windermere connected Tuesday, portion helium has besides been seen lapping up an crystal pick connected a formation on the southbound coast.

Here are immoderate pictures taken today:

Before quality of the archetypal televised statement betwixt Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer was announced by ITV, the archetypal pictures of Diane Abbott contiguous emerged.

Ms Abbott appears to person been doorstepped by the BBC adjacent her location successful London and offered nary remark erstwhile approached.

We are inactive awaiting connection from the Labour Party aft Ms Abbott claimed she had been banned from lasting arsenic a enactment campaigner connected July 4.

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer volition spell caput to caput successful a televised statement connected ITV connected June 4.

The hour-long debate, Sunak v Starmer: The ITV Debate, volition beryllium moderated by Julie Etchingham and volition instrumentality spot unrecorded successful beforehand of a workplace audience.

It volition aerial from 9pm.

Michael Jermey, ITV’s manager of quality and existent affairs, said:

We tin bring you immoderate much from Rishi Sunak's run lawsuit successful Cornwall wherever helium is pushing his caller pledge to money 100,000 apprenticeships by cracking down connected 'rip-off' assemblage degrees.

The Prime Minister said a caller regulator would look astatine the progression and drop-out rates of assemblage courses to find whether they are underperforming, arsenic helium acceptable retired his proposals to summation the fig of apprenticeships.

Speaking astatine a bid depot successful Cornwall, helium said:

Despite being asked to sanction a circumstantial illustration of an underperforming degree, Mr Sunak did not bash so.

Rishi Sunak has said Sir Keir Starmer should beryllium transparent astir Diane Abbott’s presumption arsenic helium commented connected the concern connected the run way successful Cornwall.

Mr Sunak, who has visited a railway attraction depot successful Penzance, told reporters:

We tin present bring you footage of the infinitesimal Labour's Wes Streeting joked Sky News presenter Kay Burley had spent excessively overmuch clip asking him astir Diane Abbott.

The shadiness wellness caput is unveiling a caller NHS pledge alongside Keir Starmer this day but the absorption alternatively has been connected Ms Abbott's claims she has been banned from lasting arsenic a Labour MP astatine the election.

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Diane Abbott has tweeted she is 'dismayed' by reports suggesting she has been banned from lasting arsenic a Labour candidate.

Ms Abbott earlier told the BBC and different media outlets media reports she had been barred from representing the enactment were 'true'

The Labour Party is yet to contented a fomal response

Drinkers astatine the Flower Pot pub successful Macclesfield had origin for interest yesterday erstwhile a caller barman produced a dodgy pint that didn't look decent worth for money.

Thankfully, the pourer isn't a imperishable summation to the unit arsenic Foreign Secretary David Cameron dropped by connected the run way successful the northbound west. 'I haven't done this for a while, truthful I'm trying to marque definite I don't get excessively overmuch head,' helium said.

A mates of hours up the M6, Sir Ed Davey was besides successful the northbound westbound wherever helium practiced falling disconnected a paddleboard successful Lake Windermere.

Read Matt Strudwick's portion present connected predetermination publicity stunts you whitethorn person missed:

A Labour authorities would not beryllium capable to grant a afloat wage emergence to inferior doctors “on time one”, shadiness wellness caput Wes Streeting has said.

He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain:

He went on:

A canvass released past nighttime would person cheered Conservative voters arsenic it showed Labour's pb narrowing contempt an error-prone commencement to Rishi Sunak's campaign.

The Daily Mail's Deputy Political Editor Harriet Line reports Labour's pb implicit the Tories has slipped to conscionable 12 points, according to the poll, with Sir Keir Starmer's enactment connected 40 per cent, portion the Tories ascent to 28 per cent - up 2 points since the commencement of May.

Read Harriet's communicative here:

It has been engaged commencement to the greeting with Diane Abbott confirming reports she has been banned from lasting arsenic a Labour MP successful the wide election.

While we volition proceed to bring quality and absorption to that positive everything other taking spot connected the run trail, let's instrumentality a look astatine what we person coming up today:

It appears rival parties are smelling humor arsenic the Diane Abbott enactment threatens to engulf the Labour party.

The SNP's Westminster person Stephen Flynn described the concern arsenic a 'pretty atrocious reflection' of Labour's values arsenic helium compared her evident prohibition with the caller determination to invited Tory defector Natalie Elphicke.

He told Sky News:

While the Diane Abbott enactment has reignited connected Wednesday greeting successful Labour circles, the Prime Minister has arrived successful Cornwall.

Perhaps buoyed aft his champion time connected the run way and 1 canvass suggesting Labour's ascendant pb has narrowed, Mr Sunak volition beryllium nary uncertainty hoping to capitalise connected Labour's faltering commencement this morning.

After helium disembarked from an overnight sleeper bid from London Paddington, Mr Sunak spoke with unit astatine a seafront cafe arsenic helium bought bacon and sausage sandwiches for the media and his staff.

Rishi Sunak asked journalists which sandwich they would prefer, bacon oregon sausage, starring 1 to reply: “Bacon, Prime Minister.”

The Prime Minister volition apt privation to speech astir his latest pledge which volition spot 'rip-off' degrees scrapped nether a caller instrumentality to boost young people's beingness chances by backing 100,000 apprenticeships.

We tin present bring you the infinitesimal Labour's Wes Streeting was asked for his absorption to Diane Abbott's assertion she has been banned from lasting for the enactment successful the upcoming election.

Mr Streeting is connected the greeting interrogation circular for Labour contiguous and undoubtedly wants to speech astir a caller NHS pledge implicit attraction times.

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Labour shadiness wellness caput Wes Streeting (pictured) said helium was “not particularly” comfy with however chap Labour MP Diane Abbott has been treated by the Labour Party.

He told Times Radio

He added:

Asked if Ms Abbott was owed an apology Mr Streeting said:

Diane Abbott, the seasoned Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, has confirmed reports she has been blocked from lasting arsenic a enactment campaigner connected July 4.

Britain's archetypal achromatic pistillate MP said briefings were published successful newspapers 'within minutes' of having the Labour whip restored aft she was suspended from the parliamentary enactment for much than a year.

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Labour's shadiness wellness caput Wes Streeting has been fixed somewhat of a infirmary walk this greeting arsenic helium faces the media intent connected grilling him implicit Diane Abbott.

Ms Abbott has conscionable told the BBC and different outlets she is banned from lasting for Labour astatine the wide predetermination contempt having the whip restored to her pursuing an probe implicit a missive she wrote suggesting Jewish radical bash not look racism 'all their lives'.

Mr Streeting told the BBC Radio 4's Today programme, 'I'm proceeding this for the archetypal time', erstwhile helium is asked astir Ms Abbott's claims.

Diane Abbott has claimed Labour has banned her from representing the enactment astatine the wide election.

The seasoned MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington said she had the whip restored connected Tuesday but 'within minutes' paper reports emerged that she would not beryllium allowed to basal for Labour connected July 4

She told The Evening Standard:

Big quality archetypal up this morning.

Diane Abbott has said she is barred from lasting successful the wide predetermination for Labour contempt having the whip restored pursuing an probe into her conduct.

We volition bring you much arsenic we get it.

Rishi Sunak headed to the Potteries and aboriginal played bowls arsenic helium pushed his caller taxation chopped for pensioners dubbed the 'triple fastener plus', portion shadiness chancellor Rachel Reeves was successful Derby, a abbreviated hop on the A50, mounting retired her archetypal large code of the campaign.

Lib Dem person Sir Ed Davey ventured onto a paddleboard successful the Lake District and Nigel Farage visited Dover connected behalf of Reform UK.

Here are 5 takeaways from a engaged day:

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Firstly, let's instrumentality a look astatine today's beforehand leafage communicative connected the Daily Mail pursuing Rishi Sunak's caller pledge concerning apprenticeships

Harriet Line, the Mail's Deputy Political Editor, reports Rishi Sunak's latest pledge volition spot 'rip-off' degrees scrapped nether a caller instrumentality to boost young people's beingness chances.

One successful 8 students could spot their people axed successful a bid to chopped down connected 'Mickey Mouse' degrees and wage for 100,000 apprenticeships.

Read Harriet's communicative here:

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