Commons votes for early election as Corbyn hits campaign trail
Jeremy Corbyn just turned up at his first campaign event in Croydon. He was greeted by supporters, one embraced him and said “she loved him.”
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It’s emerged tonight that Ukip’s main financial backer, the millionaire businessman Arron Banks, will not stand in the Clacton constituency, just a few days after signalling he would. It followed a bizarre press conference with the leader of the party Paul Nuttall, who appeared to barricade himself into a room, refusing to say whether he…
Jeremy Corbyn just turned up at his first campaign event in Croydon. He was greeted by supporters, one embraced him and said “she loved him.”
Interview with the Ukip leader Paul Nuttall.
In the last few minutes, the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has been talking about the expenses scandal. With me now is the Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron.
Criminal charges against more than 30 people, including a raft of Conservative MPs and their agents, are being considered by the Crown Prosecution Service over election expenses at the last general election, Channel 4 News can reveal.
An early election is being held now because Theresa May believes the stars are aligned for a major Tory victory and something of a realignment of politics.
Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry and Patrick O’Flynn, who is Ukip MEP for Eastern England.
Interview with UKIP’s Douglas Carswell
While Ukip insists it will carry on regardless despite Mr Carswell’s departure – thousands of people have taken to the streets across Europe to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the European Union. Including a march through London protesting against Brexit.
UKIP’s only MP, Douglas Carswell has quit the party – saying UKIP had now achieved its goal of getting Britain out of Europe. The party’s leaders accused him of actively trying to undermine the party and leave before he was pushed. We go live to our political correspondent Michael Crick.
The place thought most likely to face a by-election as a result of the expenses investigations is South Thanet, where the Tories went all out during the 2015 general election to deny UKIP leader Nigel Farage a seat in parliament. Craig Mackinlay, the man who did win South Thanet for the Conservatives, has been questioned…
Theresa May’s statement on the Conservative election expenses scandal was directly contradicted by the Electoral Commission’s version of events.
The Conservative Party has been fined a record £70,000 and its former treasurer reported to the police following a report by the Electoral Commission into its election expenses.
At least 12 Conservative MPs are facing the possibility of criminal charges tonight – after they were referred to the CPS by police over their election expenses following a year long investigation by this programme. And there are more allegations that this scandal leads to the heart of Downing Street.
Mr Farage is wrong to suggest that most people who claim to be refugees are really found to be economic migrants.