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Sam Hancock
In the last few moments, Diane Abbott has confirmed to the BBC that she's been barred by Labour from standing for the party at the general election.
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Hello there, welcome to another day on the general election campaign trail - as MPs and candidates continue to travel the country and convince voters why they should be elected.
We've sent our overnight colleagues home for a well-earnt rest and a team of us are now in place, in our London newsroom, to bring you live news updates, analysis from our political correspondents and those all-important pictures and clips (cue footage of Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey falling off a paddleboard on Tuesday).
The latest policies by Labour and the Conservatives have been announced (see our last couple of posts) and we're about to start hearing from party figures on the various morning programmes - which we'll bring you the key lines from.
Out and about today are party leaders PM Rishi Sunak, Labour's Keir Starmer and the SNP's John Swinney - among others. Stay tuned for their appearances throughout the day.
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