By Andrew Sparrow (now), Matthew Weaver and Kate Lyons (earlier)
Farage claims party under pressure from Tories as opposition parties use Equal Pay Day to announce equalities packages, while Johnson tries to brush off hostile reaction from flood victims
- Tory pledge to cut immigration triggers Labour ‘fake news’ row
- Labour says its ‘extend free movement’ motion misinterpreted
- Farage claims Tories using ‘abuse’ to get his candidates off ballot
- Equal pay: election rivals set out plans to target gender gap
1.03pm GMT
Jeremy Corbyn is now saying that he would not agree to a Scottish independence referendum in the first two years of a Labour government – which would rule out one being held in 2020 or 2021. This is a change from what Corbyn was saying at one point yesterday, when he was ruling it out for the entire five years of a Labour government, although the party subsequently said it would be open to one after the Holyrood elections in spring 2021 (which, given the amount of time preparing for a referendum might take, would be close to saying 2023 at the earliest).
Jeremy Corbyn rules out a second independence referendum in the first two years of a Labour govt. “Certainly not in the first two years.”
Yesterday it was ‘not in the first term’. Today, it’s ‘not in the first two years’. By the end of the week, at this rate, Corbyn will be demanding #indyref2020 ♀️ https://t.co/VzcAB5I3PS
12.58pm GMT
My colleague Steven Morris says it is starting to look as if Boris Johnson might be giving Glastonbury a miss after all.
“He hasn’t got the balls” is the chant in Glastonbury now – looks like the PM is a no show… pic.twitter.com/26q2FOHonz
