General election: McDonnell says 95% of taxpayers won’t face income tax or NI increases under Labour – live news

By Andrew Sparrow (now); Simon Murphy and Kate Lyons (earlier)

The prime minister will deliver the first big set-piece speech of the campaign as Labour pledges £26bn extra per year for NHS

12.48pm GMT

And here is more footage of Boris Johnson getting a frosty reception from residents affected by flooding in South Yorkshire.

“You took your time Boris”

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12.45pm GMT

Jeremy Corbyn also had his own encounter with a hostile member of the public this morning, the BBC reports.

“Do you think the man that’s going to be prime minister of this country should be a terrorist sympathiser, Mr Corbyn?”

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is heckled on a visit to Glasgow

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