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Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are returning to their core themes as they tour the country in a last push for general election votes.
On the final day of campaigning before voters go the polls, the PM is promising Brexit will lead to more jobs, homes and better transport links.
Mr Corbyn, who will speak at rallies in England, Scotland and Wales, says there are "24 hours to save the NHS".
Security has dominated the end of the campaign after two terror attacks.
Labour has repeatedly criticised cuts to police numbers, while Prime Minister Theresa May promised to change human rights laws if they prevented a crackdown on suspected terrorists.
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The PM's day starts in London, taking in the South Coast, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire and the West Midlands.
Her message focuses on Brexit - the reason she gave for calling Thursday's election 50 days ago - saying money previously spent on EU projects will deliver "huge benefits" across the UK.
She highlighted the Tories' pledge of a £23bn National Productivity Investment Fund, focusing on housing, road, rail and broadband improvements.
"A year ago, the British people voted for a brighter future outside the European Union," she said.
"My plan to deliver that brighter future will make sure all four corners of our United Kingdom benefit from the opportunities Brexit will bring - with more jobs, more homes, better roads and railways, and world-class digital connectivity wherever you live."
Mr Corbyn said the NHS "cannot afford five more years of underfunding, understaffing and privatisation".
Speaking at a music festival-style rally in Birmingham on Tuesday evening, he said the Conservatives had triggered the general election promising strong and stable government - "they don't say that very often now, do they?
"They just imagined everything was going to be all over by 8 June," he said.
"Well, I tell you what, they underestimated us, didn't they?"
In his final campaign rally in Oxford, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron will urge voters not to give Mrs May a "blank cheque", saying the PM has "spent every day since she called the election trying to avoid answering any questions".
He will repeat his appeal to Labour voters to "lend" him their vote in seats where the Lib Dems are the Conservatives' main rival, labelling the Tories "heartless" and "hapless" over their social care reforms.
At their final election rally, the Green Party will call on people to "vote with their hearts".
"I'm calling on people across the UK to vote not just for the MP they want, but the kind of country they want," co-leader Jonathan Bartley said.
Theresa May has said she will change human rights laws if they "get in the way" of tackling suspected terrorists.
The PM said she would make it easier to deport foreign terror suspects and "restrict the freedom and movements" of those that present a threat.
Labour said it was "not the message that we should be sending".
Security has dominated the final days of the general election campaign after the terror attacks in London and Manchester.
Rival parties have been criticising the Tories over police cuts.
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Speaking after the London attack, Mrs May said "enough is enough" and that "things need to change" in the terror fight.
Addressing activists in Slough on Tuesday evening, she did not make any specific new policy proposals but said: "I mean longer prison sentences for those convicted of terrorist offences.
"I mean making it easier for the authorities to deport foreign terrorist suspects back to their own countries.
"And I mean doing more to restrict the freedom and movements of terrorist suspects when we have enough evidence to know they are a threat, but not enough evidence to prosecute them in full in court.
"And if our human rights laws get in the way of doing it, we will change the law so we can do it."
In an interview with The Sun, Mrs May said she would also consider extending the time suspects can be held without charge to 28 days, after it was reduced to 14 days in 2011 under the coalition.
"We said there may be circumstances where it is necessary to do this.
"I will listen to what they [the police and security services] think is necessary for us to do," she said.
Upping the ante
Analysis by the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg
Sources suggest if elected on Friday, Theresa May might consider ideas of curfews, controls on who people can visit and suspects' access to communications.
More controversially, she made it plain tonight that if that means the government would have to change the laws on human rights, she is prepared to do so.
Labour has immediately cried foul, claiming another manifesto U-turn, at almost the last minute of the campaign.
Tory sources deny that flatly, saying they would not pull out of the European Convention on Human Rights but instead, seek fresh derogations - essentially legal opt-outs.
Theresa May's team say she is not, at this late stage, making up last-minute policy, but that the terror risk has changed so fast since the start of the election, that she wanted to make clear that if re-elected she is prepared to toughen the law.
The Conservative manifesto committed to remaining in the European Convention on Human Rights - which is separate to the EU - for the whole of the next Parliament.
Conservative sources said they would not withdraw from the ECHR but would seek opt-outs called "derogations" from certain aspects.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the right response was to "halt the Conservative cuts and invest in our police and security services and protect our democratic values, including the Human Rights Act."
And Shadow Attorney General Baroness Chakrabarti said the PM had "been banging on about her dislike for human rights for a very long time".
She told Newsnight Labour's commitment was to deal with terror suspects within the rule of law and the human rights framework.
"Our biggest concern is about resources," she said.
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron accused the prime minister of launching a "nuclear arms race" in terror laws.
"All she would do is reduce freedom, not terrorism," he said.
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A Conservative candidate has been charged over his election expenses.
Craig Mackinlay, who is running for South Thanet in the general election on 8 June, has been investigated for alleged overspending in the 2015 General Election campaign.
Mr Mackinlay defeated the then UKIP leader Nigel Farage in the ballot.
Police forces have been investigating if some Tory agents should have filed costs for battle bus visits to constituencies under local expenses.
The Conservative Party said they had been campaigning "across the country for the return of a Conservative government" and, as a result, associated costs were regarded as national and not local expenditure.
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Prime Minister Theresa May has told Donald Trump of her "disappointment" with his decision to pull the US out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
In a phone call with the US president, Mrs May said the UK remained committed to the deal, according to a Downing Street statement.
But Mrs May has been criticised for not signing a joint condemnation from France, Germany, and Italy.
Mr Trump said he would try to negotiate a new, "fairer" climate deal.
In their statement, France, Germany and Italy warned Mr Trump that the Paris agreement could not be renegotiated.
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Downing Street said: "President Trump called the Prime Minister this evening to discuss his decision to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement.
"The Prime Minister expressed her disappointment with the decision and stressed that the UK remained committed to the Paris Agreement, as she set out recently at the G7.
"She said that the Paris Agreement provides the right global framework for protecting the prosperity and security of future generations, while keeping energy affordable and secure for our citizens and businesses."
The Paris agreement commits the US and 187 other countries to keeping global temperatures rises "well below" 2C (3.6F) and "endeavour to limit" them even more, to 1.5C.
Only Syria and Nicaragua did not sign up to the deal.
The polling company chosen to select the audience for the BBC's election debate has defended its political make-up amid claims of "left-wing bias".
Andrew Hawkins, founder of ComRes, said the recruitment of people to watch the seven-way debate had been "more complex" than he had ever witnessed.
He said five of the parties were left of centre - which meant "cheering is going to be skewed in one direction".
But Boris Johnson said the debate was an "echo chamber for left-wing views".
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The set-piece event, which took place in Cambridge, featured Labour's Jeremy Corbyn, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, UKIP's Paul Nuttall, SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson, Green co-leader Caroline Lucas and Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood.
Conservative leader Theresa May came in for some criticism for refusing to take part in the debate, with Home Secretary Amber Rudd taking her place.
The BBC said it commissioned ComRes to recruit an audience that was "representative of the country demographically and politically" and this included: age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic factors, party politics, how they voted in the EU referendum and some who had been undecided.
During the debate there was cheering and booing which led some, including Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, to suggest the audience was biased.
Mr Johnson told BBC Breakfast: "It was seven people speaking to probably the most left-wing studio audience the BBC has ever brought together."
But ComRes founder Mr Hawkins told BBC 5 live a lot of thought had gone into the audience selection.
"If you have a panel of people - one from the governing party (Conservatives) - one from what's regarded as a right wing party (UKIP) and five from broadly left-wing parties, and you give those speakers equal airtime, it means you're giving five slots of airtime to the left-wing parties for every two slots to the not so left-wing parties," he said.
"Therefore it's inevitable that the cheering is going to be skewed in one direction.
"What I can say is that the recruitment for this was more complex and more rigorously executed than any I've ever witnessed."
He said Brexit had added an extra layer of complications to the selection process because an equal number of Leavers and Remainers had to be chosen.
"We screened out people who have campaigned politically at any time in the last three years," he said.
"But equally, you need to get people who are politically engaged so the audience don't sit there and say nothing and do nothing, so you do get some reaction."
Mr Hawkins said the audience response was "a reflection of the fact that the Conservatives were on the back foot because Theresa May didn't turn up - and therefore it's a bit of an easy target".
Jeremy Corbyn is taking part in a BBC general election debate with leading figures from six other parties.
Theresa May has opted not to appear, with Home Secretary Amber Rudd representing the Conservatives.
Mrs May said she was taking questions from voters around the country instead, after the Labour leader's surprise announcement he would be on the panel.
The Lib Dems, UKIP, SNP, Greens and Plaid Cymru are also taking part way in the 90 minute debate in Cambridge.
Mrs May has already ruled out taking part in head-to-head debates, and Labour had said that Mr Corbyn would not attend unless she was there.
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But on the afternoon of the event, Mr Corbyn confirmed he would take part, and criticised the Tories for what he called "a stage-managed arms-length campaign".
"Refusing to join me in Cambridge tonight would be another sign of Theresa May's weakness, not strength," he added.
Taking questions during a campaign visit in Bath, Mrs May said Mr Corbyn "seems to be paying far more attention to how many appearances on telly he's doing, and he ought to be paying a little more attention to thinking about Brexit negotiations".
Asked whether she was frightened of taking on Mr Corbyn, she said she had been doing this every week during Prime Minister's Questions, adding that it was "so important" to be taking questions from voters.
"That's why I've been doing that up and round the country," she added.
But Lib Dem leader Tim Farron accused her of "keeping voters in the dark".
"Theresa May called this election but now won't even turn up to debate the issues," he said.
Mishal Husain is moderating the debate, which takes place in Cambridge and being shown on BBC One from 19:30-21:00 BST and livestreamed on Twitter.
As well as Mr Corbyn and Ms Rudd, the panel is: Mr Farron, UKIP's Paul Nuttall, SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson, Green co-leader Caroline Lucas and Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood.
Each panellist will make an opening statement before taking questions from the audience.
The show is the latest in a series of special broadcasts ahead of the 8 June general election.
This includes two Question Time shows - on 2 June featuring Mrs May and Mr Corbyn appearing separately and on 4 June with Mr Farron and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon.
Andrew Neil has been carrying out a series of interviews with party leaders.
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Breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been jailed for 15 years after carrying out unnecessary operations.
Paterson, 59, carried out surgery on nine women and one man after falsely telling them they had breast cancer.
He had been convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three of unlawful wounding, after a trial last month.
Jurors at Nottingham Crown Court were told Paterson exaggerated or invented the risk of cancer.
The court was told he did so for "obscure motives" that may have included a desire to "earn extra money".
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Tens of thousands of expat pensioners may return to the UK to use the NHS after Brexit - unless a deal can be done to let them keep receiving care abroad, a think tank has warned.
The Nuffield Trust estimates the cost of treating them - on home soil, rather than abroad - could double to £1bn.
Currently, the UK gives around £500m a year to EU countries that care for Brits who have retired abroad.
Last year, spending on the NHS in England was around £120 billion.
The warning from the Nuffield Trust came as Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told a newspaper that the NHS could suffer if Brexit "goes wrong".
Brits abroad
Around 190,000 British pensioners live abroad.
Under the EU reciprocal "S1" scheme, British pensioners have the right to go to any other EU member state and receive the same health care rights as the local population.
According to the Nuffield Trust, it may not be easy to continue with this agreement after Brexit.
If all of these pensioners decided to return to the UK - a big if - they could be expected to fill 900 NHS hospital beds a year, it says.
The NHS would need around 1,600 more doctors, nurses and other workers to provide the care, it estimates.
Also, hospitals could end up short-staffed if migration of workers from the EU slows or stops post-Brexit.
And access to medicines could also become more difficult if the UK leaves the EU's medicine licensing system.
Possible benefits
But there could be gains too post-Brexit, the Nuffield Trust says.
When the UK leaves the EU it could stop paying EU membership fees. Money from this saving could be used by the NHS.
Nuffield Trust spokesman Mark Dayan said: "It is possible that extra funds could be found for the NHS from any cancellation of Britain's EU membership fees.
"But whether or not these benefits will outweigh the significant staffing and financial costs Brexit may impose on already stretched services remains to be seen.
"That depends largely on the NHS being recognised as a significant priority as we enter some of the most important negotiations in Britain's history."
The British Medical Association urged politicians to keep the health service and its patients at the forefront during Brexit negotiations.
A Conservative party spokesman said safeguarding the rights of UK nationals in the EU and EU nationals in the UK was "one of our first priorities for the Brexit negotiations".
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: "A brighter future is possible. We will stand up to a bad Brexit deal that would hit the NHS hard, and give people the final say with a chance to remain in the EU."
Labour have not commented on the Nuffield Trust's report, but have accused the Conservatives of "starving" the NHS.
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Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Katy Perry are among the stars who will join Ariana Grande at a benefit concert following the Manchester attack.
The One Love Manchester show comes less than two weeks after 22 people were killed by a suicide attacker as people left Grande's show at Manchester Arena.
The tribute gig will be held at the Old Trafford cricket ground on Sunday.
Those who were at the Manchester Arena concert are being offered free tickets by Grande.
Others performing include Take That, One Direction's Niall Horan, Miley Cyrus, Usher and Pharrell. The venue has a 50,000 capacity and the gig will be broadcast live on BBC TV and radio. Proceeds will go to the We Love Manchester emergency fund.
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Grande, 23, suspended her Dangerous Woman tour, including cancelling two shows at London's O2 Arena, following the attack.
But the US singer had promised to return to Manchester, saying: "I don't want to go the rest of the year without being able to see and hold and uplift my fans".
"I'll be returning to the incredibly brave city of Manchester to spend time with my fans and to have a benefit concert in honour and raise money for the victims and their families."
Earlier on Tuesday, Greater Manchester Police chief constable Ian Hopkins told BBC Radio Manchester: "When the idea of the concert came up, my first reaction was, we need to speak to the families of the victims and see what they feel.
"It's fair to say that the majority of them are very much in favour, there are some that clearly aren't and that is absolutely understandable."
After the attack, the singer posted her condolences on Twitter, saying: "Broken. from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words."
Fifty people injured in the attack were still being treated in hospital - including 17 in critical care.
Manchester Victoria station reopened on Tuesday. The station, which is connected to Manchester Arena, suffered structural damage in the incident.
Police say their investigation into the attack is "making good progress" and has around 1,000 people working on it.
In total 16 people have been arrested - but a woman and a 16-year-old boy were later released without charge.
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The jury in Rolf Harris's trial has been discharged after failing to reach verdicts on four indecent assault charges.
The former entertainer was accused of indecently assaulting three teenage girls at public events between 1971 and 1983.
Jurors at Southwark Crown Court were sent out at 14:00 BST on Friday but failed to reach a verdict after almost five hours of deliberating.
Mr Harris denies all charges.
A zoo-keeper who died after a tiger entered an enclosure at a wildlife park in Cambridgeshire has been named as 33-year-old Rosa King.
The death happened at Hamerton Zoo Park, near Huntingdon, at about 11:15 BST on Monday.
Wildlife photographer Garry Chisholm, who worked with Ms King, said: "I tried to get in touch with Rosa but couldn't get through."
The zoo said it was a freak accident, and police said it was not suspicious.
Mr Chisholm, from Northamptonshire, took pictures of cheetahs for one of the wildlife park's animal experiences.
He said: "One of Rosa's favourite animals were cheetahs. She would raise money for them, and even did a parachute jump."
A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman said: "A tiger had entered an enclosure with a keeper. Sadly the female zoo keeper died at the scene."
Visitors were led away from the zoo. At no time did the animal escape from the enclosure, said police.
Officers investigating the death said it was "not believed to be suspicious", and that the tiger involved was "believed to be fine".
Hamerton Zoo Park said in a statement: "This appears to have been a freak accident.
"At no point during the incident did any animals escape their enclosures and at no point was public safety affected in any way.
"All our thoughts and sympathies are with our colleagues, friends and families at this dreadful time.
"The park will be closed from tomorrow, 30 May, and we will give more information as soon as we can."
The wildlife park said an investigation was under way.
Hamerton Zoo Park
The wildlife park opened in June 1990 and covers 25 acres.
It includes enclosures for Malaysian tigers, Bengal tigers, cheetahs, wolves, corsac foxes, kangaroos as well as a variety of birds, reptiles and domestic animals.
The zoo opened a new enclosure for its Malaysian tigers in July last year.
In October 2008 a cheetah which escaped from the park was found by a nine-year-old boy in the back garden of his family home.
A visitor to the zoo, who did not wish to be named, told the BBC: "We got to the zoo at opening time, around 11:45.
"We were close to the tiger enclosure when a member of staff shouted for everyone to leave the park quickly and immediately."
A female zoo-keeper has died in a "freak accident" after a tiger entered an enclosure at a wildlife park.
The attack happened at Hamerton Zoo Park, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, at about 11:15 BST.
Cambridgeshire Police said: "A tiger had entered an enclosure with a keeper. Sadly the female zoo keeper died at the scene."
Visitors were led away from the zoo. At no time did the animal escape from the enclosure, said police.
Officers said the death "is not believed to be suspicious".
Hamerton Zoo Park said in a statement: "This appears to have been a freak accident.
"At no point during the incident did any animals escape their enclosures and at no point was public safety affected in any way.
"All our thoughts and sympathies are with our colleagues, friends and families at this dreadful time."
"The park will be closed from tomorrow 30th May, and we will give more information as soon as we can."
An investigation is under way, the zoo said.
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Computer problems are causing delays for British Airways passengers worldwide, the airline has said.
The carrier apologised for the "global system outage" and said it was "working to resolve the the problem as quickly as possible".
Heathrow Airport said it was "working closely" with BA to solve the issue.
It is not known how many flights are affected but passengers have reported issues at a number of airports on social media.
'Catastrophic'
Journalist Martyn Kent said he had been sat on a plane at Heathrow for 90 minutes. He said the captain told passengers the IT problems were "catastrophic".
BA staff in Terminal 5 were resorting to using white boards, according to passenger Gareth Wharton.
Philip Bloom said he had been waiting on board a Heathrow-bound flight at Belfast for two hours.
He added: "We haven't been told very much just that there is a worldwide computer system failure.
"We were told that we couldn't even get on other flights because they are unable to see what flights we can be moved to."
Police are responding to a "serious incident" in Manchester amid reports of an "explosion" following a pop concert.
Witnesses reported hearing a "huge bang" following an Ariana Grande gig at Manchester Arena.
Network Rail said train lines out of Manchester Victoria station, which is close to the concert venue, were blocked.
Greater Manchester Police tweeted to urge people to stay away from the area.
A man has been shot in a supermarket car park in Bangor, County Down.
It happened outside the town's Sainsbury's in the Balloo Link area on Sunday afternoon.
Det Sgt Keith Wilson said: "Police are currently in attendance at an incident in the Balloo Link area of Bangor. It is believed that one man has sustained gunshot wounds."
It is understood the car park was full of shoppers at the time. Police have appealed for information.
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UK foreign policy would change under a Labour government to one that "reduces rather than increases the threat" to the country, Jeremy Corbyn is to say.
As election campaigning resumes after the attack in Manchester, the Labour leader will point to links between wars abroad and "terrorism here at home".
In a speech, Mr Corbyn will say the "war on terror is simply not working".
Meanwhile, PM Theresa May will chair a session on counter-terrorism with G7 leaders in Sicily, Italy, on Friday.
She is expected to focus on what can be done to deal with the threat posed by extremists online.
She will urge a common approach to dealing with tech companies, which she says have a "social responsibility" to remove harmful content.
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In London, Mr Corbyn will deliver his speech as the bigger political parties return to the campaign trail following Monday night's suicide bombing at Manchester Arena that killed 22 people, many of them children, and injured 116.
According to pre-released excerpts from his speech, Mr Corbyn will pledge a "change at home and change abroad" if Labour wins power.
He will say that "many experts... have pointed to the connections between wars our government has supported or fought in other countries and terrorism here at home".
"That assessment in no way reduces the guilt of those who attack our children. Those terrorists will forever be reviled and held to account for their actions.
"But an informed understanding of the causes of terrorism is an essential part of an effective response that will protect the security of our people that fights rather than fuels terrorism."
Mr Corbyn, who opposed UK military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, and voted against strikes in Libya and Syria, will say: "We must be brave enough to admit the 'war on terror' is simply not working.
"We need a smarter way to reduce the threat from countries that nurture terrorists and generate terrorism."
He will also pledge to "reverse the cuts to our emergency services and police" arguing that "we cannot be protected and cared for on the cheap".
'Austerity must stop'
Paying tribute to the "solidarity, humanity and compassion" of the people of Manchester, he will say those are the values that would guide a Labour government.
He will add: "No government can prevent every terrorist attack. If an individual is determined enough and callous enough, sometimes they will get through.
"But the responsibility of government is to minimise that chance - to ensure the police have the resources they need, that our foreign policy reduces rather than increases the threat to this country, and that at home we never surrender the freedoms we have won and that terrorists are so determined to take away."
A Labour government would fund more police and ensure the security services had sufficient resources "to keep track of those who wish to murder and maim", he will say.
"Austerity has to stop at the A&E ward and at the police station door," he will say.
'Simply wrong'
Asked whether Mr Corbyn was right about the war on terror, the Labour's former home secretary Charles Clarke told BBC Newsnight: "He's simply wrong.
"The core attacks from 9/11 and beforehand have come from forces which are about trying to destroy the whole of our society, this is before the Iraq war, before the wars in Syria and they are about eliminating the ability of young people to go to an event like they did at the Manchester Arena.
He added: "The motive force is about the destruction of all the core elements of our society and that's not something that's about a foreign policy conflict, something in Syria, something in Iraq, whatever it might be. It's about a totally opposed vision of what society should be."
And former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown said: "Some political leaders have sought to politicise the events of the week, but now is not the time, and this is not the event, to seek political advantage.
"The families of victims in Manchester have a right to expect political parties to respond with restraint and sensitivity to these unpardonable crimes.
"There will be a moment when we will want to look at the policy implications of what has happened, but that should not be in the shadow of these terrible events when the nation should stand together."
UKIP, which resumed campaigning on Thursday by launching its manifesto, also pledged to beef up security in the wake of the arena bombing by increasing numbers of police officers, troops and border guards.
While leader Paul Nuttall said he was not blaming the prime minister personally for the attack, his deputy chairwoman Suzanne Evans said Theresa May "must bear some responsibility."
"All politicians who voted for measures to make cuts bear some responsibility... when 9/11 happened, we should have had a serious rethink about immigration. It didn't happen."
Theresa May has defended making changes to the Tories' social care manifesto pledge as critics called it a "manifesto meltdown".
The PM told the BBC "nothing has changed" and claimed rival parties had been "trying to scare" elderly people.
Her announcement that an overall cap on costs would be included in the Tories' offer followed criticism of the policy, first announced on Thursday.
She said the size of the cap would be the subject of a consultation.
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Labour and the Lib Dems said the policy was "in meltdown".
Since the publication of the Conservative manifesto last week, much of the attention has focused on reforms to the way care for elderly and vulnerable adults is funded.
The manifesto did not mention an overall cap on costs, instead proposing a £100,000 "floor" beyond which people's assets would be protected.
Speaking to activists in Wales earlier, the PM said the package would now include an "absolute limit" on the money people would have to pay, triggering accusations of a U-turn on the manifesto announcement.
In her BBC interview, Mrs May denied this and said the principle the policy was based on "remains absolutely the same".
The whole package will be put out to consultation, she said, adding that people were "worried" by the Labour Party saying they could have to sell their homes under the reforms.
"What we have put in the manifesto is that we will have a consultation and the principles on which our social care policy will be based," she said.
"That I think is the right thing to do."
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Theresa May has said proposed changes to social care funding will include an option for an "absolute limit" on the money people will have to pay.
The Conservatives ruled out a cap on total costs in last week's manifesto, instead saying no-one would see their assets fall below £100,000.
The PM said the plan was "sensible" and would stop the system from collapse.
But she said she wanted to address "shameful" fears that people would be forced to sell their family home.
She told activists in Wales that the Conservatives were "determined the fix the system" and the consultation on the plans, if the party wins the election, would consider a cap among the options.
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"We will make sure nobody has to sell their family home to pay for care," she said.
"We will make sure there's an absolute limit on what people need to pay. And you will never have to go below £100,000 of your savings, so you will always have something to pass on to your family"
Mrs May said she had not "changed the basic principles" set out in the manifesto, saying the plans would still give people "peace of mind" about the care available, but was now clarifying the details.
But Former Chancellor George Osborne, now editor of the Evening Standard, said it was a U-turn.
Currently, people living in residential care can ask their local authority to pay their bill and recover the money from the sale of their family home after they die.
The Conservatives' plan would extend this right to those receiving care in their own homes, who would have to pay until they were down to their last £100,000.
Under the Conservative plans nobody with assets of less than £100,000 would have to pay for social care. Currently anyone with assets of over £23,250 is expected to pay the full cost of their residential care and the value of their home can be taken into account.
But that is not the case if you receive care in your own home. Under the Tory plans the value of your home may in future be factored in, although the money would not be taken from your estate until after your death.
This means some people fear they will not be able to pass their homes down to their children.
The BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith said Conservative sources had earlier been dismissing the prospect of any rethink over the plans, insisting there would be "no rowing back".
He said he had been told that while there would be a consultation, this had always been planned and it would only examine "the finer detail" of the policy.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had accused the Conservatives of "forcing those who need social care to pay for it with their homes," labelling the policy a "dementia tax".
The Lib Dems, meanwhile, had said nine out of 10 homes would be eligible to be sold under the new regime, citing Land Registry house sale figures.
Calling for a "national movement" against the policy, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said it was a "callous blow for people who have dementia and other long-term conditions, like multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease, and of course their families.
"It is not just a massive mistake but a cruel attack on vulnerable people the length and breadth of this country."
The Conservatives had attempted to fight back online, with a paid-for ad on Google which pop up when users of the search engine type in the words "dementia tax".
The ad reads "The so-called 'dementia tax' - Get the real facts - conservatives.com, together with a link to an explainer about the party's social care policies on its website.
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Tory plans to change how social care is funded in England could be derailed by councils, a former minister has warned.
The party wants to include the value of someone's home when deciding how much they must pay towards care at home - but allow them to pay after they die.
The Conservatives say the changes ensure fairness across the generations.
But Sir Steve Webb, the ex-Lib Dem pensions minister, says there is already a "lottery" in the way councils use existing deferred payment schemes.
Currently, people living in residential care can ask their local authority to pay their bill and recover the money from sale of their family home after they die.
The Conservatives' plan would extend this right to those receiving care in their own homes, who would have to pay until they were down to their last £100,000.
But Sir Steve, who is now policy director for pensions specialist Royal London, said Freedom of Information responses showed a wide variation in the number of deferred payment arrangements set up.
Some councils in England had not signed any agreements to let people defer their payments, while in other areas more than 100 agreements had been signed.
'Shaky foundations'
Sir Steve said: "It is clear that there is already a lottery as to whether people facing significant care costs can exercise their legal right to defer their payments under the existing system.
"The government will need to investigate very quickly why the present system is not working properly, otherwise there is a danger of building a new system on very shaky foundations."
The councils who had entered into the most agreements were Southampton City Council with 331, followed by Essex County Council with 208 and Middlesbrough Council with 165.
In contrast, 10 authorities - Westminster, Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Kensington and Chelsea, Haringey, Lewisham, Lambeth, Ealing, Blackburn with Darwen, and Luton - said they had not issued any.
How would the Tory social care plans work?
Under the Conservative plans nobody with assets of less than £100,000 would have to pay for social care. Currently anyone with assets of over £23,250 is expected to pay the full cost of their residential care and the value of their home can be taken into account.
But that is not the case if you receive care in your own home. Under the Tory plans the value of your home may in future be factored in, although the money would not be taken from your estate until after your death.
This means some people fear they will not be able to pass their homes down to their children.
Why many will pay more for care
Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green said the Tories would not "look again" at the proposed changes, and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the "broad thrust" was right.
Conservative former business minister Lord Willetts said the plan was "one of the bravest, most serious and most important" features of the Conservative manifesto.
He told Westminster Hour on BBC Radio 4 the proposal meant social care for older people would be financed by pensioners with "substantial assets" instead of younger people "struggling to make ends meet".
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Conservatives of "forcing those who need social care to pay for it with their homes," labelling the policy a "dementia tax".
Lord Wood, former advisor to Ed Miliband, said the problem with the Tory plan is that "it's not a long term system solution because it abandons the principle of social insurance".
The Lib Dems, meanwhile, said nine out of 10 homes would be eligible to be sold under the new regime, citing Land Registry house sale figures.
Calling for a "national movement" against the policy, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said: "Every elderly person that needs care should receive it in the best place for them and not be fearful of those mounting, limitless costs."
Damian Green has said the Tories will not rethink plans to fund social care in England, amid warnings they will go down badly with core Tory voters.
The Work and Pensions Secretary said: "We have set out the policy, which we are not going to look at again."
The Tory manifesto says elderly people requiring care in their own homes would have to meet the cost - but would be allowed to keep £100,000.
But a Tory think tank says it could be the "biggest stealth tax in history".
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Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to protect pensioners from Conservative "attacks" on their income as he steps up his push for older voters.
The Labour leader claims pensioners will be £330 a year worse off under the plans set out in the Tory manifesto.
Labour is promising to protect the winter fuel allowance, the "triple lock" guaranteeing annual 2.5% pension rises and other benefits.
The Conservatives accused Mr Corbyn of running a "scare campaign".
But a spokesman said the "genuinely terrifying thing" was the prospect of Mr Corbyn in Downing Street and in charge of Brexit negotiations.
"The biggest threat to every generation in this country is getting Brexit wrong.
"Get Brexit wrong and we get everything wrong - from looking after our elderly to paying for our children's education."
It comes as Conservative activists warned Theresa May risked losing votes among elderly people in the party's heartlands over her plan to shake-up social care.
Mrs May has said the policy will protect elderly people from the fear that they will lose all their savings to pay for care.
But some activists have warned it is causing anxiety among elderly voters, who fear they will not be able to pass on their homes to their children when they die.
Under the Conservative plan, elderly people requiring care in their own homes would have to meet the cost - but would be allowed to keep £100,000.
The value of their homes may be included in that, but the money would not be taken from their estate until after their death.
Jeremy Corbyn has spent the past two days accusing Mrs May of stirring up a "war between the generations" by playing off old against young - and of planning an "attack" on pensioners if she wins power.
He said: "Not satisfied with plunging our social care system into crisis, Theresa May's nasty party has promised more attacks on older people: scrapping the triple-lock on state pensions, removing the winter fuel allowance and asset stripping the ill by forcing those who need social care to pay for it with their homes.
"Labour will protect the winter fuel allowance and triple-lock on state pensions to deliver a secure and dignified retirement for all, and spend an extra £45bn on the NHS and social care over five years, so that older people can get the care they deserve."
In a campaign speech on Saturday, the Labour leader claimed his message was "getting through" to voters, after two opinion polls suggested he had narrowed the large Conservative lead ahead of the election on 8 June.
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Tory plans to shake-up the funding of social care in England are likely to go down badly with the party's core voters, Theresa May has been warned.
The Tory manifesto says elderly people requiring care in their own homes would have to meet the cost - but would be allowed to keep £100,000.
Mrs May says the changes will secure the social care system and ensure fairness "across the generations".
But a Tory think tank says it could be the "biggest stealth tax in history".
John Stanley, of the Bow Group, told BBC News: "The impact on the core vote will be awful - what I call the 'Tory Shire'.
"Those shire Tories who work hard, play the game, live life by the rules. They're going to wake up Monday around the family copy of the Daily Mail asking themselves what on earth has just happened."
Under the Conservative plans, set out in its general election manifesto, nobody who has assets of less than £100,000 will have to pay for care, which can include everything from help with daily tasks, such as washing and dressing, through to round-the-clock support.
Anxiety
Currently anyone with assets of over £23,250 is expected to pay the full cost of their care. If you are in a care home or nursing home, the value of your house can be taken into account.
But that is not the case if you receive care in your own home. Under the Tory plans the value of your home may be factored in, although the money will not be taken from your estate until after death.
Some Conservative activists say the policy has not been properly thought through and is causing anxiety among elderly voters.
A Conservative candidate, who did not want to be named, told the BBC they had asked party bosses to explain how homes will be valued, when savings are taken into account, and what happens to people who live in shared accommodation.
There are also concerns that it will have an unfair impact on people living in the North and Midlands, where property prices are lower - and that some people may find they can't go afford to return home after hospital treatment.
Conservative candidate Sarah Wollaston told BBC News: "If you are somebody who has quite a large asset in your home but you might be living on a very fixed low income - that might make it very difficult for you to go home if you couldn't afford special care.
"I think it's very important that there is a period of grace to help them safely get home from hospital."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Conservatives of "forcing those who need social care to pay for it with their homes," labelling the policy a "dementia tax".
Liberal Democrat health spokesman Norman Lamb said "elderly people the length of Britain will shudder at these care cost proposals".
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Theresa May has said a shadow cabinet row over Trident shows Labour cannot be "trusted" to defend the country.
The PM claimed a Labour government would not be "unequivocally committed to the nuclear deterrent".
Shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith rebuked her colleague Emily Thornberry for suggesting Trident could be subject to a review, if Labour won power.
Jeremy Corbyn said Labour's manifesto was "very clear" and the party was committed to Trident's renewal.
But Mrs May said: "They would not be able to defend this country. A Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour government could not be trusted with the defence of our country."
The Conservatives said it showed Labour had a "chaotic and divided team" who would make "a mess ... of our Brexit negotiations".
Labour's manifesto included support for renewing Trident, even though Mr Corbyn is a long-standing opponent of nuclear weapons.
The Commons backed the renewal of Trident in 2016, by 472 votes to 117, approving the manufacture of four replacement submarines. Labour was split over the issue, with 140 of its 230 MPs going against their leader and backing the motion in a free vote.
The issue resurfaced on Friday following an interview with Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry on LBC radio, in which she said she was "sceptical" about Trident.
When asked to confirm that it would remain Labour policy after a defence review, she added: "Well no, of course not, if you are going to have a review, you have to have a review."
But shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith told BBC Newsnight: "With all due respect, Emily is not the shadow defence secretary. I am."
She said the party was "fully committed" to having a nuclear deterrent and that the defence review would look at how a Labour government would spend money.
"What it is not about is actually questioning whether we would have a Trident nuclear deterrent because we settled that last year," she added.
Asked if Ms Thornberry was wrong, Ms Griffith went on: "Indeed. Last year we looked at it, in particular, at the national policy forum and it was decided that we would keep the nuclear deterrent."
BBC political correspondent Mark Lobel said Ms Thornberry's team had since said there was no difference between the two shadow ministers in terms of party policy and she had been expressing her personal view about Trident's viability and costs.
Cyber security
Mr Corbyn, campaigning in Birmingham ahead of the 8 June election, told reporters: "The manifesto makes it very clear that the Labour Party has come to a decision and is committed to Trident.
"We're also going to look at the real security needs of this country on other areas such as cyber security, which I think the attack on our NHS last week proved there needs to be some serious re-examination of our defences against those kind of attacks."
Pressed again, he said: "I've just made it clear and included in our manifesto is an absolute commitment which is given by party and which is given by me that we will also pursue multilateral disarmament through the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and that is a position that has been held for a long time by the party."
Labour's backing for Trident was agreed by a vote at its party conference but Mr Corbyn has previously suggested the party would carry out a strategic defence review if it won power and that Trident would be part of that.
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry was "wrong" to suggest Labour might drop its commitment to the UK's nuclear deterrent, the party's defence secretary has said.
Nia Griffith told BBC Newsnight it was "already settled" that Trident would remain if the party came into power.
Ms Thornberry had suggested support for the missile system could not be guaranteed following a defence review.
Tory MP Bob Neill said Labour wanted to put the UK's "security at risk".
Labour's manifesto - launched on Tuesday - included support for the nuclear deterrent.
Speaking on LBC radio, Ms Thornberry had said she was "sceptical" about Trident.
When asked to confirm that it would remain as Labour policy after a defence review, she added: "Well no, of course not, if you are going to have a review, you have to have a review."
The shadow foreign secretary said the UK needed to keep updating its defence policy and make sure any war would be "fought on 21st century terms".
But Ms Griffith said Labour's defence policy was her responsibility and not Ms Thornberry's.
Speaking on BBC's Newsnight she said the party was "fully committed" to having a nuclear deterrent and that the defence review would look at how a Labour government would spend money.
"What it is not about is actually questioning whether we would have a Trident nuclear deterrent because we settled that last year," she added.
Asked if Ms Thornberry was wrong, Ms Griffith went on: "Indeed. Last year we looked at it, in particular, at the national policy forum and it was decided that we would keep the nuclear deterrent."
The shadow defence secretary also distanced herself from Jeremy Corbyn's stance on the potential use of nuclear weapons and the commitment to the Nato principle of mutual defence.
The Labour leader - a long-standing opponent of nuclear weapons - has previously said he would never launch a "first strike" attack as prime minister.
He has also said he would not "automatically" send UK troops to support a fellow Nato member which came under attack.
Ms Griffith said for the nuclear deterrent to be effective it was necessary that "you are prepared to use it", including a first strike policy if required.
She also said Labour was "fully signed up" to Article 5 of the Nato treaty - which commits member states to collective defence.
She told Newsnight there would be diplomatic processes but "ultimately you have to back up your defence and your support" of Nato allies.
Mr Neill said: "Jeremy Corbyn and Emily Thornberry want to disarm Britain and put our security at risk. Corbyn's coalition of chaos would scrap Trident, abandon our allies and would rather talk to Daesh [so-called Islamic State] than strike its barbaric leader."
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A man has been jailed for the hit-and-run death of a four-year-old girl who was struck by his speeding car when it mounted a pavement in Merseyside.
Violet-Grace Youens died after Aidan McAteer's car struck her on Prescot Road, St Helens, on 24 March.
McAteer, 23, fled to Amsterdam but later pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at a hearing at Liverpool Crown Court.
He was given a jail sentence of nine years and four months.
Violet-Grace's grandmother Angela French was seriously injured in the crash and remains in hospital.
The four-year-old's family wore violet ribbons and heart badges for the court hearing.
Reading a personal statement in court, Glenn Youens said he cuddled his daughter's teddy bear, which "still smells of her", every night and reads bedtime stories to her ashes.
"I cry myself to sleep. I miss her so much," he said.
Dean Brennan, 27, a passenger in the car, had pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking and assisting an offender. He was jailed for six years and eight months.
Both men were given driving bans for when they leave jail. McAteer was banned for 10 years, while Brennan received a six-year ban.
The court heard the Ford Fiesta, which had been stolen from a community worker who works with young offenders, travelled at speeds of about 80mph in a 30mph zone after passing a police car on a roundabout.
It was driven through two red lights before McAteer, who did not have a driving licence, lost control on Prescot Road and hit a kerb, then crashed into Mrs French who had her granddaughter in her arms.
The car then hit a lamppost and the defendants, both from Prescot, got out and ran past Violet-Grace as she lay injured on the ground.
'Desperately injured'
CCTV footage played in court showed them running down a nearby street after the crash.
Sentencing, Judge Denis Watson QC, said: "You must have seen Mrs French and Violet lying desperately injured on the road.
"Yet neither of you stopped, neither of you did anything to summon help, neither of you gave them a moment's thought or gave them any assistance at all.
"Your thoughts were for yourself, your escape and of avoiding responsibility for what happened."
Following the crash, McAteer's mother Alicia made a public appeal to her son to return home.
The next day he was arrested at Manchester Airport and questioned by detectives. Brennan, meanwhile, admitted obtaining McAteer's passport and giving it to him.
Peter Hussey, prosecuting, said McAteer told police after the crash he had decided to clear his head and "go to Amsterdam for a few days and smoke some weed".
'Absolutely devastated'
He told police he only found out days later a child had been involved in the crash.
McAteer's defence lawyer Lloyd Morgan, said his client was "wracked with guilt, shame and horror over his actions... which caused all involved such pain and heartache."
After her death, Violet-Grace's family said the donation of her organs had saved two other lives.
Her mother Rebecca Youens spoke outside court paying tribute to her "funny, vibrant and caring" daughter, adding: "No sentence passed is ever going to bring Violet back and we are absolutely devastated."
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The Tories will promise further measures to curb immigration in their manifesto, the BBC understands.
Firms will be asked to pay more to hire migrant workers and they in turn will be asked to pay more to use the NHS.
Theresa May will make a commitment to bringing immigration down to the tens of thousands target, that has been missed since 2010.
She will warn that "when immigration is too fast and too high, it is difficult to build a cohesive society".
The BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg said that the prime minister would put forward an "uncompromising" message that immigration is too high and will come down under her leadership.
The manifesto, which will be published on Wednesday, will promise to "bear down on immigration from outside the EU" across all visa routes.
The prime minister will commit the government to reduce and control immigration from Europe after Brexit and sources say she is "clear this means the end of freedom of movement".
Skills charge
She will announce extra costs for employers who choose to hire non-EU immigrants in skilled jobs by doubling the charge known as the Skills Charge.
The revenue will go into skills training for UK workers. Non-EU migrants will also have to pay more to use the NHS. The manifesto will also rule out removing students from the immigration statistics.
The Immigration Skills Charge, which was introduced in April 2017, is levied on companies that employ migrants in skilled areas.
It applies to immigrants from outside the European Economic Area and is currently set at £1,000 per employee per year, with a reduced rate of £364 for small or charitable organisations.
Under the Conservative proposals, it will double to £2,000 per employee per year.
The plan to stick with the net migration target has caused controversy, with critics saying that it will be nearly impossible to meet without doing damage to the economy.
An editorial in Wednesday's Evening Standard, whose editor is the former Chancellor George Osborne, suggested that in private ministers were dismissive of the target believing it was unrealistic.
The article says the target, set by David Cameron when the Tories were in opposition, should be abandoned,
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The Liberal Democrats have put a second EU referendum at the heart of their general election manifesto, saying it would "give the final say to the British people".
The vote on the final Brexit deal would include an option to remain in the EU.
The Lib Dems also say they could generate £1bn from legalising and taxing cannabis.
And they are offering pledges to young people including bus passes and help to get on the housing ladder.
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To pay for the measures, they would add 1p to income tax, restore corporation tax to 20%, scrap the married couples' tax allowance and lower the level at which inheritance tax kicks in.
The Lib Dems, who have long called for cannabis to be legalised, say they would tax the drug and also say the move would lead to money being saved in police enforcement.
On the economy, the party says it would balance day-to-day spending while reducing national debt as a proportion of GDP.
The flagship pledge of a referendum on the terms of any Brexit deal is at the heart of the Lib Dems' offer to voters, with the party hoping to gather support from Remain-backing voters.
The party believes there is no deal that could be as good as continuing EU membership and would campaign to stay in, cancelling Brexit.
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said Brexit represented "the biggest fight for the future of our country in a generation".
"The Liberal Democrats want you to have your choice over your future," he said.
"You should have your say on the Brexit deal in a referendum. And if you don't like the deal you should be able to reject it and choose to remain in Europe."
The party, which served in government with the Conservatives between 2010 and 2015, is hoping to bounce back from its disastrous showing two years ago, when it lost almost 50 seats and was left with just eight MPs. It has ruled out striking any coalition deals after next month's election.
It is also pledging to reinstate housing benefit for 18-21 year olds, axed by the government last month, which it says could affect as many as 18,000 people and potentially lead to increased levels of homelessness.
As part of its housing offer, it is promoting a scheme in which those renting a property will be able to build up equity with every monthly payment, which they will eventually be able to convert into full ownership after 30 years.
The plan was first mooted by the party back in 2015.
This time around, it envisages developers and housing associations building thousands of new homes underpinned by loans and guarantees from a new Housing and Infrastructure Development Bank.
The total capital investment in the initiative, part of the Lib Dems' plans to build 300,000 new homes a year will be £3bn by 2022.
The bus pass discount on single and return tickets would be available to all 16-21 year olds ordinarily resident in England, using the same mechanism as the National Concessionary Scheme for the over-60s.
The Lib Dems have already pledged to protect per-pupil funding in England, which will cost £7bn over five years. In the manifesto it is going further, saying it will extend free school meals to all primary schools and triple funding for the early years pupil premium, boosting it to £1,000.
The party has also sought to play down 10-year-old remarks by Mr Farron, reported in the Guardian, in which he reportedly said abortion was "wrong" and called for the law to be tightened.
Speaking to the Today programme, Lib Dem election spokesman Sir Ed Davey said Mr Farron had since changed his mind and made it clear he was pro-choice.
"We wouldn't change the law," he added.
The Conservatives have accused the Lib Dems of being willing to prop up Labour in a "coalition of chaos" and seeking to overturn last year's referendum result.
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Ian Brady's body will not be released until assurances are made his ashes will not be scattered on Saddleworth Moor, a coroner has ruled.
Brady, who tortured and killed five children with his lover Myra Hindley, died at Ashworth Hospital on Monday.
The inquest heard he died from severe obstructive pulmonary disease.
Senior coroner Christopher Sumner said he knew he did not have the legal power to make such a request but believed it was the "correct moral judgement".
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An extra £6.4bn would be raised from income tax under plans in Labour's general election manifesto.
The rate would be increased to 45p for people earning over £80,000, with a new 50p rate for those on more than £123,000.
Labour said the total extra tax take - which also includes corporation tax rises and a crackdown on tax avoidance - would be £48.6bn.
Leader Jeremy Corbyn said the proposals were "radical and responsible".
Other measures include an "excessive pay levy" on salaries above £330,000, more free childcare and the nationalisation of England's 10 water companies.
The Tories said the sums "don't add up".
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Labour is the first of the major parties to publish its manifesto ahead of the general election on 8 June.
Mr Corbyn will contrast his "programme of hope", which he will maintain is fully costed, with what he will claim is Theresa May's "fear-based" campaign and her "tight-fisted, mean-spirited" party.
"People want a country run for the many not the few," he will say.
"For the last seven years, our people have lived through the opposite, a Britain run for the rich, the elite and the vested interests.
"Labour's mission, over the next five years, is to change all that.
"It's a programme that will reverse our national priorities to put the interests of the many first. It will change our country while managing within our means."
Labour says 95% of people will not see their taxes go up.
Earlier shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Labour's nationalisation proposals represented a "significant intervention" by the government - "because that's what's needed" - but added that spending would be reduced in some areas.
'Distinctive choice'
By political correspondent Iain Watson
Don't be distracted too much by the detail. Labour's manifesto will have policies on everything from preserving the bee population to the provision of wifi on public transport.
And don't be mesmerised by what's known in political circles as "retail offers" - price caps and fare freezes.
Taken together, Labour's prospectus offers the most distinctive choice for voters in a generation. At its core are three interlinked arguments: first that austerity holds back - rather than helps - economic growth, so Labour would borrow billions for investment.
Second, that the better off - not necessarily the fabulously wealthy - along with many businesses should pay more in tax to meet the day to day cost of providing public services.
And third, that more regulation - and in some cases re-nationalisation - would ensure businesses operated in the interests both of consumers and the wider economy.
Those close to Jeremy Corbyn believe this programme places Labour not on the far left of politics but in the mainstream of northern European social democratic thinking. Now there will be a bit of political cross-dressing in this campaign, with the Conservatives under Theresa May showing a bit more enthusiasm for limited state intervention.
But the Labour manifesto will break with what's often known as the Anglo-Saxon economic model of lower taxation and flexible labour markets and in doing so, the party is distancing itself not just from the Conservatives but from its New Labour predecessor too.
A draft version of the Labour manifesto was leaked last week.
The 51-page document included commitments to take the railways and the Royal Mail back into public ownership while also nationalising the electricity distribution and transmission networks.
The BBC understands Labour will also announce on Tuesday that it intends to take the multi-billion pound water industry into public ownership.
It would create nine new public bodies to run the water and sewage system in England.
By ending the practice of paying dividends to shareholders and reducing interest payments on debt, party sources say bills would be reduced by around £100 a year per household - the equivalent of a cut in water bills of around 25%.
The industry, which was sold off in 1989 by the government of Margaret Thatcher, would be taken into public ownership either by simply buying the shares of the existing companies or by a compulsory measure whereby companies would have to be given government bonds in exchange for the shares.
Free childcare
There will also be a commitment in the manifesto to provide 30 hours of free childcare for all two to four-year-olds, covering 1.3 million children.
Labour has already made a series of tax pledges, including increasing corporation tax by 19% to 26%, a "Robin Hood" tax on financial transactions and asking the top 5% of earners to pay more, to fund multi-billion pound spending commitments on health, education and policing.
The manifesto will also include a pay levy designed to discourage companies from paying "excessive" salaries.
Companies paying staff more than £330,000 will pay a 2.5% surcharge while salaries above £500,000 will be charged at 5%. Labour has said the move, designed to reduce pay inequality by bearing down on "very high pay", will only apply to firms with "high numbers of staff".
The Conservatives said taxpayers would have to foot the bill for Labour's unfunded spending commitments.
"Jeremy Corbyn's economic ideas are nonsensical," said Treasury minister David Gauke.
"It is clear that Labour would have to raise taxes dramatically because his sums don't add up."
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NHS cyber-attack: Use services wisely, patients urged
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The public has been urged to use the NHS "wisely" as it discovers the full impact of Friday's global cyber-attack.
NHS England said there was a "complex emerging picture", amid concerns over thousands of computers being switched back on after the weekend.
Seven trusts out of 47 that were hit are still facing serious issues, but patients have been told to turn up for appointments, unless advised otherwise.
Some GPs are asking people to consider whether they really need appointments.
The virus that hit the NHS in England and Scotland, known as Wanna Decryptor or WannaCry, has infected 200,000 machines in 150 countries since Friday.
'Be patient'
The ransomware, which locks users' files and demands a $300 (£230) payment to allow access, spread to organisations including FedEx, Renault and the Russian interior ministry.
BBC analysis of three accounts linked to the ransom demands suggests hackers had already been paid the equivalent of at least £22,080 by early on Sunday.
In England, 47 trusts reported problems at hospitals and 13 NHS organisations in Scotland were also affected.
Some hospitals were forced to cancel treatments and appointments, and divert ambulances to other sites.
Anne Rainsberry, NHS incident director, said pathology services were the most seriously affected, alongside imaging services, such as MRI and CT scans, and X-rays.
She said despite the issues, patients had continued to be treated throughout the weekend, but asked people to think about the services they needed.
"Remember that [people] can seek help and advice from a range of other sources, such as pharmacies and NHS 111," Dr Rainsberry said.
"Bearing in mind the impact of the global cyber attack, I would urge people to be patient with staff."
There is particular concern about the possibility of further infections at GP surgeries, many of which were closed over the weekend.
Some practices have advised staff due on shift on Monday not to turn computers back on until further notice.
GPs across the North East and North Cumbria areas of England have asked patients to consider whether they need appointments on Monday and Tuesday, as some practices still do not have full access to patient records, prescriptions, appointment systems and telephones.
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We now know that Friday's ransomware attack was a global cyber-crime, but the most serious impact was here in the UK on the National Health Service. So what made our hospitals so vulnerable?
There are plenty of theories - among them that far too many computers in hospitals were running Windows XP.
The government warned NHS trusts in 2014 that they needed to move away from XP as rapidly as possible.
But did they? At the end of last year the software firm Citrix said that a Freedom of Information request had revealed that 90% of hospitals still had machines running on Windows XP.
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The head of Europol, Rob Wainwright, warned that more ransomware cases may come to light elsewhere on Monday as other organisations returned to work.
He told the BBC: "We've never seen anything like this."
The virus exploits a flaw in Microsoft Windows first identified by US intelligence.
Microsoft said Friday's incident was a "wake-up call" and reiterated that it had released a security update in March to protect computers from the virus.
"As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, there is simply no way for customers to protect themselves against threats unless they update their systems," the company said.
Back-up data
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre advised companies to keep software security patches up to date, use proper anti-virus software and back up the data that matters so they cannot be held to ransom for its return.
The government is insisting that the NHS had been repeatedly warned about the cyber-threat to its IT systems.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said £50m of £1.9bn set aside for UK cyber-protection was being spent on NHS systems to improve their security.
Sir Michael said trusts had been encouraged to "reduce their exposure to the weakest system [Windows XP]", with fewer than 5% of trusts using it now.
Government cuts?
But Labour criticised the Conservatives, saying they had cut funding to the NHS's IT budget and a contract to protect computer systems was not renewed after 2015.
Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth also pointed to a report from the National Audit Office six months ago.
It highlighted how, in February 2016, the Department of Health had "transferred £950m of its £4.6bn budget for capital projects, such as building works and IT, to revenue budgets to fund the day-to-day activities of NHS bodies".
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More ransomware cases may come to light on Monday, "possibly at a significant scale", the UK's cyber-security agency has warned after the NHS cyber-attack.
The National Cyber Security Centre has advised firms how to protect computers as they start the working week.
It comes after Friday's attack caused disruption in 150 countries. In the UK, hospitals, pharmacies and GP surgeries were the main target.
A handful of trusts are still dealing with problems caused by the hack.
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IT experts are "working round the clock" to restore NHS computer systems hit by Friday's ransomware attack.
Ciaran Martin, head of the UK's cyber security agency, said it was doing "everything in our power" to get "vital services" back up and running.
The BBC understands about 40 NHS organisations and some GP practices were hit in England and Scotland, with operations and appointments cancelled.
Theresa May said the NHS had been caught up in an international attack.
Similar computer infections have been reported in a range of organisations in about 100 countries.
Some British hospitals and GPs were unable to access patient data after their computers were locked by the malicious program.
The NHS has not been affected in Wales and Northern Ireland.
'Highly technical'
NHS Digital said there was no evidence patient data had been compromised,
NHS England said patients needing emergency treatment should go to A&E or access emergency services as they normally would.
However, some ambulances have been diverted from affected hospitals and individual trusts have asked people to attend unless it is urgent.
Mr Martin, who leads the National Cyber Security Centre - part of GCHQ - said "thousands of organisations and individuals in dozens of countries" had been hit by the attack.
Those responsible have not been indentified yet.
He told the BBC: "It's important to understand that cyber attacks can be different from other forms of crime in that their sometimes highly technical and anonymous nature means it can take some time to understand how it worked, who was behind it and what the impact is.
"But our commitment is we will be as open as we can be, as soon as we can be, as our investigation continues."
The malware used in the attack is called Wanna Decryptor and attacks Windows operating systems.
It encrypts files on a user's computer, blocking them from view, before demanding money, via an on-screen message, to access them again.
The demand is for a payment of $300 (£230) in virtual currency Bitcoin to unlock the files.
The virus is usually covertly installed on to computers by hiding within emails containing links, which users are tricked into opening.
Security chiefs and ministers have repeatedly highlighted the threat to Britain's critical infrastructure and economy from cyber-attacks.
'Hit the go button'
The former director for intelligence and cyber operations at GCHQ, Brian Lord, told BBC's Newsnight that the NHS was particularly vulnerable to such attacks because of its aging IT systems.
"Also [it has] very, very complex interconnectivity between surgeries, trusts, boards and so on," he said.
"So, as a consequence, there is an awful lot of openings for delivery of this type of basic malware."
Convicted hacker Jake Davis also told the programme: "The most terrifying thing about this is how simple it is.
"It might have been a sophisticated criminal organisation or it might have just been some kid who hit the go button and a worm has just spread when they went to take a nap."
He said that two months ago Microsoft had issued a patch for the bug exploited by the virus, but some systems had not applied it.
In Russia, the Interior Ministry said about 1,000 computers had been hit.
Global impact
People tweeted photos of affected computers from other countries, including at a local railway ticket machine in Germany and in a university computer lab in Italy.
A number of Spanish firms - including telecoms giant Telefonica, power firm Iberdrola and utility provider Gas Natural - suffered from the outbreak.
Portugal Telecom, delivery company FedEx, a Swedish local authority and Megafon, the second largest mobile phone network in Russia, also said they had been affected.
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Girl, 11, dies after Drayton Manor theme park fall
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An 11-year-old girl has died on a school trip after falling from a rapids ride at Drayton Manor theme park.
The park said the Splash Canyon attraction was shut on Tuesday after she fell into the water.
Staffordshire Police said the girl, believed to be from the Leicester area, was airlifted to Birmingham Children's Hospital at about 14:20 BST.
She was confirmed dead shortly after arrival at hospital.
The Health and Safety Executive has been informed of the incident.
Supt Carl Ratcliffe, from Staffordshire Police, said: "We were called at 2.25pm this afternoon to reports that a child had fallen from a water ride at Drayton Manor Park."
The girl's parents have been informed and are being supported by officers, he added.
Caroline Greenway told BBC News she was at the park for her son's fourth birthday.
She said: "We saw the air ambulance fly over as we were in the zoo. When we walked into the park, there was police and security and members of staff surrounding the area."
'Sectioned off'
She added: "Staff looked visibly upset and worried. When I asked if everything was ok, they replied they were unable to comment.
"We were not asked to leave the park, but part of the park near to Splash Canyon had been sectioned off by police.
"When we left the park, we had a clear view of the air ambulance parked up."
West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "An ambulance, a senior paramedic officer, a paramedic area support officer, a rapid response paramedic, a community first responder and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Staffordshire were sent to the scene.
"The first resource was on scene within seven minutes."
Fiona Fletcher, who was at the park with her two children, aged two and three, said she saw park staff with "tears running down their face".
She said she overheard staff at the ride saying "don't tell anyone yet" and hurried people out of the area.
"I didn't hear anything [official] until I got into my car because my girls were getting upset so we left."
The theme park added: "The Splash Canyon ride has been closed following an incident this afternoon. Emergency services are at the scene and our fully trained park staff are assisting."
Sam Jones, a reporter for the Tamworth Herald who is at the park covering the incident, said it remains opens, although new visitors have been turned away since the incident was reported.
An area by Splash Canyon has been cordoned off, he added.
Splash Canyon
- The ride opened in 1993
- It is described as a river rapids ride on circular boats
- It comprises 21 boats with a maximum capacity of six people per boat
- There is a height restriction. You must be taller than 90cms (2.9ft) to ride and anyone shorter than 1.1m (3.6ft) must be accompanied by an adult
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Labour and the Lib Dems are both making multibillion pound funding pledges to tackle school cash shortages in England.
Labour says it would raise corporation tax to spend £4.8bn on keeping up with rising costs, and £335m so no schools lost out from a funding reorganisation.
The Lib Dems are promising £7bn to protect per-pupil funding levels.
The Conservatives said school spending had reached record levels and attacked the two parties' spending plans.
Headteachers have been warning about job losses caused by cash shortages, with the National Audit Office estimating schools will have to cut £3bn from budgets by 2019-20 to meet rising cost pressures.
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A new funding formula will also see some schools lose money, although others will gain.
On Monday, the Institute of Fiscal Studies said protecting schools from real-terms cuts in England would mean spending the equivalent of an extra penny on the basic rate of income tax.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and shadow education secretary Angela Rayner are promising a real-terms funding increase in schools and "free lifelong education" in colleges, including restoring the Educational Maintenance Allowance.
This would be paid for by increasing corporation tax from the current 19% to 26% by 2021, Labour said.
"We will invest in schools and in our young people, ensuring no primary pupils go hungry during the day, reducing class sizes so children can learn and teachers can teach, and restoring the maintenance allowance and grants for students in both further and higher education," Ms Rayner said.
The Lib Dems claimed their plans went further than Labour's and said details of how they would funded would be provided "in due course" in the party's manifesto.
The party said it would also protect further education per-pupil funding in real terms.
'Made-up promises'
Lib Dem education spokeswoman Sarah Olney said: "While funding per pupil is set to see the biggest cuts in a generation, billions of pounds are being spent on divisive plans to expand grammars and free schools.
"This extra £7 billion of funding would ensure no school and no child loses out."
The Conservatives said Labour had already committed the corporation tax rise to other projects.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke said Labour's announcement was "just made-up promises on the back of nonsensical spending plans".
He added: "The Lib Dems are no better and won't even tell people about the tax rises they would bring in."
As education is a devolved matter, the pledges relate to England only, and the amount Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland receives would be determined by the funding formula.
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Theresa May has vowed to end the "injustice" of rising energy costs by including a cap in the Conservative general election manifesto.
The PM said the energy market "is not working", with vulnerable people worst hit by "rip-off" bills.
Industry figures have criticised the plan, first announced last month, saying it could lead to higher prices.
Labour, which offered its own bill cap ahead of the 2015 election, accused the Tories of "desperate stuff".
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It challenged the Tories to guarantee bills would not rise next year under a Conservative government.
Under the Conservative proposal, industry watchdog Ofgem would set a cap for the default standard variable tariffs, which are often criticised as bad deals for consumers by industry watchdogs.
"Like millions of working families, I am fed up with rip-off energy prices," Mrs May wrote in The Sun.
"Gas and electricity bills only ever seem to go in one direction, eating up more and more of your monthly pay packet."
The PM said five of the "big six" energy companies had recently raised prices while their profit margins hit "record levels".
'Re-announcing'
She added: "And it is the vulnerable, and those on low incomes, who are being hit hardest.
"It is clear to me that the energy market is not working for ordinary working families. Too many people simply aren't getting a fair deal."
British Gas owner Centrica said it did not believe in "any form of price regulation".
In a trading update, the firm said: "Evidence from other countries would suggest this will lead to reduced competition and choice, and potentially higher average prices."
According to Citizens Advice, about 800,000 of the poorest pensioners and 1.5 million low-income families with children are on standard variable tariffs.
These households are paying an average of £141 more a year for a dual fuel gas and electricity bill than if they were on the cheapest deal, it said.
Last year, the Competition and Markets Authority recommended a cap on pre-paid energy bills - a measure that was introduced last month - but decided that to extend this to all standard variable customers would "run excessive risks of undermining the competitive process - notably by reducing the incentives of customers to engage and increasing regulatory risk - likely resulting in worse outcomes for customers in the long run".
Under former leader Ed Miliband, Labour went into the 2015 general election promising to freeze energy bills, saying they would be able to fall but not rise.
Responding to the Tories' latest comments, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rebecca Long-Bailey said: "This is desperate stuff from the Tories, re-announcing something they tried to get a headline for just a fortnight ago. But just as when they announced it last time, there's still no proper detail nor any real commitment to helping working people.
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"When the Tories say they'll 'cap' bills, the question they need to answer is whether they can guarantee bills won't go up for people next year - that's the real test. A cap suggests a maximum amount that can be charged, not a promise that bills won't go up year on year."
Lib Dem former energy secretary Ed Davey said: "It is never a good idea to copy the economic strategy of Ed Miliband. As the Conservatives pointed out at the time, this will damage investment in energy when it is needed more than ever."
The main parties have yet to publish their full manifestos ahead of the 8 June general election.
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The Conservatives will once again promise to cut net migration to the "tens of thousands" in their election manifesto, the BBC understands.
On Sunday, Home Secretary Amber Rudd refused to say whether the pledge - which was in the 2010 and 2015 Tory manifestos - would be repeated.
But the BBC understands it will definitely be in the 2017 manifesto.
The target, set by David Cameron in 2010, has never been met and recent figures put net migration at 273,000.
The Conservative manifesto, setting out the party's policies if it wins 8 June's general election, is expected to be published next week.
Questions had been raised about whether the migration target would be in it after Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said that immigration was "not about putting numbers on it" but about ensuring Britain had the skilled workers it needed.
Asked whether she agreed with her colleague, Ms Rudd told BBC Radio 5 live's Pienaar's Politics: "It's too early to say.
"I appreciate you want to push me on this but we are going to have to wait until the manifesto comes out."
'Lot to work through'
Pressed on the issue again, she added: "That's why we're having a new manifesto. It's not going to be identical to the last one.
"We're setting it out for hopefully for a five-year term. We've got a lot to think through to work out what's the best way to deliver on our priorities."
She added: "My personal view is, we need to continue to bring immigration down.
"I want to make sure that we do it in a way that supports businesses - you know we're ending freedom of movement when we leaving the European Union.
"So the situation from that time the [2015] manifesto... has changed because we're leaving the European Union, so it's right that we look at it again."
Net migration is the difference between the number of people arriving into and leaving the UK.
BBC political correspondent Ben Wright said he understood that the "tens of thousands" target would definitely be in the 2017 manifesto.
Speaking on a campaign visit last month, Theresa May, who was Ms Rudd's predecessor as home secretary, told the BBC: "We want to see sustainable net migration in this country.
"I believe that sustainable net migration is in the tens of thousands."
The Conservatives have promised new migration controls after the UK leaves the EU, when freedom of movement rules will no longer apply, but they have yet to set out the precise model they would adopt.
Brexit 'back slide'
Labour says it accepts that the principle of the free movement of people - which EU leaders say goes hand-in-hand with single market membership - would have to end after Brexit.
But shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said new immigration controls should not be the "overarching priority" as the UK leaves.
UKIP has said that Mrs May's failure to reduce net migration to under 100,000 while she was home secretary suggests that she could yet "back slide" on delivering Brexit.
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The home secretary has refused to say whether the Conservative manifesto will repeat their 2015 pledge to cut net migration to the "tens of thousands".
Amber Rudd told the BBC the manifesto was "not going to be identical to the last one" and said things had changed since 2015 because of Brexit.
The target, set by David Cameron in 2010, has never been met and recent figures put net migration at 273,000.
The PM indicated in April that she would stick with the aim.
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Speaking on a campaign visit last month, Theresa May, who was Ms Rudd's predecessor as home secretary, told the BBC: "We want to see sustainable net migration in this country."
"I believe that sustainable net migration is in the tens of thousands."
Questions had been raised about whether the commitment would feature in the Conservative manifesto after Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said that immigration was "not about putting numbers on it" but about ensuring Britain had the skilled workers it needed.
Asked whether she agreed with her colleague, Ms Rudd told BBC Radio 5live's Pienaar's Politics: "It's too early to say. I appreciate you want to push me on this but we are going to have to wait until the manifesto comes out."
Pressed on the issue again, she added: "That's why we're having a new manifesto. It's not going to be identical to the last one.
"We're setting it out for hopefully for a five year term, we've got a lot to think through to work out what's the best way to deliver on our priorities."
She added: "My personal view is, we need to continue to bring immigration down. I want to make sure that we do it in a way that supports businesses, you know we're ending freedom of movement when we leaving the European Union.
"So the situation from that time the [2015] manifesto... has changed because we're leaving the European Union, so it's right that we look at it again."
Ms Rudd also played down the potential impact of excluding students from net migration figures, saying: "It's a complete red herring to talk about taking students out of those numbers and it making a big impact."
This was because, in theory, roughly the same numbers of students should be leaving the UK at the end of their courses as are arriving each year.
Official figures out last month show EU migrants make up more than one in 10 manufacturing sector workers in the UK.
The government has promised new migration controls after the UK leaves the EU, when freedom of movement rules will no longer apply, but it has yet to set out the precise model it will adopt.
Labour says it accepts that the principle of the free movement of people - which EU leaders say goes hand-in-hand with single market membership - would have to end after Brexit.
But shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said new immigration controls should not be the "overarching priority" as the UK leaves.
UKIP has said that Mrs May's failure to reduce net migration to less than 100,000 while she was home secretary suggests that she could yet "back slide" on delivering Brexit.
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Labour is pledging not to raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000 a year as part of a "personal tax guarantee" for 95% of taxpayers.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell will vow to protect low and middle earners by also ruling out rises in VAT and employee national insurance rates.
But he will say the top 5% of earners will pay more to fund public services.
The Tories, who have also ruled out a rise in VAT, say there is a £45bn black hole in Labour's tax proposals.
Theresa May has said she has "no plans" to raise other taxes after the election. But she has so far declined to say whether a manifesto pledge not to raise direct taxes ahead of the 2015 election will be retained this time around.
Chancellor Philip Hammond appeared to distance himself from the commitment when he said recently that "greater flexibility" would be needed in future to pay down the deficit and reduce levels of debt.
After a poor showing in Thursday's council elections, Labour has admitted that it faces a "historic" challenge to win the snap election on 8 June but Mr McDonnell has urged the party to "come out fighting".
In a major speech on Sunday, he will argue Labour is on the side of working families and seek to reassure middle earners about his plans. At the same time, he will accuse his opponents of keeping people "in the dark" about their own intentions.
If Labour wins power, he says 95% of taxpayers will see no rise in their overall tax burden until 2022 by ruling out increases to the standard 20% rate of VAT, personal national insurance contributions and income tax rates for those earning under £80,000.
However, he will say those earning more than £80,000 will have to pay more, without giving specific details. At the moment, those earning more than £150,000 pay 45% tax on earnings above that level.
"The choice at this election is very clear on tax as there is currently only one party which is committing not to raise taxes on middle and low earners," he will say.
"The Labour Party is now the party of low taxes for middle and low earners while the Tories are the party of tax handouts for the super-rich and big corporations."
'Run and hide'
Mr McDonnell, who has already signalled he would reverse cuts to capital gains tax, corporation tax and inheritance tax in the 2016 Budget, will contrast the certainty around Labour's plans with what he says is obfuscation from the Conservatives.
"Every time Theresa May and the Conservatives are asked whether they are planning tax increases if they are re-elected on 8 June, they run and hide," he will say.
"The Tories are hoping that the British people can be kept in the dark about what the tax increases they are planning will mean for those on middle and low incomes, who have had to bear the brunt of seven years of austerity."
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In early skirmishes over Labour's tax plans, Mr McDonnell has accused the Conservatives of telling lies.
Labour's spending commitments include recruiting 10,000 new police officers, giving NHS workers a pay rise of more than 1%, reinstating training bursaries for student nurses, bringing back the educational maintenance and carers allowances and restoring student grants.
The majority of these, it says, will be covered by the reversal of cuts to corporation, capital gains and inheritance taxes.
But its plans to boost police numbers were thrown into confusion last week when shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said in an interview that they would cost £300,000. The party later clarified that she had meant to say £300m a year by 2020.
The Conservatives are not expected to confirm their own plans until their manifesto launch later this month.
Mr Hammond was forced to abandon proposals in March's Budget to increase national insurance contributions for the self-employed following a Tory rebellion, with MPs claiming the move breached its 2015 manifesto.
'Gaping holes'
During the coalition years, the focus of Conservative policy was steady increases in the personal tax allowance, the point at which people start paying income tax. The threshold rose to £11,500 last month and is due to increase to £12,000 by 2020.
After winning the 2015 election, the Conservatives also raised the level at which people start paying income tax at 40% - which has now reached £45,000 - to address the growing number of middle earners being pulled into the higher-rate bracket.
The Taxpayers Alliance campaign group said Labour's plans "sounded good" but there were "gaping holes" which could potentially allow it to increase employers' national insurance contributions and VAT on zero-rated items such as medicines.
Raising income tax for those earning more than £80,000 would require "very significant" changes to tax thresholds, it said.
"A better way for the parties to demonstrate they are on the side of taxpayers would be to pledge to cut the overall tax burden and leave more money in the pockets of those who earned it," said its chief executive John O'Connell.
For the Conservatives, Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke said: "Jeremy Corbyn will have to raise taxes because his nonsensical economic ideas don't add up and he'll make a mess of the Brexit negotiations.
The Lib Dems have pledged to put 1p on income tax to pay for increased health spending.
Treasury spokesman Susan Kramer said: "John McDonnell has no credible plan for the future of our economy and no guarantee to employers that they won't be hit with a jobs tax."
The show will go on when the Duke of Edinburgh steps down from public duties as other royal family members take on his roles, the Earl of Wessex says.
But Prince Edward, the first royal to publicly comment about the decision, said the 95-year-old will not be "disappearing into the background".
Prince Edward added: "It was a surprise, but not really a surprise."
He said Prince Philip "just proved that it might be possible to retire, which is quite good for the rest of us".
The duke, who turns 96 in June, will retire from royal duties in the autumn after more than 65 years supporting the Queen.
He will attend scheduled engagements between now and August but will not accept new invitations.
The prince said: "Although having for many years said it is a job from which you can't retire, he's just proved that it might be possible to retire, which is quite good for the rest of us.
"But at the end of the day you still have to do what is sensible and practical and as we all know from my father, he's extremely sensible and extremely practical.
"He's taken that decision and we respect that but we are not going to see him disappearing into the background."
'Everyone shuffles around'
The prince was asked if other members of the royal family would now be supporting the Queen.
"It is always a team effort and that's we do, and the show goes on," he replied.
"If an actor retires from a show, guess what? The show goes on and everybody shuffles around and we all fill in the spaces and keep it all going. That's what we will do... We support each other."
The Duke of Edinburgh
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70
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110 days of engagements in 2016
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785 organisations have him as patron, president or member
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4 million people have taken part in Duke of Edinburgh Awards
The duke carried out 110 days of engagements in 2016, making him the fifth busiest member of the royal family, according to Court Circular listings.
He is patron, president or a member of more than 780 organisations and will continue to be associated with them, but "will no longer play an active role by attending engagements", Buckingham Palace said in its announcement on Thursday.
The prince said: "The great thing about my father is that nobody's ever forgotten meeting him.
"So they've all got their stories and wherever he's been, wherever in the world, people still remember him and will continue to remember him and you can't get a better accolade than that."