General Election Midday Summary: - Labour........>

UK: General Election Midday Summary:

- Labour grabs the headlines with announcement they will re-nationalise parts of

BT if they win a majority. Strongly criticised by industry representatives as

unaffordable and risky for broadband provision. But, policy is popular with

public and Lab say will be paid for by tax on tech giants.  

- PM Johnson has faced public grilling in radio phone-in and morning BBC

interview. Conservatives pledge business rate cuts for small companies.

- Brexit Party maintain claims senior Cons offered BXP candidates positions in

exchange for standing down. BXP not standing in Dudley North or Canterbury, 2

Lab-held Con targets after withdrawal of candidates late yesterday. 

- Last 24hrs Opinion Polling:

-- YouGov (by socioeconomic class): Middle class: Con 38%, Lab 29%, LDem 19%,

BXP 3%. Working class: Con 47%, Lab 27%, LDem 9%, BXP 5%

- Latest Political Betting Probabilities (Betfair): Conservative maj 60.2%,

Labour minority 15.9%, Con minority 8.7%, Lab/LD/SNP 4.0%. Yesterday: Con maj

61.2%, Lab min 14.7%, Con min 8.9%, Lab/LD/SNP 5.1%.