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UK: Midday General Election Update:
- Poor NHS figures provide difficult backdrop to Conservatives' day that they
hoped to have focused on their migration policy. 
- Labour's policy on 2nd Scottish indy ref changes. Yesterday Lab said wouldn't
happen in 1st term, this has changed to not in 1st 2 years. Corbyn also promises
to close gender pay gap by 2030.
- Brexit Party confirms it will stand candidates in Labour seats despite Con
pleads not to in order to avoid splitting Leave vote. 
- Leading pollster Sir John Curtice: "The chances of a Labour majority are as
close to zero as it is possible to be."
- Last 24 hrs opinion polling: 
-- ComRes: CON: 40% (+3) LAB: 30% (+1) LDEM: 16% (-1) BREX: 7% (-2) GRN: 3% (-)
-- Kantar: CON: 37% (-2) LAB: 27% (+2) LDEM: 17% (-1) BREX: 9% (+1)
-- LucidTalk (NI): DUP:28%(-1) SF:24%(-1) ALL:16%(-5) SDLP:14%(+6) UUP:9%(=) 
- Latest betting probabilities (Betfair): Con Maj 61.2%, No Overall Majority
35.8%, Lab Maj 3.0%. Yesterday: Con 60.4%, NOM 36.9%, Lab 3.0%

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