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The Reform UK leader said: “I led UKIP for years and we didn’t have parliamentary candidates that caused these problems. Reform is a start-up and it’s suffering from some start-up problems."

Mr Farage also said: “I think for us and the Greens fielding over 600 candidates was a very, very difficult thing to do with a snap election.” He added: “I got a London vetting company involved, but they didn’t do the job.

“Of course, there are going to be teething problems along the way, but it’s not reflective of what I stand for, what the leading people in the party stand for.”

According to reports, the Green Party faced allegations of antisemitism early in the campaign, which party leaders probed. 

Farage also responded to suspended Reform UK candidate Georgie David by saying “she wouldn’t know” if “the vast majority of candidates are indeed racist, misogynistic, and bigoted” in Reform UK. 

Lord Ricketts, Britain's first National Security Advisor (NSA), has told LBC's Tonight with Andrew Marr: "All Prime Ministers coming in wanting to concentrate on the domestic, thinking that that's what's got them elected and that's what the voters care about - none of them succeed because foreign affairs keeps inviting itself to the party." 

The former NSA said: "Keir Starmer is going to find that that happens very very fast."

Lord Ricketts added: "So his first month, he will spend quite a lot of time on international affairs and he will establish himself as the new guy on the block."

Legal Migration Minister Tom Pursglove has told LBC's Tonight with Andrew Marr: "I think it important to spend time with family but Keir Starmer does tend to say things and then change position and operate in a way that is different to what he's said previously, perhaps this is another of those examples"

He added: "What I can safely say as a junior minister in government, as a constituency MP having served for nine years, there is never really any time when you're off duty."

Legal Migration Minister Tom Pursglove has told LBC's Tonight with Andrew Marr: "I'm worried about anybody not being able to cast their vote at an election."

Mr Pursglove added: "It's an important democratic moment for people of all ages and for people across the country. It is right that ministers are working hard to try and understand the scale of this issue."

The postal workers union is urging the new government to help rebuild the service amid reports of delays in General Election materials arriving by post. 

Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, said: “The current governing party have overseen the outrageous privatisation of Royal Mail, sat in silence as hundreds of millions of pounds went to shareholders and did nothing to stand by workers during recent disputes. 

"It is rich of them to now complain about the service."

The union urged the public to recognise that frontline postal workers were doing their best under “impossible circumstances”, adding: “With 25% of the electorate set to cast their vote by post it shows the service is still relevant – we now need politicians and the incoming government to step up and work with us to rebuild it.”

Sir Keir Starmer has urged Labour activists to "get this over the line" as they prepare for the final day of the General Election campaign. 

Speaking to party members in Staffordshire, Sir Keir said: “The choice is stark, to continue with the same as we’ve had for 14 long years which is not going to change, or to turn the page and start to rebuild our country with Labour.

“So if you want to change, you have to vote for it. Change doesn’t happen unless you vote for it.

“Let’s get this over the line, let’s get that Labour government”, the Labour leader added. 

Reform UK have accused the police of failing to protect their candidates from "attacks and threats" on the campaign trail. 

Steve Rubidge, Reform UK candidate for Truro and Falmouth, said Devon and Cornwall Police had done "nothing" in response to reports of him being attacked and having his campaign material stolen on June 15.

Mr Rubidge said: “This is an injustice and I call on the police to act immediately. Our streets are becoming lawless.”

Reform also claim that their candidate for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend, Janice Richardson, was told by Northumbria Police not to leaflet due to the "potential danger" of a pro-Palestine protest.

Reform UK said: "These incidents are deeply disturbing and suggest a total failure by police to protect people exercising their God-given democratic rights."

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Our flagship program will be led by Andrew Marr and Shelagh Fogarty, with The News Agents' Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall providing expert analysis as results unfold. 

The Labour Leader reportedly received £76,000 worth of entertainment, clothes and other gifts during the last parliament, more than any other MP since 2019. 

This included tickets to more than 20 football matches and recently accepting £16,200 of work clothing from Labour peer and entrepreneur Lord Waheed Ali in April..

As an MP, the Labour leader has to declare gifts, benefits or hospitality with a value of over £300 to the House of Commons register of interests.

Speaking to reporters the Labour leader said: “The system is one where if we take any contribution or donation of any sort that is all set out and declared. And that’s what we’ve done properly on my behalf.”

Sir Keir also took a break from the campaign trail last week to see Taylor Swift in concert, but it is not clear whether those tickets were a gift.