General Election LIVE: Labour and Conservatives launch election ‘battle’ buses as campaign enters second weekend

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey jumps from a bungee in Eastbourne straight into Zumba on the campaign trail in Wokingham in Berkshire.

His party say they are increasing the number of target seats they're aiming for on Thursday, as they kickstart the final week of campaigning. 

Rishi Sunak says Nigel Farage has not done enough about racism allegations in the Reform party.

Mr Sunak told reporters in Staffordshire: “He’s got some questions to answer. And I think he described the comments as inappropriate last time I heard. They weren’t inappropriate. They were racist and appalling.

“You’ve got now multiple Reform candidates and campaigners openly espousing racist and misogynistic views, seemingly without challenge, tells you something about the culture within the Reform Party.”

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has suggested the UK would become the "soft touch of Europe" on illegal migration under a Labour government.

Defending the Conservative's Rwanda policy, Mr Sunak said illegal migrants "know Rwanda is not somewhere they would like to go, it is a deterrent".

He added: "We’ve had two debates head-to-head and anyone who has watched them will have seen that Keir Starmer just simply can’t answer the question – what would he do with illegal migrants that come to our country. He doesn’t have a plan, I have a plan.”

Home Secretary James Cleverly hit out at Labour's immigration plans on LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast:

Party leaders took to social media reacting to England's last minute win against Slovakia at the Euros.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tweeted "it's not over until it's over", a sentiment he echoed on the campaign today as he said he has not given up on winning the General Election.

Labour leader Keir Starmer said he was "never in doubt", while the Lib Dems' Ed Davey posted "what a comeback!"

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage also took to X, posting a video saying "that was a very good goal". 

Read more here: 'It's not over till it's over!' Sunak seizes on England's win to insist there is still hope for Tories

Rishi Sunak has responded to claims that he was only visiting safe Tory areas because he had given up trying to win.

Mr Sunak said: “Absolutely not. 

“I don’t want Britain to sleepwalk into the danger of what an unchecked Labour government with a supermajority would mean.

“And that means handing Labour a blank cheque that people won’t be able to get back.”

The Prime Minister insisted it was “the right moment” to call a General Election despite anger from fellow Tories about the timing. 

He added: “I said when I got this job, my priority was to deliver economic stability, and that was done. Inflation back to target from 11%, the economy fastest growing in the G7, wages rising, energy bills falling, taxes starting to be cut.

“And that’s why it’s the right moment for the country to decide what future it wants.”

He is campaigning in Staffordshire today.

The Prime Minister has said that multi-year support for Ukraine would be put at risk under Labour.

Rishi Sunak says he will increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP as believes that “you have to have strength to signal to your adversaries that we’re not going anywhere".

He added: "If Keir Starmer is in charge those plans are going to be cut. That’s going to send a signal of weakness to our adversaries and to our allies and crucially will mean that we won’t have the funding to continue providing multi-year support to Ukraine."

Labour has committed to match defence spending, although they have not set a date for when this would happen, promising a strategic defence review within the first year of government to set out a path to the 2.5% increase.

Downing Street have said they are "aware of some concerns around the printing and delivery of postal ballot packs in some local areas."

The Prime Minister's official spokesman has said: "We're working closely with the Electoral Commission returning officers, Royal Mail and the print suppliers to support the resolution of these issues."

They added: "Anyone who hasn’t received their postal ballot yet may want to contact their returning officer or arrange for it to be reissued, or to arrange for an alternative avenue to cast their ballot.”

The poll by Savanta puts Labour on almost half of the vote in the capital, while the Tories are second with 19 per cent.

Read more here: Tories to be ‘all but wiped out’ in London, new dire polling suggests, as elections campaign reach climax

Here's a better look at what was printed on the pillows that Labour handed out to journalists earlier:

In case you missed it, shadow environment secretary Steve Reed was passing out the pillows in the latest campaign move.