Labour surge continues as party gains on Tories

May dealt relatively easily with the audience questions but had a far tougher time when Paxman was let off the leash.

“Theresa May is not only risking the health of some of our youngest children, but she will also create awful inequality in the classroom”, former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said as the party launched a poster campaign on the issue in London.

“Everybody should have the chance to study education for free”, he says, adding that the amount of debt he’s personally racked up nearly put him off going to uni.

“If, in order to address them and do the right thing by the country, it takes being a hard woman, then that’s exactly what I will be”, she said.

And she promised to listen to charities and voters and put a cap on social care costs to the elderly, though she said the level of the cap would be decided only after the election.

“I am not a dictator who tells people what to do, this is a process in our party”.

Corbyn insisted that all of Labour’s manifesto policies had been fully costed and will be funded mainly through raising taxes for the top 5% earners and corporations.

“Among those who voted for the U.K. Independence Party in 2015, a plurality are now clearly defecting to Theresa May and the Conservative Party“, said Matthew Goodwin, professor of politics at the University of Kent.

The Labour leader also refused to say he would block a second independence vote before Brexit is complete if Holyrood passed a motion on the timing, saying only he would “urge them very strongly” to delay it.

Then, in fierce clashes with Jeremy Paxman, Mr Corbyn was asked why he had been unable to get his long-held belief in nuclear disarmament into the Labour manifesto, which backs the renewal of the Trident deterrent system.

Radio presenter Emma Barnett has claimed she’s being abused by Jeremy Corbyn supporters after the Labour leader was hammered on her Woman’s Hour programme.

That could explain the staunchly pro-EU Liberal Democrats’ failure to breakthrough with voters, despite being the only party to call for a new Brexit referendum that could reverse the decision to leave.

“Last night confirmed that only one of us has the determination to deliver the will of the people and make Brexit happen – and only one of us has the plan to make Brexit a success”.

“It’s not just about the numbers of police – people often focus on the numbers of police”.

Mr Corbyn responded: “It does sound correct, and the importance of restoring Sure Start is that this Conservative Government has actually cut a lot of Sure Start centres and closed a lot of them down and has damaged the chances of a lot of children”.

Her governing Conservative Party is “100% committed” to Brexit and has a clear plan to see it through, Mrs.

Ms Rudd also claimed Mrs May had “levelled with people” about the social care reforms.

“I think it’s really important that we recognise this and that we start to do something about it”. She came across as nervous when she was heckled and interrogated by members of the audience. I am ready to go.

As Paxman looked unimpressed, some audience simply laughed at the prime minister’s response.