Brexit news: Latest updates at 7am as Farage calls on Tories to withdraw some of its General Election candidates
HERE is your daily briefing on all the General Election and Brexit news from the past 12 hours.
Each of the major parties has pledged more help for communities hit by floods in England, a debate between the chancellor and shadow chancellor has been postponed, and Nigel Farage has called on the Conservative Party to withdraw some of its election candidates.
More help for flood-hit communities
The government has announced additional support for communities hit by heavy flooding in the north of England.
Speaking after a meeting of emergency committee Cobra today, the prime minister said the floods were an "absolute tragedy".
He announced measures including an extra 100 army personnel to be sent to South Yorkshire, up to £2,500 for small and medium-sized businesses that have been affected but are not covered by insurance, and extra funding for local councils.
Jeremy Corbyn today said that a Labour government would spend £5.6bn on flood defences over the next ten years.
"It's clear to me it's not a Leave majority in parliament they want, it's just a Tory one."
Speaking after Farage's original announcement, Tory Party chairman James Cleverly said there remained a risk that "the Brexit Party standing in currently Labour or Lib Dem-held seats might actually prevent" the Conservative Party being able to deliver Brexit.
Meanwhile, Tim Walker, the Liberal Democrat candidate in the marginal seat of Canterbury, has announced he will stand aside to avoid splitting the Remain vote with Labour candidate Rosie Duffield.
'Stop Brexit!' man to stand for Lib Dems
Steve Bray, better known as the Stop Brexit man, has announced he is to stand as a candidate for the Liberal Democrats.
Bray, a rare coins dealer from Port Talbot, has become a familiar fixture in Westminster, and is often heard shouting "Stop Brexit!" through a megaphone in the background of news programmes broadcast from outside parliament.
He has now been selected as the candidate in the Cynon Valley constituency in the south of Wales.
The seat has long been held by Labour MP Ann Clwyd, who announced last week that she would be standing down after 35 years in parliament.
Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson said that Bray "cannot be accused of not being committed to his cause".
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