General election: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn to meet in final TV head-to-head debate – live news

A Conservative candidate has said disabled people should be paid less as “they don’t understand money”.

Sally-Ann Hart, the candidate for Hastings and Rye, was met with hostility from an audience and she defended sharing an article that suggested paying disabled people less.

On EU citizens being able to vote in a potential future Brexit referendum, Long-Bailey added: “I think it’s right.”

She said: “I think it’s fair to ensure that those people have the opportunity to vote over their future, because essentially this isn’t just about the future of people who were born here, it’s about the future of people who contribute to our economy and have done for a very, very long time.”

Rebecca-Long Bailey also discussed the Jewish Labour Movement’s submission to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), saying that some of the comments in it were “shocking”.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Long-Bailey said: “I haven’t looked at it, no. I’ve certainly seen media reports.

“And what I’d say is, I mean some of the comments that I’ve seen in the press have been absolutely shocking and the Labour party would never under any circumstances condone any antisemitic behaviour in the way that’s been outlined in that report.”

She added that the Labour party “did not deal with the problem quickly enough when it was first presented” but that now they have “sped up our processes” and have a “more robust regime” in place.

Long-Bailey continued: “Some of the comments that I’ve certainly read about the way members have been treated, it’s absolutely horrifying, and if they’ve been treated that way by members of the Labour party then people who were in the Labour party certainly shouldn’t be members of the Labour party – it’s as simple as that.”

She added: “But there’s still further to go, and as a party who’s been proud to stand up against racism and antisemitism and all forms of discrimination, we want to have the gold standard. And that’s why it’s important to listen and look at the report and the comments that have been made and to very, very carefully consider and act upon any recommendations that the EHRC make.”

Labour’s Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow business secretary, spoke on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. She said: “Many businesses need support … before they have made their profits and don’t feel they receive that support.”

Long-Bailey said Labour had released a 20-point plan to reform the business rates system to make it “fairer for smaller businesses to operate.” She added: “We will scrap quarterly reporting for companies with a turnover under £85,000.”

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Michael Gove has said allowing EU citizens to vote in another Brexit referendum would go against the principle of democratic fairness. Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, he said:

There’s a basic principle of democratic fairness. It is the case that EU nationals don’t vote, have never voted, in general elections, and therefore don’t vote, have never voted in referendums like the Brexit referendum – and, therefore, we just think it would be unfair.

It’s a bit like a rugby league final, 13 players on either side. If one team suddenly said we’re going to play rugby union instead and bring two extra players on to the field, that simply wouldn’t be fair.

He added that he understands Labour’s argument but that it is “fundamentally an assault on the basic democratic principle”.

What makes it worse, I think, to fair-minded observers is the idea that the referendum next time round, if the Labour party were to come into power, would be run according to different rules, and rules that every objective observer says would be more likely to favour remain.

Nick Robinson, who will lead a head-to-head TV debate between Corbyn and Johnson, said on Radio 4’s Today programme.

“Debates can be frustrating, interviews are limiting … Let’s hope [politicians] do more interviews next week.” He said head-to-heads such as this “let us see the two men most likely to be in Downing Street … properly debate”.

• A lot of the newspapers today lead on a dossier on antisemitism in the Labour party. The Jewish Labour Movement’s submission to the Equality and Human Rights Commission – which is investigating the party – was leaked.
• Jon Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, gave up his place on the BBC Question Time panel last night after it was pointed out that it would be an all-male panel. Anneliese Dodds took up the position instead.
• The Brexit party leader, Nigel Farage, has said four politicians who quit to back the Conservatives had been plotting against him ever since Johnson took over as leader. He pointed out that Annunziata Rees-Mogg was related to cabinet minister Jacob, and claimed another of the defectors was a “personal friend” of the prime minister.
• The broadcaster Andrew Neil laid out a challenge for Boris Johnson to commit to an interview with him. He said: “It is not too late. We have an interview prepared. Oven-ready, as Mr Johnson likes to say.”

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