Boris Johnson has made a series of claims about immigration and knife crime picked apart by fact checkers, and said there was “no evidence” of Russian interference in the UK. He also shut down questions about his family in testy BBC interviews.

He has also earmarked £50m for the rejuvenation of railways closed under the Beeching cuts of the 1960s - however figures in the rail sector are unconvinced by the amount pledged

It comes as Labour promises to nationalise part of BT and deliver free broadband for all the country if elected, with Jeremy Corbyn set to reveal more as he campaigns in the north-west today.