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Hello, I'm Sophie Rayworth. Welcome to your election headlines with one story dominating.

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The BBC has learned that the Conservative Director of Campaigning

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is being looked into over allegations about betting on the date of the general election.

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Tony Lee is married to a Tory candidate, Laura Saunders,

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who is also the subject of inquiries by the gambling commission.

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Here's the political reaction

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It's quite properly, being investigated now. How does it look?

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Well, as I say, you and others looking at this will,

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I'm sure be doing much more than just raising an eyebrow.

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If it was one of my candidates, they'd be gone,

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and their feet would not have touched the floor.

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There's a wider point here that you touch on,

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which is we've now had 14 years of chaos of division of politics,

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being about self-entitlement,

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and politics needs to be about service about public service.

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We think there should be a cabinet office, inquiry,

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I think the gambling commission will rightly look at this.

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And I hope they come down heavy on those people.

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Time now for two manifesto launches, first, the Scottish greens.

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They're pledging to introduce a wealth tax on the richest people in the UK,

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an end to oil and gas companies being able to advertise,

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and a stop on all subsidies for fossil fuels.

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The Cross Community Alliance party launched its Manifesto in Belfast.

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It's contesting all 18 seats in Northern Ireland.

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Alliance is pushing for reform of the Devol government, including

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including changing how the assembly votes on contentious issues.

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And if you want to see how the parties are fairing in the polls,

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we have a dedicated poll tracker on our website.

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Head to bbc.co.uk/alltracker for all you need to know.

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Those are your election headlines for Thursday, June 20th.