General election 2017: Boris Johnson 'understands reservations' about social care plan – live updates

All the day’s campaign news as Conservative ministers are wheeled out to defend the manifesto and Jeremy Corbyn seeks to shore up support among older voters 3.45pm BSTThat’s your lot today. Here’s a summary: 3.28pm BSTLabour is fighting to halt a slide in its traditionally rock-solid minority ethnic vote which threatens to cost it even more seats, according to a new study, writes Vikram Dodd. The survey by the non-party Operation Black Vote says: “Black minority ethnic [B