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Giving a free breakfast to every primary school child in England could cost more than treble the £60m the Conservatives have set aside for it, academics say.

A Conservative Party spokesman said the original costing was based on a 25% take-up rate - as not all children would be expected to take part - and that the plan was a cost-effective way to improve education and health results for pupils.

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91Èȱ¬ News Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith says the UKIP campaign launch - with leader Paul Nuttall - will aim to woo back supporters:

• Net long-term international migration was estimated to be +248,000 in 2016, down 84,000 from 2015 (statistically significant); immigration was estimated to be 588,000 and emigration 339,000.
• The net migration change was driven by a statistically significant increase in emigration up 40,000 from 2015, mainly EU citizens (117,000, up 31,000 from 2015) and a decrease of 43,000 in immigration (not statistically significant).
• EU8 (countries which joined in 2004 such as Poland) citizens have partly driven the changes with a fall in immigration (down 25,000) to 48,000 and a rise in emigration (up 16,000) to 43,000 in 2016 (both statistically significant changes); this resulted in the smallest net migration estimate (+5,000) for the EU8 since joining the EU in 2004.
• Work remains the most common reason for international migration with 275,000 people immigrating to work in 2016 (down 33,000 from 2015 (not statistically significant); the majority (180,000) had a definite job (similar to 2015) but fewer people immigrated looking for work (95,000, a statistically significant decrease of 35,000 from 2015).
• Long-term immigration to study (136,000 in 2016) saw a statistically significant decrease of 32,000 from 2015, this largely reflects a decrease reported ; however, the number of visas issued over the same period to non-EU students for 12 months or more was 141,248, a rise of 3%.
• In 2016 more people were emigrating with a definite job (116,000) than in 2015 (up 17,000, statistically significant); the estimated number of non-British citizens going home to live increased from 29,000 to 52,000 in 2016, this was largely driven by EU citizens, an increase of 21,000 to 43,000, of who around half were EU8 citizens (all statistically significant increases).
• A total of 9,634 people were granted asylum or an alternative form of protection in the year ending (YE) March 2017, a grant rate of 32%. In addition, 5,453 people were granted humanitarian protection under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme in the year ending March 2017.

The latest net migration figures for the UK - for 2016 - are down by 84,000.

Net long-term international migration to the UK was estimated to be 248,000 in 2016, a "statistically significant" fall of 84,000 compared with 2015, official figures show.

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Labour's Lord Blunkett said he did not want to "make party political" points while election campaigning was suspended - but did argue that current Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPims) "are not adequate".

to replace control orders, which were much more restrictive and had faced much criticism.

We "need to debate such issues" in the general election campaign, the former home secretary told Today.

The government's Cobra emergency committee is to meet soon - its fourth meeting since the Manchester attack.

Prime Minister Theresa May will chair it before heading for the Nato summit in Brussels.

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Former Labour 91Èȱ¬ Secretary Lord Blunkett has spoken to Today about the decision to deploy troops to back up armed police, after the terrorism threat level was raised to "critical".

Lord Blunkett, who was 91Èȱ¬ Secretary when troops and tanks were deployed at Heathrow airport in the run-up to the Iraq War in 2003, said: "You should use military personnel very sparingly indeed in a democracy."

He said he had "no problem with the military outside Buckingham Palace" but would have a problem if for the FA Cup final.

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Also in his Today programme interview, the leader of UKIP said the party had now become the "guard dogs of Brexit".

Paul Nuttall said his party would act as an insurance policy for Brexit and could put pressure on the prime minister during negotiations to leave the EU.

When questioned on the drop in support for UKIP, Mr Nuttall said his party had "won the war" and now they had to "win the peace".

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A minute's silence will be held across the UK at 11 o'clock this morning, to remember the 22 people who died in the bomb attack in Manchester, the dozens injured and all those affected.

Politicians suspended their election campaigns immediately after the attack.

The Conservatives, Labour, Greens and the SNP say they will restart low-key local campaigning today, before resuming national events tomorrow.

A spokesman for the Conservatives said:

Welcome back to live coverage as election campaigning resumes following Monday night's bomb attack in Manchester.

The majority of the main parties will return to national campaigning on Friday, though local campaigning is expected during Thursday.

The exception to this is UKIP, who will launch their manifesto shortly.

Leader Paul Nuttall has said the democratic process "must continue" and told the Today programme earlier: