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Armed Forces veterans will qualify for a new Railcard giving a third off the cost of train travel under a majority Conservative government, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced today.

50 million more GP surgery appointments will be created every year under the Conservatives, reducing waiting times and giving more quality care.

Read Boris’s full Downing Street speech as he begins the General Election.

Boris Johnson set out his pitch for the country. Get Brexit done. Focus on our priorities. Unleash Britain’s potential.

We’re holding a general election on 12 December – so we can elect a new Parliament, get Brexit done and let the country move on.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has negotiated a new deal – this is a real Brexit deal which ensures that we take back control.

The Home Office has today confirmed the officer recruitment targets for every police force in England and Wales for the first year of the unprecedented drive to increase their ranks by 20,000 over the next three years.

As Boris Johnson has rightly said, we are coming out of the EU on October 31, come what may. MPs promised to respect the result of the referendum. More people voted to leave than have ever voted for any political party in any general election. Parliament has voted to trigger Article 50.

When Boris Johnson entered Number 10, one of his first acts was to get more money to our education system. That’s why we’re investing £14 billion in schools, including £5,000 for every secondary school pupil by next year and £4,000 for every primary school pupil by 2021-22.

People’s hard work and talents should be rewarded fairly. That has long been a key principle of Conservative government.We have made huge strides in the last few.