Parliament has dissolved and the general election campaign is now officially under way. Boris Johnson will see the Queen at Buckingham Palace later to mark the start of the five-week race. His Conservative Party is also launching its campaign, promising to "get Brexit done".

Mr Johnson, writing in the Daily Telegraph, likened the UK to a "supercar blocked in the traffic" by Brexit and promised to get the country "out of our rut".

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will later pledge to end in-work poverty and food bank use within five years. He will also promise to be a "very different kind of prime minister".

The Green Party is also launching its campaign, promising £100bn a year for a decade in an effort to tackle climate change. "Some things are even bigger than Brexit," co-leader Sian Berry will say later.

So how is the campaign looking? BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg offers her take.

Also, try our really simple guide to the election.

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Senior police officers have raised serious concerns over the activities of these vigilante groups. Read the full story here.

Plus, one paedophile hunter explains why he does it.

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