General election: Labour unveil £1bn Sure Start plan as Tories pledge 50 million more GP slots news.sky.com

Parties will make pledges on improving childcare and the NHS as they hit the road on day four of general election campaigning.

Labour is unveiling plans for 1,000 new Sure Start centers and more free childcare while the Conservatives are promising to create 50 million more GP appointments every year.

Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner is joining Jeremy Corbyn to announce a Labour pledge to spend £1bn on the new Sure Start centers – which offer support to parents of young children in disadvantaged areas – and expand free childcare to 30 hours a week for all two, three and four-year-olds.