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		</div><p>Labour and the Tories will resume their General Election campaigns in earnest as they seek to move on from the political row over the London Bridge terrorist attack.</p>
<p>With just 10 days to go until the polls open in the UK, Jeremy Corbyn will announce plans to slash regulated rail fares in England by a third from next month if his party enters government.</p>
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<p>The Tories, meanwhile, will set out a range of measures to strengthen border security after Brexit including automated entrance and exit checks to identify individuals who have overstayed their visa.</p>
<p>Boris Johnson and Mr Corbyn cancelled some planned campaign events over the weekend after two young people were fatally stabbed by convicted terrorist Usman Khan on Friday.</p>
<p>The British Prime Minister sought to blame Labour for Khan’s early release, while Mr Corbyn said convicted terrorists should “not necessarily” serve their full prison sentence.</p>
<p>The Liberal Democrats criticised both parties for seeking to use the incident as a “political football”.</p>
<p>Moving on from the row, Mr Corbyn will use a visit to a railway station on Monday morning to announce plans to cut regulated rail fares by 33% from January 2020 if he wins the election.</p>
<p>Labour estimates the policy would save the average commuter more than £1,000 a year, and says it would represent the biggest ever reduction in rail fares.</p>
<p>It comes after Britain’s train companies confirmed over the weekend that they will hike prices by an average of 2.7% next year.</p>
<p>Children aged 16 and under would receive free rail travel under the party’s plans, while part time workers would be guaranteed “fair” fares.</p>
<p>Labour has also pledged to deliver a simple, London-style ticketing system across the nation – with “islands” within which zonal rail fares will apply across all modes of public transport.</p>
<p>They estimate that the policy will cost £1.5 billion per year and would come from existing Department for Transport budgets, drawn from vehicle excise duty.</p>
<p>Mr Johnson will visit a port on Monday as his party unveils a five-point plan to strengthen border security after Brexit.</p>
<p>People will be counted in and out of the country as part of the proposals which would also make biometric passports a requirement and see the introduction of an American-style visa waiver scheme.</p>
<p>The party hopes the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) would provide an enhanced ability to screen arrivals against watchlists and block those deemed to be a threat from entering the UK.</p>
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<p>Elsewhere on the campaign trail, the Liberal Democrats have pledged to invest an additional £11 billion over five years into transforming mental health services.</p>
<p>The party said it would make prescriptions for people with chronic mental health conditions available for free on the NHS among a raft of measures to improve services.</p>
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