Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell was on the election campaign trail in Bitterne Precinct on Tuesday afternoon. Read more to hear him speaking about his party's prospects in the Itchen constituency.

He said he thought the party would be naming their Itchen constituency candidate “most probably early next week”. You can hear our brief interview with him talking about his party's prospects in Itchen using the player below.

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We hope to bring you news of various parties' campaigns as the general electioin date draws closer.
• Who will our Itchen general election candidates be?