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Jacob Jarvis, Harriet Brewis

UK General election polls LIVE: Party leaders accused of politicising London Bridge attack as they return to campaigning

Boris Johnson boards a patrol boat at the docks in Southampton (Picture: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The leaders of the main parties have been sharply criticised for "politicising" the London Bridge terror attack in the run up to the General Election.

Following a series of heated changes over the weekend involving Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, Dame Louise Casey - a former government adviser on community cohesion - said both sides were oversimplifying the issue.

"What happened over the weekend, the politicisation of this - Jeremy Corbyn saying this is all about austerity and today saying it's all about the Iraq War, and Boris Johnson saying this is about being tough on crime and longer prison sentences - the truth is these things are much more difficult," she told BBC Radio 4's The World at One.

Mr Johnson said this afternoon said he feels a "huge amount of sympathy" for the family of former University of Cambridge students Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, who died in the attack.

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