If you thought the holiday occasion would dampen political spirits you'd have been wrong - here's the main stories we covered/followed up today:

• The parties clashed over tax policy , with Labour challenging the Tories to rule out a reduction in the top rate of income tax, and the Lib Dems accusing the Conservatives of taking undue credit for a rise in the personal allowance
• Party leaders used their Easter messages to condemn the persecution of Christians around the world
• George Osborne has warned of an "unholy alliance" between the SNP and Labour
• And new rules to pensions coming into force from midnight were hailed by the Chancellor as a "revolution"

We've already glanced at some of the stories set to feature on the news bulletins tomorrow - and you can be sure we'll be bringing you all the developments and reaction as it happens. Join us tomorrow at 06:00 GMT for another day on the campaign trail.

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A guest appearance in our paper preview from American tabloid the New York Post, which has mocked up its own idea of how former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg would look if - as reported in the Sunday Times - he were to entertain standing to be mayor of London in 2016. It's unclear how running London would work with a simultaneous career as a member of the Queen's Guard. Via the Sunday Times' Sarah Baxter, external:

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The Independent

Tomorrow's Independent carries an interview with Danny Alexander, external, the Lib Dem chief secretary to the Treasury, in which he claims that during policy discussions in 2012 a senior Conservative minister - whom Mr Alexander doesn't name - told him: "You take care of the workers and we’ll take care of the bosses." Mr Alexander claims this "really spelt out where their priorities lay", in terms of trying to push through tax cuts for higher earners.

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The BBC's UKIP campaign correspondent Robin Brant has created an innovative report on Nigel Farage's activities yesterday in Margate. Click here, external to have Robin guide you through the story.

The Guardian

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In The Guardian, Zoe Williams says, external the flurry of commentary about what Nicola Sturgeon might or might not have said to the French ambassador displays the "nasty machinations" of Westminster at its worst: "When credulity pushes past reality into believing any damned thing you want to believe, the system suffers as a whole. It’s time for a new politics."

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The Press Association has a list of the estimated time each constituency, external will be declaring its result on the late night/early morning of 7/8 May. But we know you'll be sticking with the BBC's coverage all the way until every seat has been called, not just your own. Last time the coalition was formed after five days of bargaining - so if history repeats itself, we'll forgive you a few hours of sleep.

Yesterday Labour wheeled out a host of famous faces to endorse the party, including Ben Elton, Eddie Izzard and Martin Freeman. But there's one star they haven't persuaded. Despite once donating £25,000 to the Labour Party, it appears Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall will not be casting a ballot for Ed Miliband's party in May. The Sun reports that he told guests at a London bash that if he had to vote, he would vote for "the coalition".On Labour, he allegedly said: "The stuff they're coming out with, this cap on profit. The freeze. It's just mad. It will not work."

And that headline should be taken literally. Buzzfeed's Alan White reports on, external the debunking of a picture which purported to show Nigel Farage dressed - and acting - like a punk in 1983. It's a fake, but we know you want to see it anyway:

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Scottish Secretary Alastair Carmichael has confirmed the leaked memo which recounts the details of a meeting between Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the French ambassador was written in the Scotland Office - not the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The memo alleges that Ms Sturgeon told the ambassador she would prefer David Cameron to Ed Miliband as prime minister - something she fiercely denies ever saying.

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The Independent

In today's Independent on Sunday, John Rentoul has an informative graphic, external showing where party policies overlap, and therefore what we might expect from different variants of another coalition government.

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How do you out-cute a PM feeding a baby lamb? presumably EdM now has to rescue an ickle kitten stuck up a tree, while Clegg gets a puppy.

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Not sure about Nigel Farage. I can more imagine him cheerfully tucking into an Easter lamb, tbh.