Summary

  • Labour would abolish non-dom tax status for wealthy people who earn most of their money overseas, Ed Miliband is to announce

  • Nicola Sturgeon says the SNP would help make Ed Miliband prime minister as Scotland's political leaders hold a live TV debate

  • One hundred young voters grill politicians in a live debate on BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat

  • Tony Blair attacks David Cameron's plans to hold an in-out EU referendum

  • There are 30 days to go until the general election on 7 May

Live Reporting

Kristiina Cooper, Rob Corp and Anna Doble

  1. Pic: Penny for them?

    Nick Clegg, deep in thought, travelling to the north west of England.

    Nick CleggPA

  2. Blair on Miliband

    Tony Blair and Ed MilibandAFP

    Tony Blair heaps praise on Ed Miliband for not offering a similar "sop" to Labour eurosceptics. "It is greatly to Ed Miliband's credit that he resolutely refused to make that trade... in doing so he showed real leadership," he says. And then follows a comment that some might conclude says a lot more about Mr Blair's broader view of Mr Miliband.

    He's his own man with his own convictions, determined to follow them even when they go against the tide, and I respect that."

  3. Tom McTague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor

    ‏@TomMcTague

    tweets:

    Blair still got it. But he basically just said Britain needs to join the Euro in the long term to protect the City of London.

  4. Blair on Cameron

    The "oddest thing of all", Tony Blair says about the referendum, is that David Cameron doesn't really believe the UK should leave Europe. He says the Conservative leader was offering a "sop" to his opponents. But this issue is "too important to be treated like this", Mr Blair argues.

  5. #My First Election

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    5 live is continuing its “My First Election” series, the latest being with Steve the plasterer. It looks at individual voters and the issues concerning them. Listen to all of the station's coverage here.

    Steve the plasterer

  6. From Scotland to Europe

    No voters after the independence referendumPA

    Turning to the SNP, Tony Blair warns that "nationalism is a powerful sentiment". He says "reason alone struggles" when dealing with such a powerful force. The same risks apply to Europe, he says. The prime minister would have "more sleepless nights about it" than any other decision. "He knows the vastness of the decision, he knows the penalty of failure, he knows exit will define his legacy. And following the Scottish referendum he knows one thing: The perilous fragility of public support for the sensible choice."

  7. Loud voices

    Tony Blair says Europe didn't feature much in last week's leaders' debate. Nor is it a big deal for the majority, he argues - before pointing out the "vocal minority" has already secured the big "concession" of an EU referendum from the Conservative leadership.

  8. 'Not just a cacophony'

    Elections should never simply be about an exchange of rhetoric, the laying out of policy positions or the cacophony of the campaign. They should also be an investigation and a decision about our ambitions as a nation, who we are and where we're going. And for me Europe is an important litmus test. I believe passionately that leaving Europe would leave Britain damaged in the world... and would more significantly go against the very qualities that mark us out still as a great global nation."

    Tony Blair, Former Labour prime minister

  9. Allegra Stratton, Political Editor, BBC Newsnight

    @BBCAllegra

    tweets:

    Here at this speech, Cherie Blair hands her husband his speech before he starts. No obvious bag carriers here in Sedgefield today.

  10. Blair speech underway

    And here's the ex-PM now, stepping up to the podium. He says it's an "enormous pleasure" to be back on "home territory".

    Tony Blair

  11. Introducing Blair

    Tony Blair's speech on Europe is just about ready to start - he's being introduced by his successor as Sedgefield's MP, Phil Wilson. You can watch the speech by clicking on the "live coverage" tab above. He gets applause and whoops as he points out Mr Blair "kept the Tories out of power for the longest period of time since 1762".

  12. Chris Ship, ITV News Deputy Political Editor

    @chrisshipitv

    tweets:

    Standing ovation for Tony Blair as he enters the room #GE2015

  13. Pic: Tony Blair speech

    Tony Blair

  14. Get involved

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    BBC News website reader:

    I just cannot believe on Victoria D's program that people are really bothered how David C or Ed M eat a burger, hotdog or bacon sandwich!! No wonder people are fed up with politics!

  15. Tuition fees 'obstacle'

    Graduating studentsPA

    Vince Cable says Labour’s plan to cut tuition fees to £6,000 might be an “obstacle” to him joining a Labour-led coalition. The Liberal Democrats have had rather a rocky time of it over higher education funding in the last five years, and now Dr Cable has raised the possibility of even more tuition fees-related trouble in the weeks to come. “That's an obstacle,” he said at a Sunday Times business breakfast debate earlier. “But in principle I have been working with my political opponents for the last five years and we have done it in a businesslike way. I would approach the Labour Party in the same way, should the necessity arise."

  16. Lionel Barber, Editor of the Financial Times

    @lionelbarber

    tweets:

    Labour's (slim) chance of winning over business vote is Europe: hence TB's intervention today @tonyblairoffice

  17. Pic: Waiting for Tony

    Tony Blair press conference

  18. Give Peace a chance?

    Daily Politics
    Live on BBC Two

    Fringe political parties

    This election isn't just about the big parties, you know. The Daily Politics is talking to smaller political outfits all week, starting with the Peace Party from 12:00 today.

  19. Emma Vardy, political correspondent, BBC South Today

    @EmmaVardyTV

    tweets:

    Irony that Transport Sec due to arrive at Fratton to talk improving rail, but his train is delayed! Press waiting"

    Reporters waiting at Fratton station

  20. Get involved

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    BBC News website reader:

    The main political parties are so scared of ukip. They'll try anything to discredit them. Anything! Running scared the lot of them. Deservedly so. As neither the Tories or Labour are fit to run the uk. Ukip? True democracy at work.