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
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Mental health, a big issue for the Liberal Democrats’ Nick Clegg, is given a big talking-up by Ed Miliband in Bristol. “Mental health is the poor cousin of physical health in the way we treat it, and child and adolescent mental health is the poor cousin of mental health generally,” he says. The Labour leader calls it a false economy to ignore spending on it. That could go down very well in any potential hung parliament talks…
Ed Miliband has just made a joke about his age. He references something that happened long ago in the 1970s before realising the person he’s speaking to was “too young to remember the 1970s”. And then he adds: “So am I.” As he was born on Christmas Eve 1969, we’re pretty sure this is a joke. It was funny when watching it live, honestly.
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Quote MessagePopulus pollster @Nye_Rick live on @daily_politics discussing polling and what the polls can tell us about General Election 2015
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Never look at one poll - you need to look at a series over time, says Rick Nye from Populus.
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My gp surgery has announced they may close because of funding. They won't confirm this until after the election. You cannot trust the torys with the most vulnerable in society. 900,000 using foodbanks, 93,000 homeless children, 500,000 benefit sanctions, even people with mental health problems being sanctioned and people with children.
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Rick Nye from polling firm Populus says that historically the party in power normally does a little bit better on election day than polls would suggest at this stage.
Ed Miliband gets into a mild spot of bother with a polite but unhelpful questioner. All the Labour leader wants to do is find out what exactly he does for a living, but it takes rather a long time before he eventually establishes that the questioner works on tidal turbines.“Now I know what it’s like when I answer questions!" Mr Miliband quips.
A theme is emerging here, as Ed Miliband again emphasises the importance of not triggering a complete revolution on taking power. “The temptation of new governments to overturn everything is a recipe for delay and more disruption,” he says. That’s why he won’t reinstate New Labour’s Regional Development Agencies, which were scrapped by the coalition.
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Jeremy Hunt tells The World at One a future Conservative government would give the NHS "whatever they need" to fill a predicted funding gap. In his NHS Five Year Forward View the head of NHS England Simon Stevens said the health service would need an extra £8bn of government money by 2020. The health secretary promised that if he is still in his post after the election, he would find the money, saying "if it needs £8bn, we'll find that, if it needs more than £8bn we'll find that, if it needs less than £8bn, we'll find that but we're backing the plan".
You can hear the full interview on The World at One at 13.00.
Conservative minister Priti Patel says the Tories are "rebalancing" the NHS. But she warns nothing gets fixed overnight.
The first batch of questions is around government support for science, technology and innovation. Ed Miliband says a Labour government would look at projects on a case-by-case basis. “We’re not just going to throw up the applecart for the sake of it,” he says. On renewable energy, he doesn’t think wind turbines are going to win people over. Instead he thinks international pressure, investment in “early-stage technology” and leading by example are important. “Absolutely we want to get serious about it.”
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At least the Conservatives have said they will cut welfare by 12bn even if not exactly how. Labour have said nothing about how they plan to cut the deficit.
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Will someone please tell David Cameron that if we are stupid enough to leave the EU then the price of the basic food would go through the roof eg £10.00 for a loaf of bread and £5.00 for a pint of milk and that is a rough guess.
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We have a problem with access to GPs, Labour's Chris Leslie says. "We can't continue like this", he says.
Ed Miliband is in Bristol for a Q&A event which is now getting under way, but he's warming up by making some starter-for-ten comments.
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Tony Blair brings "credibility" for Ed Miliband, says former spin doctor Damian McBride. He says Mr Miliband has shown mettle in resisting calls for Labour to support a referendum on the EU.
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Rob, London:
Whilst Tony Blair was persuasive today and does have a point about the dangers of leaving the EU. His reappearance has reminded me how bad he was and has instantly increased the likelihood of me voting Conservative.
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Britain outside the EU would still have to "jump to the tune" of many European directives, but we wouldn't have a seat around the table, Labour's Chris Leslie says.
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It's ironic that Labour have Tony Blair out today - he is the man who signed up to the Lisbon Treaty and thus signed away powers, says Tory minister Priti Patel. She won't say whether her party would share a pro-referendum platform with UKIP in the event of a hung parliament, though.
Nick Clegg has told The Economist his party's poll slump is partly down to protest voters deserting them because they want to be "entirely bereft of any responsibility". In an interview with The Economist, he said there was "clearly a section of the support we had in 2010 that was virulently anti-Conservative".
Quote MessageThey're the ones who still scream and shout blue murder and have done so without pause for breath for half a decade. And they're loud and they're noisy and they're angry."
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