Summary

  • Labour say they would end non-domicile tax status

  • But a video emerges of Ed Balls saying the policy would cost the country money

  • The Tories say the plans are "a shambles"

  • Pupils who fail their Sats tests will have to resit under a future Conservative government

  • There are 29 days until the general election

Live Reporting

Victoria Park, Kristiina Cooper and Rob Corp

  1. Wednesday summary

    The relatively small group of people in the UK who are domiciled overseas for tax purposes have been the big talking point. Labour has promised to scrap non-dom status - but then faced questions after it emerged Ed Balls had previously warned the move could cost more than it raised. Also on the campaign trail:

    *The Conservatives have attacked Labour over Trident renewal after pledging to build four new nuclear submarines

    *Labour said the story was "fabricated" and stressed its own commitment to Trident

    *Scotland's political leaders clashed in a BBC televised debate

    *SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said an attempt to "drag" Scotland out of the EU against its will could trigger another independence referendum

    *Labour's Jim Murphy said May's general election was not about independence

    *UKIP set out its fishing reform plans

  2. Latest polling - YouGov for the Sun

    The daily YouGov tracking poll for the Sun is out, and it shows Labour have a one-point lead over the Conservatives.

    The figures are:

    Labour - 35% (unchanged)

    Conservatives - 34% (+1)

    UKIP - 13% (-1)

    Lib Dems - 8% (unchanged)

    Green - 5% (unchanged)

  3. The Times front page

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  4. Sam Coates, deputy political editor of the Times

    @SamCoatesTimes

    tweets:

    Tories make it personal: Michael Fallon goes for Mili the man with this zinger... But will it work or a step too far?

    Twitter grabSam Coates/The Times

  5. The Sun front page

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  6. Daily Express front page

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  7. Financial Times front page

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  8. Guardian front page

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  9. Daily Mirror front page

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  10. Reality Check on a Scottish referendum

    Reality Check

    Reality Check has been looking at whether SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon could lead Scotland into another independence referendum:

    A referendum is not the first minister’s to hold whenever she likes. The constitution is a matter "reserved" to Westminster, so as with the referendum last year, the Scottish Government would need Westminster’s permission to hold one. "However, unlike last time, the UK government might not feel bound to allow a vote. Westminster might say that the matter was recently settled and that it would not allow a series of votes in a "neverendum". Senior SNP figures have said the September 2014 vote was a "once in a generation" opportunity. That said, if the SNP put the promise of a referendum in its manifesto and again got a majority for it in the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections, it could be difficult for Westminster to say no. It would do the Union no good if Westminster could be accused of trying to frustrate Scottish desires.”

  11. Scottish referendum mark two?

    Two big questions for the SNP. What are its plans - if any - for another independence referendum? And what are the SNP's "red lines" when dealing with other parties at Westminster? Nicola Sturgeon says that something "material" would have to change before she would consider another referendum - such as the Tories trying to "drag" Scotland out of Europe. As for Westminster politics, she says the SNP wouldn't vote for further spending cuts or back a replacement for Trident nuclear weapons.

  12. Andrew Neil
    Daily and Sunday Politics

    tweets:

    Sturgeon ganged up on tonight but she held her ground

  13. Laura Kuenssberg
    Newsnight Chief Correspondent

    tweets:

    Sounds like #ScotDebate tonight been a blinder - Sturgeon says she would back full fiscal autonomy within a year, big campaign moment !

  14. Beyond compromise?

    Green co-leader Patrick Harvie

    Question three for the Scottish leaders: "What policy position of yours is beyond compromise?" The Scottish Green Party's co-leader Patrick Harvie says he would never back a government which supports nuclear weapons.

  15. Hugo Rifkind, writer for the Times and Spectator

    @hugorifkind

    tweets :

    Sturgeon has not said before they'd actively vote against Trident, I think? #leadersdebate

  16. Reliving the referendum

    Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie says there would be "blind panic" if Scotland had become independent, given what he said was the SNP's reliance on oil prices. UKIP's David Coburn says Scotland would be finished if it had listened to "Ms Sturgeon and her crew".

    David Coburn MEPPA

  17. @rosschawkins

    Ross Hawkins
    Political correspondent

    tweets:

    @BBCJamesCook doing courteous deadly from the moderator's podium with panache

  18. A heated debate on oil and gas

    The Scotland debate hots up during a question on how long Scotland can "live off" oil and gas. What happens after that? The exchanges veer off into a row about Scotland's control over taxation and oil reserves. Nicola Sturgeon supports "full fiscal autonomy" for Scotland but Labour's Jim Murphy would not because it means "being cut off from sources of taxation across the UK".

  19. Nick Eardley, BBC political reporter

    @nickeardley

    tweets :

    Nicola Sturgeon needs to accept she lost the referendum last year, says @willie_rennie #leadersdebate

  20. Euan McColm, Scottish journalist and commentator

    @euanmccolm

    tweets :

    for the second night in a row, ruth davidson emerges as the strongest defender of the united kingdom, which is the preference of most scots.