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

  1. Get involvedpublished at 11:54

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    Shaun Cunningham, Fareham:

    No wonder so many people are turn off by politics. Honestly they are like children. They don't know when to stop. Grow up please. When do I get my postal vote? Not soon enough, can't take anymore of this. What a turn off.

  2. Pic: Nick Clegg campaigning in Chippenhampublished at 11:53

    We could attempt a joke about "wheels coming off", but we wouldn't dream of stooping so low.

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  3. Election online fun and gamespublished at 11:50

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    Online game with zombies in Downing Street

    There is plenty of information online about the election, but also the chance to laugh at politicians and have fun with games with an electoral flavour. In a Daily Politics film, Adam Fleming looks at a range of online political games, from throwing bacon sandwiches at Labour zombies in Downing Street to paintballing with David Cameron in Parliament - by way of parking Harriet Harman's so-called pink bus. If that is all too silly for political wonks, he also hears about sites that can match voters' political ideas to a party, or perhaps be tested on statistics about their own constituency. Watch his film airing on Tuesday's Daily Politics.

  4. Tim Shipman, Political Editor, The Sunday Timespublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 8 April 2015

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    Tories edged Labour pretty well every day last week. They're two nil down this week.

  5. Policy 'unravelling': Osbornepublished at 11:48

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    Chancellor George Osborne calls Ed Miliband's non-dom announcement a "total shambles".

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    Within hours the policy has unravelled. You have Ed Balls himself saying it would cost the country money and when you look at the small print it's clear that a majority of non-doms wouldn't be affected at all. So even the headlines are misleading. It is a classic example of the economic chaos, the confusion you get with Ed Miliband. And to contrast the Conservative approach; my approach has been to increase the levy that non-doms pay so we collect over £1bn in tax from them and we protect the jobs in Britain that depend on foreign investment."

  6. Ed Balls, shadow chancellorpublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 8 April 2015

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    My interview with BBC in January, when we working on policy, fully consistent with announcement today - but Tories edited my interview"

  7. 'Knock on doors'published at 11:42

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    Ed Miliband winds up his question and answer session in Warwick with a reminder to party members that "all of you can make a difference". He says it's going to be a close election which "could come down to a few hundred votes" in some constituencies. But, he says, the difference between Labour and the Tories is that the Tories can't find people to knock on doors for them, whereas "people do want to knock on doors for us".

  8. Get involvedpublished at 11:37

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    Graeme, London:

    The furious opposition coming from Tory commentators, to this suggestion, by Ed Milliband that Non Dom status should be ended, shows it's a vote winner!

  9. Patrick Wintour, political editor, the Guardianpublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 8 April 2015

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    When you are on the wrong side of popular opinion and you have to edit a tape to distort meaning, and are pleased with yourself, a problem."

  10. George Eaton, political editor, New Statesmanpublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 8 April 2015

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    Tories still appear unable to decide whether to attack Labour for being too tough on non-doms or not tough enough."

  11. Ben Riley-Smith, political correspondent, Daily Telegraphpublished at 11:33 British Summer Time 8 April 2015

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    Nick Clegg says "wheels are coming off" Labour's non-dom ban. "In pursuing headlines they forgot that we need an open economy."

  12. 'Arcane' rulepublished at 11:33

    Ed Miliband says he thinks people across the political spectrum will want to see this non-dom rule changed. Other countries around the world will be baffled by such an "arcane" rule.

  13. Pic: 'Sturgeon' protest outside Miliband speechpublished at 11:32

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  14. On Ed Balls' commentspublished at 11:29

    Ed Miliband is taking questions now. Asked whether he agrees with what Mr Balls said in January, he says: "The truth is that we found a way to do this that independent experts say will raise money."

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  15. 'Right thing for the country'published at 11:27

    Mr Miliband says the Conservatives are arguing that the non-dom policy is catastrophic, cosmetic and unnecessary. To a ripple of applause, he says:

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    Stop defending the indefensible and abolish the non-dom rule - it's the right thing for the country."

  16. Norman Smith, BBC assistant political editorpublished at 11:25 British Summer Time 8 April 2015

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    Aides to @edballsmp reject claims of U turn over non doms- "We promised to tighten up rules around non doms and that is what we are doing."

  17. 'Flimsy evidence'published at 11:24

    Ed Miliband says there are 116,000 non-doms here at a cost of at least hundreds of millions of pounds to our country. "It makes the UK a tax haven for the few." He criticises the tests for lacking rigour. "You can use the most flimsy evidence to justify your status" whether it's a home abroad, a bank account abroad, even a burial plot abroad or an overseas newspaper subscription. He says he's not blaming the non-doms, but more than any other policy, it has been a failure of all parties.

  18. 'Some people'published at 11:21

    Ed Miliband leaves the bit in his speech about "some people" arguing that non-doms will leave the UK if we change the rules. Even though, in January, his shadow chancellor was one of those "people".

  19. Arif Ansari, BBC Lib Dem campaign correspondentpublished at 11:20 British Summer Time 8 April 2015

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    Nick Clegg is challenged by @BBCWiltshire over why @DuncanHames doesn't feature Lib Dems on leaflet."

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  20. 'Rules not right'published at 11:18

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    Ed Miliband says Britain needs successful energy companies and successful banks, but does not want "special privileges" for some. "The rules were not right and that's what's got to change." he says. He is, of course, a former energy secretary.