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"There would be a price to pay for an Ed Miliband-SNP coalition," Prime Minister David Cameron says.

"A price of higher borrowing, more taxes, more spending, more out-of-control welfare and weaker defence. The only way to stop that is a majority Conservative government."

He argues that Labour is in chaos and confusion about Trident, as on many other issues.

"One minute they say they will have three submarines, the next minute its four. And Ed Miliband is not ruling out trying to get into Downing Street on the back of SNP support.

"Only the Conservatives are absolutely guaranteeing a full replacement for Trident" with four submarines at sea, he says, adding: "It is important that in a dangerous and insecure world we have that ultimate insurance policy."

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Just in case today hasn't got personal enough, Nick Clegg shares his views on his colleagues in the coalition government, among others.

George Osborne is "a very dangerous man with a very dangerous plan and I will do everything in my power to stop it", says the Lib Dem leader in an interview with men's magazine GQ, external.

Mr Clegg also tells the magazine that David Cameron is "very much a Tory, and in that tradition he is not too much about grand vision".

He adds: "Cameron would tell you himself, he is a classic traditional shire Tory, and I can live with that."

Of Labour leader Ed Miliband he says: "I think of a number of crucial occasions where I thought to myself, 'Ed Miliband, you can jump and do something big here and surprise us all, or do the small tactical thing'. Every time he has done the latter."

Peter comments on this story:

Let's have one big vote with options. Do you want to be in the EU? Do you want to be in an independent Scotland? Then we get a computer to draw boundaries to keep the maximum number of people happy.

Stokevvn says:

I like her comment that they would only have a referendum if there was "Material Change", like the date or the wind then.If the politicians want independence, then let the English be included in the referendum, it effects us as well.

Richard, London:

If Ed Miliband thinks Michael Fallon demeaned himself then Ed Miliband demeaned himself too when he described David Cameron as "dodgy". If you can't stand the heat then get out of the kitchen!

You can watch Labour's education announcement on BBC Parliament .

Following that, you can see UKIP's news conference from 11:00 BST and Election 2015 Campaign Highlights from 11:30 BST.

Jon, Nottingham:

I agree with Fallon, I could not say at the age of 20 what would happen today. I'm 60+.

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Announcing Labour's careers advice policy at the London offices of Microsoft, Ed Miliband accuses the government of "narrowing horizons in schools when they should have been widening them".

He also accuses the Conservatives of having "a plan to cut back education in the next five years when we should be investing". He says Labour would protect education funding in England "in real terms".

The Labour leader argues that young people have often been told to choose either an academic or vocational route.

Labour is proposing "a £50m fund to provide personalised, integrated, independent advice that brings together all the options available to young people", Mr Miliband says.

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The Labour leader has hit back at Michael Fallon over his personal criticism of him.

Mr Miliband said the defence secretary had "demeaned himself and his office."

He said national security is too important to play politics with and accused the Tories of running a campaign baased on "deceit and lies."

Asked if he was hurt by such attacks he said he had got used to it and was resilient enough to withstand it.

He said the British people deserved better and "decent conservatives" would be as upset by the tone of the criticism

Victoria Derbyshire

"If you think of most party political broadcasts, how many are memorable? Frankly, the earnestness....your eyes glaze over.This one is quite funny," the BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith tells the Victoria Derbyshire programme.

"I hope actually that more parties maybe copy their example and move away from the sort of po-faced, very, very serious party political broadcasts," he adds.

"All credit to them for trying to do something different, although I have no doubt they will get the micky taken out of them."

The Greens' party political broadcast imagines the leaders of the Conservatives, Labour, the Lib Dems and UKIP as a boy band.

The results are... different.

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Michael Fallon renews his attack on the Labour leader, telling his central London audience: "Imagine Ed Miliband limping into office, aided by the crutch of the SNP."

He accuses SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon of making a statement "as arrogant as it was terrifying" in last night's leaders' debate, by "offering to make Ed Miliband prime minister".

He claims the SNP has a "naive world view" on nuclear weapons, which would "play into the hands of our enemies".

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Defence Secretary Michael Fallon is speaking in central London about the Conservatives' Trident policy, describing nuclear weapons as the "ultimate insurance policy".

He says Russia is modernising its nuclear arsenal, including "eight new ballistic missile submarines", while North Korea and other "unstable states" have or are seeking nuclear weapons.

We do not know "what nuclear threats may emerge in the 2030s, 2040s, and 2050s", he says, adding: "For those who argue that no nuclear threats will emerge, I ask: how can you be certain?"