David Cameron is to confirm that the Conservatives would spend an extra £8bn on the NHS in England by 2020
The BBC has been told the Tories' manifesto will contain a pledge to raise inheritance tax to £1 million
The Conservatives are promising 15 million workers three extra days of paid leave to do voluntary work, if they win the election
Labour leader Ed Miliband says the SNP's economic plans would have a "devastating" impact on Scotland
The Lib Dems are pledging help for young people who want to rent to raise a deposit
There are 27 days until the general election
Andrew Neil
Daily and Sunday Politics
The Daily Politics is touring the UK, calling in on voters, and asking for their views on the general election. Friday's stop was in Bristol.
Reporter Giles Dilnot spoke to Sue Lipscombe, Ruth Spiller, Ollie Lajevardi and Mike Applebee who work at a prop makers in the city, and found out what might get them voting at the general election. Watch the sequence
Andrew Neil
Daily and Sunday Politics
Freezing rail fares, challenging the SNP over spending and cuts, and a bid to help younger people buy a home are among the headlines in Andrew Neil's election campaign report on what's been dubbed "freebie Friday". Watch his film
@nedsimons
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Quote MessageDespite the Guardian's conviction, the money markets are completely unmoved by yesterday's polls. Still say Tories 286/287 & Labour 271/272.
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Stewart Dunbar (a born Scot), Leeds:
Nicola Sturgeon has stated she wants Scotland to have full fiscal autonomy.
In doing so would she then reject funding under the Barnet Formula?
Or it may be the case that under the rules of "Full Fiscal Autonomy" that Scotland loses its Barnet Money.
Given that the projected (Barnet) level is around the £2.5bn - £2.7bn how will she plug that hole?
Will the people of Scotland be taxed to death to make up the difference, or is this another "Oil Revenue" will pay for it scheme?
A recap of what's happened so far today:
Image source, Getty ImagesConservative Party chairman Grant Shapps has told his local newspaper, external the fact a member of the public has taken on the nom de guerre Michael Green - a pseudonym used by Mr Shapps in past business interests - to challenge him in the general election is a "demonstration of Labour chaos".
Mr Shapps says: "With so many important local issues – from fighting the incinerator, to the future of our local hospital, it’s extraordinary that a union-funded Labour website has parachuted in someone who will effectively stand against their own candidate.
"Ed Miliband claims he wants a clean fight, yet his own union bosses appear to be behind this ruse. It’s another demonstration of Labour’s chaos."
Michael Green also runs the left wing blog politicalscrapbook.net, external but says his campaign has received no union donations.
The prime minister, on a visit to the south-west of England, has been reviving the idea of "Big Society" - a key proposal in the last general election.
The Conservatives say they would allow staff in bigger firms to have three days a year paid leave to volunteer their services to charity.
Quote MessageThe Big Society policies have worked. We've got more people volunteering in our country, we've got more charitable giving, we've given the right to communities to take over public buildings, pubs and we've allowed people to set up new schools, given communities huge power to get involved in planning. This is a huge step forward. I want to help people who want to do more to help their communities."
Prime Minister David Cameron
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Did you really think a day could go by on the live page without a picture of a politician in a hard hat and a high viz jacket? Fortunately, the prime minister was inspecting the repairs to the Dawlish rail line today...
Image source, PALib Dem leader Nick Clegg insisted today his party would "confound the critics" on 7 May, while also taking time to attack his coalition colleagues with a warning that David Cameron would be in the pocket of UKIP if he attempted to govern alone after polling day.
Mr Clegg claimed that "fair-minded folk" would acknowledge the work done by Lib Dem MPs in office.
The deputy prime minister has been in his constituency today, taking a break from the national campaign. And he dismissed opinion polls that suggest Labour's "decapitation strategy" designed to oust him from his seat may be working.
Mr Clegg has a 15,000 majority but opinion polls have him currently trailing Labour.
Can you tell me? Labour are talking about Scotland's funding payment by using the Barnet Formula.
I take it that labour also believes in fairness to all - is that correct? In fairness will they be giving the same to Wales or is the fairness only for Scotland? This is a case of double standards. I believe that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.
Colin Lennard
Lord Scriven, Lib Dem spokesperson, weighs into today's debate on the Conservative proposals on volunteering .
Quote MessageIt is fast becoming clear that the Conservatives’ so-called economic credibility is going out the window with their second un-costed announcement of the day. If they can’t pay for their headline-seeking giveaways, no one will believe they can properly fund vital public services like the NHS or education."
Andrew Neil
Daily and Sunday Politics
The National Health Action Party (NHA) is fielding 13 candidates in the general election who oppose privatisation of the NHS.
Candidate Dr Louise Irvine - who is fighting to win the constituency of South West Surrey from Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt - said it would be "irresponsible" not to repeal the coalition's Heath and and Social Care Act, and claimed there was too much bureaucracy in the health service. She told Andrew Neil on the Daily Politics that it would save money to remove the market in the NHS, and that some private health care was "not open to the same scrutiny and accountability that the NHS is". Watch the interview
@richardrred
Quote Message#I'mVotingForThePoliticalPartyThat makes it illegal for meteorologists to give us false promises
Carole Walker
Conservative campaign correspondent
Quote MessageDavid Cameron has defended his volunteering plan, saying it is good for the whole country. He told me Britain is a nation of volunteers and this would take that further and faster.
@IanDunt
William Hill have shortened their odds on Miliband being next PM from 6/4 to 11/10.
Whether or not this proves to be a memorable general election remains to be seen. But the electorate will get little reminders of the campaign every time they boil the kettle. Well, perhaps.
Party political mugs - some carrying serious messages, others with spoof slogans - have become a feature on the campaign trail. Adam Fleming, of the Daily Politics, asks the good folk of Northampton whose china they'd sooner sup from - withsome comical results.
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Scottish Labour MPs flabbergasted by the YouGov/Times Scotland poll. They thought things had been going their way in the last two weeks.
@DPJHodges
Quote MessageOne other thing to keep an eye on. Just one or two signs the Lib Dems may be starting to pick up support.
Nick Clegg returned to his Sheffield Hallam constituency today to visit a nursery school. While there he was asked about the Conservatives' proposal to give workers an additional three days annual leave to carry out voluntary work.
Mr Clegg questioned how the proposal would work and how it would be funded; and accused the Tories of providing no details of how the proposal would be paid for.
The Lib Dem leader also pointed out services, particularly the NHS, were already over-stretched.
Image source, PAQuote MessageIt seems to me that... it’s more about the Conservatives swinging back to the Big Society and I thought it had been dead and buried by the Conservatives.