Here's a quick recap of today's stories:

The main story of the day was the Conservatives' pledge for an extra £8bn a year for the NHS in England by 2020 if they win the election - but Labour said it was an "unfunded" pledge

A late breaking story, which looks set to feature heavily on Sunday, was news that a Conservative government would end inheritance tax on family homes worth up to £1m

Another story that will continue over into Sunday was Labour saying it would slap bigger fines on tax avoiders as part of a plan to raise an £7.5bn a year, if it wins the general election

On the NHS Labour pledged one-to-one midwife care for women during childbirth in its health manifesto for England

Elsewhere, the Liberal Democrats unveiled plans for new laws to protect people's rights online

That's it for tonight folks, we'll be back at 08:00 BST tomorrow.

Speaking to the Independent on Sunday, Labour's Ed Miliband has compared himself to previous Labour prime ministers Clement Attlee, Harold Wilson and Tony Blair, who he said had each changed the way Britain was run - Attlee by creating the NHS, Wilson by backing the "white heat of technology" and Blair by restoring a fading public realm.

"If you think about successful Labour prime ministers, you think about Attlee, you think about Wilson, you think about Blair in terms of what they did when they came to power," said Mr Miliband. "Each of them was calling time on an old way of running the country."

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Tweets, external : Why won't Labour sign up to plugging the #NHS spending gap? Because they want to keep health "weaponised". Shabby.

Labour would slap bigger fines on tax avoiders as part of a plan to raise an £7.5bn a year, if it wins the general election. The policy is likely to form a central part of Labour's election manifesto, which is due to be launched on Monday. Ed Balls said Labour would carry out an immediate review of the tax collection system to close loopholes it wins power in May. The Conservatives have said they planned to claw back £5bn from tax avoiders. Get the full story here .

Tweets, external: Since polls are deadlocked, probably come down to getting core vote out

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A Conservative government would take most family homes out of inheritance tax, David Cameron has announced. If they win the election, the Tories will introduce new allowances to raise the threshold to £1m. More details on the proposals are here. Mr Cameron announced the policy in a message on Twitter, external: "The home that you've worked and saved for belongs to you and your family. We'll help you pass it on to your children."

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Tweets, external : If David Cameron can’t win over @UKIP voters, he’s had it. (Me for tomorrow's Sunday Tel, external )

Here's a bit more from the public meeting in Canvey Island where UKIP's Nigel Farage has just promised to deliver a "brownfield revolution" with his party's manifesto policies, due to be unveiled next week. The UKIP leader said he would make it "as easy as possible" to build on brownfield land but not greenfield.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said there is "no circumstance" in which UKIP could do a deal with Ed Miliband after the election. Speaking at a public meeting in Canvey Island, he said having a referendum on EU membership was the "most important thing" and he was "astonished" Ed Miliband had "turned his back on this". On a different note, Mr Farage also said UKIP wanted to "rationalise" the existing 43 police forces and consider creating bigger forces to save on running costs. He also said his party would keep police and crime commissioners, but if they did not improve, he would consider abolishing them.

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Iain Watson
Political correspondent

Privately I detect that some senior Labour figures are concerned about being outbid on NHS spending. The Lib Dems are saying they would cough up an extra £8bn too.

So the extra £2.5bn Labour are promising is likely to be described as a 'down payment' - the minimum they will deliver with more to come when additional funds are identified.

But senior Labour figures are pretty clear when their main manifesto comes out at the start of next week, it won't make any mention of the £8bn.

But who would have the job of being responsible for NHS Funding in England if Labour were to form the next government?

Today ambitious Andy Burnham appeared alongside Mr Miliband and said "when I am health secretary..." then - with a glance and a smile at his leader - he added 'hopefully..."

But internal tensions aside, Labour feel after a lacklustre start to the campaign last week, they are now making the political weather.

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

Labour may well want to weaponise the NHS at this election but the audience at the launch of the party's health manifesto in a community theatre in West Yorkshire were a bit wary when they saw a warning sign just inside the door which said "a gun will go off in the second half of this performance".

Certainly the Conservatives wanted to spike Labour's guns with their promise of £8bn more for the NHS in England by 2020 to fill the gap in funding identified by its chief executive Simon Stevens.

Ed Miliband has resisted the temptation to say he would do whatever it takes to find the cash to match the Conservative pledge.

Polls put Labour ahead on health but behind on the economy, so Mr Miliband instead stressed that Labour's pledge of £2.5bn was fully costed.

The Labour leader believes that if his opponents want to talk about the NHS, it will draw attention to an issue on which Labour is trusted.

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David Cameron has been boosted by an opinion poll finding the Conservatives have put on three points over the last week to lead Labour by two points.

But Labour also gained a point in the Opinium survey for the Observer, as the two major parties consolidated their positions against smaller groups and UKIP slumped to their lowest rating with the pollster for more than two years. The Tories are on 36% with Labour on 34%, UKIP on 11%, Liberal Democrats on 7%, and Greens on 6%.

Police are investigating after Labour and Scottish Conservative offices in Aberdeen were daubed with offensive words and symbols. The Conservative and Unionist Association office in West Mount Street was vandalised with the word "scum", a swastika and the letter "Q" in white spray paint. The letter "Q" was also painted on the door of the Labour party office in nearby Rosemount Place. Ross Thomson, Scottish Conservative candidate for Aberdeen South, said he believed the 'Q' was intended to stand for quisling, or traitor.

Across at Buzzfeed they have written a piece, external about MPs who are using social media platform Instagram to promote themselves ahead of the election. "MPs have figured out how the internet works," writes reporter Siraj Datoo, and his point is clearly demonstrated by Tory candidate Stephen Hammond who is fighting for election in Wimbledon.

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