Why do the Conservatives think they can get away with unfunded spending pledges? Is the question George Eaton of the New Statesman asks in his column, external . He argues that the Tories believe their economic reputation is strong enough for voters to give them the benefit of the doubt as they promise more money for the NHS and huge tax cuts.

Tweets, external : Read here how, external the @LibDems, external would introduce a Digital Rights Bill in the next parliament.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage gives his take on the Tories' NHS announcement today, taking a cue from the Tories' famous 1992 "Labour's tax bombshell" poster. He tweets, external: What's the REAL reason for Mr Cameron's #NHS, external announcement? He's turning our NHS into an International Health Service:

Image source, UKIP

Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has repeated his party's attack on the SNP's plan for full fiscal autonomy for Scotland, which he said would leave a £7.6bn "black hole" in the country's finances. He said: "Tory austerity would be a disaster for Scotland, but it became clear this week that full fiscal austerity from the SNP would be even worse." The SNP said on Friday that Labour's claims were "made up".

Image source, Reuters

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has repeated the sentiments of his leader and said the Tories are making "empty promises" over their £8bn pledge to the NHS. Speaking on a visit to Bury in Greater Manchester, he said: "I don't think anyone will believe empty promises from a Conservative Party which can't say where the money is going to come from to pay for this."

Image source, Reuters

Image source, PA

Caroline Lucas has been nominated by two former Labour councillors as she attempts to hold the Green Party's first Commons seat in May, the party has announced. First elected to Brighton Pavilion in 2010, Ms Lucas is running for re-election after the Green Party ran into high-profile troubles running Brighton and Hove Council. The former party leader's nomination papers were endorsed by Jack Hazelgrove and Joyce Edmond-Smith, former Labour councillors in the city. Mr Hazelgrove said: "While calling on people I've been amazed at the number of residents who have been directly helped by Caroline or who know someone who has been."

Labour leader Ed Miliband has been answering questions following his speech on the NHS in Guiseley, West Yorkshire. He was pressed to say whether he could commit Labour to matching the £8bn figure, but he declined to do so. "We will always do what is necessary for the NHS. We will never let the NHS down," he said. Then, asked if he was still planning to outspend the Tories on the NHS, Mr Miliband replied: "We are definitely making a much more significant commitment than them. The NHS needs real money now, not phony promises later."

Image source, AP

This possibly goes down as the best election quote of the campaign so far.

Emma Harper, the SNP candidate in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, the only Conservative seat in Scotland in the last Parliament, said today:

Well, that's it for today from Tom Espiner and Matt West. Today's headlines have been dominated by Tory and Labour health announcements, and debates about how they could be funded. We now leave you in the capable hands of Dominic Howell and Brian Wheeler.

Members of the Anonymous group are staging a demonstration in Parliament Square at the moment, calling for action against child sex abuse and alleged establishment cover-ups.

Image source, AP

One for all Game of Thrones fans. The show's Arya Stark - aka Maisie Williams - has a new kill list. Ms Williams has made a video in which she accuses politicians of kicking the future of the young in the teeth and hoping "you won't notice".

(If you're not a fan of the books or television show this may be lost on you admittedly. Click here, external for Arya's character profile is the best we can suggest.)

In what might be seen as a rallying call, external to young voters she says: “I turn 18 on the 15th of April. That means I can vote in next month’s elections and so can 3.3 million of you. But you know what? I’m not going to tell you what to do."

Included on the "kill list" are: David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Vladimir Putin, Russell Brand, Gary Barlow, Rupert Murdoch and Tony Blair. Oh and Kayne West.

We've got to be honest, we've looked really, really hard and - as you should be able to see from the below pic - we can't find Ed Miliband on the list. Nor, it has to be said, is Nick Clegg.

We're also not sure that Ms Williams is encouraging young people to vote either: "I just have one question," she says looking at the list. "Who's next?" Eek.

Image source, Dazed

Image source, Getty Images

Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb has said only his party has spelled out how they could fund additional NHS spending. Conservative plans to eliminate the deficit without tax rises would make it impossible for it to deliver the Tory pledge of £8bn per year for the NHS, he said. "The Conservative ideological obsession with cutting the size of the state means they cannot afford this unfunded spending commitment," said Mr Lamb. "Tory spending plans will not help the NHS but rather destroy vital public services and decimate basic entitlements."

Image source, Getty Images

According to health secretary Jeremy Hunt, Labour would put the future of the NHS "at risk" because it would not match the Conservatives' £8bn per year funding commitments.

"After an incompetent and chaotic response from Labour today about how they would fund the NHS, it's now clear that Ed Miliband will not match our commitment to provide the NHS with the funding it needs - resources that we will deliver through a stronger economy," said Mr Hunt.

"Ed Miliband has no plan to grow our economy - that's why he will put the future of our NHS at risk."

Image source, Getty Images

Danny Savage, BBC UKIP campaign correspondent reports:

Nigel Farage spent much of the morning knocking on doors in what he described as a "solid Tory area". The reaction was mixed. He was happy to engage the undecideds as well as the easy hits of UKIP supporting homes.

One bloke told him he'd been to see him at a meeting and didn't feel that Mr Farage listened. "I wouldn't vote for you if you were the only candidate in the world", he proclaimed. They did listen to each other today, but I'm not sure the voter was convinced.

Another couple, who had tickets to listen to a speech by Mr Farage were delighted to meet him. Standing outside of their Victorian villa they were gushing about the UKIP leader. "You say things that we all think but nobody else dare say!" said the lady of the house. They want to see him ask the sort of awkward questions in the Commons that he has a reputation for asking in the European Parliament.

In the same street another woman wanted to know if he would repeal the ban on hunting. Mr Farage said that was something that would be unlikely to happen.

And nearby another man asked him directly, "Do you honestly have any racist policies?"

"No, we never have had", said Mr Farage, who added that far right activists were not welcome in the party.

Business was brisk for Mr Farage today. Car drivers hooted their support and teenagers wanted selfies with him. But people in Kent are also not shying away from the probing questions.

tweets, external :