Labour launches its manifesto, vowing to be the party of economic responsibility
Ed Miliband promises every policy will be fully funded and require no "additional borrowing"
The Conservatives are to announce that they would extend the 'Right-to-buy' to 1.3 million housing association tenants
Nick Clegg says the Lib Dems will not have another coalition with the Tories if they insist on £12bn welfare cuts
The Lib Dems launch a "five point plan" aimed at consumers and commuters
There are 24 days left until the general election
BBC Radio 4 Today
Mr Balls is being pressed on the issue of cuts and asked whether he agrees with Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy who appeared to suggest no more would be needed.
Quote Message"Yes, there will be cuts in non-protected areas... which will apply in England and in Scotland."
Ed Balls
BBC Radio 4 Today
Ed Balls moves on to the Today programme. He says Labour intend to get "the current budget, excluding investment, into surplus by the end of this Parliament" - in other words, by 2020.
He insists there will be no spending commitments "funded by additional borrowing".
He contrasts this with Conservative plans for cuts, which he claims are "extreme" and not deliverable.
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Quote MessageLabour's manifesto focus on deficit reduction tricky when IFS has suggested that by 2020 it would still be running a deficit of up to £30bn"
@oflynnmep
Quote MessageHello, Ed Balls just spoke of needing "changes" on tax. Now class, do we think these "changes" will be in an upwards or downwards direction?"
BBC Radio 4 Today
BBC Radio 4's Today is covering 100 seats in the 100 days to the election.
In the latest instalment, Zoe Conway has spoken to voters in Bedford about Conservative plans to remove family homes worth up to £1m from inheritance tax - and finds some mixed feelings.
Kamal Bad-ad, attending a local Hindu festival, describes the plans as "shocking", adding: "The Tory party are making the rich richer, and the rich are laughing all the way to the bank."
But the Malaglio family see the policy as beneficial for families. "It's all about our parents helping us, us helping our children, helping our grandchildren and so on," one said.
@OllyGrender
Quote Message“By not naming a date to balance the books Labour are not coming clean with the British people about what their plans mean"
Victoria Derbyshire
There might have been a lot of wrangling over the TV debates, but Victoria Derbyshire will have five politicians head to head and taking audience questions a bit later. They are Matthew Hancock, Conservative Business minister, Andrew Cooper, Green Party energy spokesman, Toby Perkins, Labour's shadow small business minister, Stewart Hosie, SNP deputy leader, and Lord Newby, Lib Dem deputy chief whip of the Lords.
Sky News
Ed Balls tells Sky News that Labour will not increase VAT, national insurance or the basic and higher rates of tax.
However, the top rate of tax would rise to 50%.
"We're not going to raise taxes for working people but will for those on the highest incomes," he says.
@MattChorley
Quote MessageEven Labour's manifesto front page is more austere than in 2010 (left). Has the printer run out of Cyan and Yellow? "
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BBC Radio 5 Live
In a wonderfully euphemistic-sounding phrase, Rick Nye, pollster and former Conservative director of research, calls the manifestos “directional statements”. He says no ordinary person ever reads them and what matters is “the impression they leave”.
The parties, he adds, “will be trying to address their weaknesses”. For Labour, that’s economic credibility and for the Conservatives, it's all about values and their image in the eyes of working people.
@iainjwatson
Quote MessageOn #bbcbreakfast @edballsmp makes it clear in a hung parliament #labour wouldn't do deals with parties that won't cut the deficit #ge2015"
@BBCNormanS
Quote MessageEd Balls says "I will make sure the NHS is saved" but refuses to promise to meet £8 billion NHS spending gap"
BBC Radio 5 Live
Image source, NUSMatthew Taylor, a former Labour adviser who helped write the party's 1997 and 2005 manifestos, says this round of documents is more “a starting point for negotiations” than a list of commitments, because a hung Parliament looks likely.
He says it will be interesting to see whether the public have "matured" in their attitude this time around, citing the case of the Lib Dems and tuition fees.
“History will probably judge that Nick Clegg has been harshly judged,” Mr Taylor argues. He “was never in a position to deliver his manifesto” but has been treated as though he “decided to break his word”.
Quote MessageLater today I’ll launch Labour’s 2015 election manifesto. It's time for a new approach & a better plan for Britain."
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BBC Breakfast
Ed Balls concedes it is not clear how much can be raised from cracking down on tax evasion and avoidance - saying "we shouldn't spend that money before we've seen it".
Labour has announced that a policy to raise £7.5bn from tax avoiders is likely to be part of its manifesto.
Paul Johnson, the director of the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies, told the BBC on Sunday that both big parties are "making up numbers" in terms of what they could raise from tax avoidance and evasion.
Mr Balls says the IFS have said Labour has been "the most careful of the parties in not making unfunded commitments", while the Conservatives "spent the whole weekend making unfunded commitments".
"We will only spend money when we can show where it's made," the shadow chancellor insists.
@PickardJE
Quote MessageEd Balls says the Tory £8bn health promise is irresponsible but promises: "We will do what it takes to fund the NHS."
@rosschawkins
Quote MessageEd Balls accuses Conservatives of "doctoring" the tape in which he says scrapping non dom rules might mean lower tax take"
BBC Breakfast
"The commitment on the first line of our manifesto is we will cut the deficit every year," shadow chancellor Ed Balls tells BBC Breakfast.
He also says Labour would fund 20,000 more nurses, 8,000 more GPs and more hours of childcare.
The party would also end winter fuel payments for "the richest pensioners" while the top rate of tax will be 50%.
Quote MessageA change of tactic from #libdems today - after focusing on shoring up their own seats Clegg's heading to Tory territory this morning."
Iain Watson
Labour campaign correspondent
Image source, PALabour strategists say that before they can accentuate the positive, they first have to eliminate a negative and prove they can be trusted to control public spending again.
But they are likely to face increased questioning over what cuts they are contemplating to government departments.
Ed Miliband will argue that while there won't be big spending under a Labour government,there would be "big reforms" to benefit working people.