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
On tax avoidance, Ed Miliband says he hears from small businesses who ask: "I seem to be chased for every penny by HMRC. Why do they do these deals with these big companies... to let them off the hook?"
The Labour leader adds:
Quote MessageIf the rule's indefensible, it should be got rid of."
"Let's see what happens in the next four weeks or so," Ed Miliband says in response to a question on the SNP "surge" in the polls in Scotland.
He says he is "proud of the offer that we're putting forward to people in Scotland" and the rest of the UK to build "social justice".
He says he believes many people "are still making up their minds".
Image source, PAThe Conservatives haven't identified specific savings that could fund the party's £8bn a year pledge for the health service, Home Secretary Theresa May has admitted. The party is promising the annual funding increase for the NHS in England by 2020 if it wins the election. Critics say it's "unfunded" and the Institute for Fiscal Studies questions how it can be achieved without additional spending cuts or tax rises. But Mrs May told BBC Radio Berkshire it can be done. "What we've shown is that we can do it at a time of austerity... we're looking now ahead to being able to... provide that £8bn extra for the health service. We haven't identified the specifics but we've been very clear about the record that we have."
@bbclaurak
Quote MessageEd M and other politicians are getting rather fond of saying, 'I don't recognise that' as part of answer to a tricky question
Image source, GettyOn Labour's record on the economy, Ed Miliband says the question now is about "who has learned the lessons of the financial crisis".
He says the Conservatives backed Labour's plans before the financial crisis, adding that the crisis caused the deficit to be so high.
Quote MessageThey've apologised for getting it wrong in the past, which they did, but I don’t see anything in their plans that suggest to me that they really are going to get the deficit down. Where are the specific areas in which they're actually going to cut spending?"
Nigel Farage, UKIP leader
Ed Miliband repeats an accusation that the SNP are "planning £7.6 billion of cuts because of their fiscal autonomy plan" for Scotland.
"Ours is the better plan to put an end to Tory austerity in Scotland," he adds.
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Christine, Stourbridge, West Midlands:
As a mother of a 4 and 6 year old trying to work full time and with Free Schools taking up a lot of local State Funding I love the "National Primary Childcare announcement". It will be received by delighted parents and especially working parents worried about the decline in State Education caused by Free Schools. I have voted Tory in 2010, but this swings me to Labour this time.
Image source, Reuters"Nothing undermines credibility more than setting an arbitrary date and failing to meet it," Ed Miliband tells the audience in Manchester.
This is what George Osborne did with the deficit, he claims.
"The way you gain fiscal credibility is setting out promises you can keep," he argues.
He labels the Conservatives as "the irresponsible party in British politics".
Quote MessageThey're making the Green Party look fiscally credible."
@paulwaugh
Quote MessageMuch better speech today from Miliband than last yr's conference speech. Given today more ppl may be listening, may matter more"
@georgeeaton
Quote MessageMiliband pledges to "protect" tax credits, not "cut" them - key dividing line with the Tories.
Ed Miliband tells the BBC's James Landale that Labour has "set out more detail than an opposition party has" before any general election in the past.
He adds that, unlike previous Labour leaders, he is saying that "outside protected areas" spending is going to fall until the books are balanced.
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Image source, GettyEd Miliband ends his speech by saying he has been "tested for the extraordinary privilege of leading this country" in the election campaign.
"I'm ready," he adds.
"Together, let's make it happen."
@Peston
Quote Message@Ed_Miliband big theme is UK as "country of working people" - but CBI and IoD may question whether minimum wage pledge is affordable"
Ed Miliband says Labour will lower the voting age in the UK to 16.
He argues that the country's future lies inside the EU and the UK should not retreat from the world.
Also on foreign policy, he says Islamic State is "an evil organisation which must be defeated".
@robindbrant
Quote Message.@DouglasCarswell reveals @UKIP manifesto will pledge 'proper recall' of MPs & right to referendum if 2m sigs gathered #ge2015
Ed Miliband pledges more powers for Scotland, Wales "and the towns and cities of England too".
"It's time to end a century of centralisation."
Image source, ReutersEd Miliband says Labour would protect working tax credits so they rise in line with inflation from next year.
He says the Tories have already cut the tax credits 14 times and now plan to go further.