Former Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major warns a Labour-SNP government would be "a recipe for mayhem"
Labour says it would launch what it calls an "NHS rescue plan", including a recruitment drive for 1,000 new nurses
Ed Miliband accuses David Cameron of putting the union at risk by "talking up" the SNP
Nick Clegg says Lib Dems would allow councils to charge 200% council tax on second homes in rural beauty spots
BBC Radio One's Newsbeat stages hour-long debate on health, education and immigration for 100 young adults
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Election live reader:
Absolute farce the SNP. They are talked about as if they represent Scotland. Actually, the majority of Scots do not vote for them in elections or referendums so they are just as bad for most of us than they are for rest of country.
Quote MessageThe unhappy truth for the Scots is the SNP are promising what they cannot deliver - they are fooling themselves and misleading their people."
Sir John Major
Ed Miliband says he wants to get trained nurses onto wards straight away, and help those out of a job to return to practice. Speaking directly to the student nurses in the audience, he says by putting more resources in, there will be more jobs for them to go to.
We're having some technical trouble with our live feed to Sir John Major's speech, but we're soldiering on. The former PM says: "In any negotiations on the fiscal framework, the SNP expects the rest of the UK to pay a large portion of the debt."
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David Cameron is a "mortal danger" to the NHS, says Mr Miliband. "We have a fortnight to rescue our NHS." He explains his rescue plan will pay for 200,000 more nurses, 3,000 midwives, 8,000 GPs and 5,000 care workers.
Quote MessageEvery single Labour government we've ever had from Ramsay MacDonald to Gordon Brown has ruined the economy."
Sir John Major
Sir John says he believes a Conservative majority is possible. "Only a few thousand votes would secure a Conservative majority and we need one because some momentous issues lie ahead," he argues.
A Conservative-led coalition has brought Britain "back from the brink", says Sir John. "The future is looking brighter."
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Quote MessageJohn Major and William Hague both wheeled out on the same day, seen it all now.
Ed Miliband appears at the podium to loud cheers and starts by hailing the NHS the "proudest achievement of our country and the envy of the world" but warns it's under threat.
Sir John says "to their credit" Labour fought for the union ahead of last year's vote on the Scottish referendum.
Speaking with the backdrop "A Brighter More Secure Future", Sir John says if Scotland did achieve separation, it would risk being at the back of the queue for rejoining the European Union. "The SNP are more focused on gaining political power than on the long term well being of their country," he says. His tone is certainly grave.
Sir John warns that the SNP would "manufacture grievance" between Scotland and England. "That nightmare of a broken United Kingdom has not gone away...The SNP is determined to prize apart the United Kingdom."
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Election live reader:
This is a speech full of gutter politics, of fear and folk stories designed to mislead the electorate. Unworthy of Major, but Cameron is clearly desperate.
Danny, an A&E nurse, is Ed Miliband's warm-up act. He says nurses need more time to care.
Quote MessageThe amount of work we are doing is unbelievable.
He says quite often he feels like crying when he gets home at night because of the amount of pressure on him.
Sir John says a Labour-SNP coalition was "a recipe for mayhem". He says while SNP support might put Ed Miliband in Number 10, the payback for Labour would be "very costly indeed". For every "bribe" the SNP would make, the more popular they would come, he adds.
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Quote MessageEd Miliband’s only route to No.10 is propped up by the SNP, but we would all pay- with higher taxes, fewer jobs & more & more debt
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At the time of the Scottish referendum on independence, Cameron and his fellow Tories promised the Scottish People a voice at Westminster if they chose to stay within the UK. Now it seems the last thing they want is the SNP, representing a large tranche of Scottish opinion, to be the spokesmen for Scotland. So much for their empty promise.
