Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie has accused the Conservatives of stoking up English nationalism, saying: "People who voted for Scotland to remain part of the UK, including Conservative voters, will be aghast at the hyperbolic rhetoric the Tories are using to stoke the fires of English nationalism."

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A bit more from David Cameron's punchy fightback speech to Conservative activists in Somerset this afternoon. He said claims that he favoured the wealthy should be stuck "where the sun don't shine". And there was a message for people accusing him of "playing it a bit safe".

The Communication Workers Union is holding its annual conference in Bournemouth. Senior Labour politician Angela Eagle tells CWU members that the Conservatives want to stop them campaigning against budget cuts that "will hit the poorest hardest". She accuses the Tories of "lurching from fear to smear".

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Guardian blogger Andrew Sparrow writes that - despite whisperings, external about David Cameron's future as Conservative leader - he's had a good day. Future leadership candidates Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid, have "exposed their limitations" in much-publicised performances today, he reckons.

A quick look at the main stories before handing over to the evening team - Andy McFarlane and Kristiina Cooper.

• The Labour leader Ed Miliband has promised to cap rent as part of a plan to stop tenants being "ripped off"
• The Conservatives have set out what they would do in their first 100 days in government. David Cameron says they would focus on wages, welfare, housing and childcare
• A clutch of polls suggested there's still little to choose between the Conservatives and Labour

Iain Watson
Labour campaign correspondent

The BBC's Labour campaign correspondent, Iain Watson, says that Ed Miliband might not "win over any waverers" with his speech in Islington about international development and climate change, but that the Labour leader was rallying the party faithful.

He was also trying to portray himself as a future prime minister, "a statesman with an agenda".

Ed Miliband tells the Labour Party faithful that the fight will be tough with just 11 days left until the general election.

He also jokes:

"Nearly half the world's wealth is owned by 1% of the population," Labour leader Ed Miliband says, arguing that inequality "scars" society and "makes all of us poorer".

He says a future Labour government would put "the fight against inequality" at its heart.

Ever wondered why polls of voter intentions vary so much? Ben Page, chief executive of Ipsos Mori, says data is collected in different ways, but it's more likely to be just random chance. "Each of these numbers in each of these polls has a margin of error of three or four percent, so if you're doing lots and lots of polls, you will see noise in the data, even if nothing is actually changing. It's the natural law of probability in statistics." He adds that in one poll in 20, there's a much bigger margin of error, but you never know which poll that's going to be.

Ed Miliband says that he would not have believed 20 years ago that a commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on international aid would be enshrined in law, as it is now.

"Aid works and the proof is all round the world," he says.

Andrew Neil
Daily and Sunday Politics

Sadiq Khan, Labour candidate for Tooting, is challenged as to why landlords would want to rent out properties for three years for less money, when they can rent out for one year for more. "What you'll see is landlords want more certainty of knowing they've got three-year tenancies in place, but also what you'll see is tenants negotiating with landlords," he says.

It's Ed Miliband's turn to make a speech. He is focusing on international development and begins with some words about Nepal.

"We have seen truly appalling scenes as a result of this eathquake," he tells his audience.

"We must make sure all international efforts support Nepal."

The prime minister finishes his speech with a rallying cry to the troops: "Let's go for it. Come on. We can do it!"

BBC campaign correspondent Carole Walker, who was watching the speech, says Mr Cameron may have taken on board grumblings that the Conservative campaign lacked passion.

David Cameron, speaking in Somerset, warns once again about the prospect of a post-election deal between Labour and the SNP.

David Cameron warns voters - and the Lib Dems - against backing Labour:

Andrew Neil
Daily and Sunday Politics

Labour's pledge to provide £2.5bn more funding for the NHS is fine in theory, but may not work in practice, according to Chris Ham, chief executive of the health care think tank, King's Fund.