Summary

  • Labour pledges to cap rent increases in the private rental sector

  • The Conservatives set out plans for their first 100 days in government

  • Andrew Marr's guests were Labour's Ed Miliband, Conservative Boris Johnson and Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood

  • Lib Dem David Laws, Tory Sajid Javid and Labour's Tessa Jowell were on the Sunday Politics

  • There are 11 days left until the general election

  • You can watch the best clips of the day via the 'Key Video' button on this page

  1. Cameron speech from Somersetpublished at 15:18

    David Cameron is speaking in Norton sub Hamdon in Somerset. He notes that the Lib Dem candidate in the constituency is David Laws who, as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, received a note from his Labour predecessor Liam Byrne, joking that there was "no money left".

    He adds that the Lib Dems have said that they might do a coalition deal with either the Conservatives or Labour, meaning "they're equally likely to go back into a relationship with the people who wrote this note".

    You can see a full list of candidates for Yeovil constituency here.

  2. Laws repeats SNP and UKIP rejectionpublished at 15:14

    Daily Politics
    Live on BBC Two

    David Laws interview

    Repeating an assertion made by his party leader, Liberal Democrat David Laws says "we're not interested in being part of a government" dependent on the SNP or UKIP.

    One is "interested in breaking up the United Kingdom" and the other wants to leave the EU, he adds.

  3. 'No apologies' for economy focuspublished at 15:10

    Daily Politics
    Live on BBC Two

    Sajid Javid

    Culture Secretary Sajid Javid tells the Sunday Politics that the Conservatives "make no apologies for focusing on the economy and that focus will remain".

    "We're still going to have to have spending reductions over the next three years" equivalent to one pound in every hundred the government spends, he adds.

  4. The Queen and Edpublished at 15:02

    Tim Shipman

    Tim Shipman, the political editor of The Sunday Times, says Ed Miliband will have to make a deal with the SNP if he wants to form a government:

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    The Queen and Buckingham Palace have made it very clear that if any potential Prime Minister is going to turn up there and say 'I want the job' they are going to have to have a deal in place. They are going to have to show that they have got some kind of working majority. The palace is not going to put up with a government that is going to be held to ransom day by day, vote by vote."

  5. Three year leases 'not compulsory'published at 15:01

    Daily Politics
    Live on BBC Two

    Labour's Tessa Jowell tells the Sunday Politics that "it's not compulsory" for tenants to sign three year leases under Labour's private sector rent proposals.

    Labour has announced plans to extend the typical tenancy agreement from a year or less to three years following a probationary period of six months.

    But Ms Jowell says:

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    If a landlord and a tenant reach an agreement on a shorter tenancy, then they can do that. But it's difficult to get a longer tenancy."

  6. 'MacMiliband'published at 15:00

    Beth Rigby

    Beth Rigby, deputy political editor at the Financial Times, says Ed Miliband fears the association of Labour and the SNP in the minds of voters is "starting to hurt them [Labour] on the doorstep." "One Tory minister I spoke to this week was joking that they now call him 'MacMiliband'... because they know that this is actually getting some traction with voters."

  7. Dudley dispatchpublished at 14:57

    BBC Radio 4

    Natalie Bennett

    The BBC's Shaun Ley is spending the election campaign in the marginal seat of Dudley. Here he sets the scene for a visit by Green Party leader Natalie Bennett. You can listen back to the exchanges, first broadcast on the World This Weekend, on the live coverage tab above.

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    Natalie Bennett probably wouldn't choose a shopping centre in her search for converts to the Green Party cause. In a general election, though, you go where the voters are. This week, the voters were in the BBC's campaign 'pop-up' in Dudley. Jessie runs a jewellery stall in the town-centre market; Paul is an IT contractor, and Duwayne is a student at the local FE college. Natalie is the second party leader to be subjected to questioning by undecided voters in Dudley. The first was Nigel Farage, and the offer is open to all the others (we've even invited the SNP, because so many of our visitors have mentioned that party).

  8. 'Utterly stupid'published at 14:55

    Sky News

    SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon says Theresa May has "made herself look completely and utterly stupid" by claiming that a Labour-SNP pact would mean the biggest constitutional crisis since the abdication of Edward VIII., external

    Speaking to Sky News, Ms Sturgeon adds that Conservative Home Secretary Mrs May claimed that Scots would "lose our passports" and lose control of their borders if they voted for independence in last year's referendum.

  9. 'A blessing from the top'published at 14:50

    Justine and Ed Miliband

    Ed Miliband has been told he is "definitely" going to win the general election after he was blessed by a Hindu saint during a visit to north London.

    The Labour leader and wife Justine, who was in traditional Indian dress, were given backing from spiritual leaders at the Shree Swaminarayan Temple in Willesden.

    The couple were presented with garlands and senior saint Swami Santi Priya Das gave Mr Miliband a blessing and wished him luck for polling day.

    The Press Association reports that Bipin Gami, a volunteer at the temple, told Mr Miliband:

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    You are definitely going to win now, you've received a blessing from the top."

  10. Deal or no deal?published at 14:45

    Daily Politics
    Live on BBC Two

    Isabel Oakeshott

    While Ed Miliband has said there will be no deals with the SNP to form a government, political commentator Isabel Oakeshott tells the Sunday Politics: "I don't believe him for a minute. If he is in the happy position of being able to make a deal, then I think he's going to have to."

    She adds:

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    "At the end of the day, it's very unlikely that he's going to get that majority that he's looking for. How exactly is he going to govern without a deal with the SNP?"

  11. Grand coalitionpublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 26 April 2015

    Conservative candidate for Totnes tweets...

  12. Labour rent plan 'economically illiterate'published at 14:36

    BBC Radio 4

    Chancellor George Osborne says Labour's plan to cap housing rent rises is "economically illiterate".

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    My opponents are the people who plunged Britain into economic chaos, today [they] have come up with yet another totally economically illiterate statement that yes, grabs headlines, but is dismissed by every expert who looks at it, and by the way, would also be held to hostage vote-by-vote by a party that wants to break up the United Kingdom."

  13. Heart not in it?published at 14:28

    BBC Radio 4

    Political commentator Isabel Oakeshott, who is currently working with Lord Ashcroft on a book about David Cameron, says the Prime Minister "has a real problem in terms of public image."

    She adds:

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    The broadcaster Andrew Neil tweeted last week that Cameron's heart didn't seem to be in it, and that was a quote from an anonymous Tory donor. That is an impression he creates - that actually, this doesn't mean the world to him, and I think that's probably because it's true - it doesn't mean the world to him."

  14. 'Rent controls don't work'published at 14:17

    David Cox

    David Cox from the Association of Residential Letting Agents tells the BBC News channel that "rent controls don't work".

    He argues that historically, rent controls have meant that "not only does supply diminish but also the quality of the properties diminish, because landlords simply don't have the money to invest in ongoing maintenance".

    He calls for a "well-regulated private rental sector" claiming that lack of regulation is "the root cause of the problem".

    Local authorities need more resources to enforce existing regulation to target rogue landlords, he adds.

  15. 'No unfunded claims'published at 14:13

    BBC Radio 4

    Chancellor George Osborne denies that the Conservatives have made pledges without saying how they will be funded. "We have not made unfunded claims," he says. "We have set out a balanced plan." The plan is "very similar to the plan we pursued in the last Parliament; of making savings in government departments, making savings in welfare, increasing spending on the National Health Service and making work pay."

  16. Cuts to social security spendingpublished at 13:57

    BBC Radio 4

    The Conservatives have said they will make £10bn worth of cuts to social security spending. Where will the axe fall? Chancellor George Osborne says: "We have a track record of delivering over £20bn of savings inthe last five years. I don't think anyone listening to this programme thinks our welfare system is perfect or we get brilliant value for money for every penny we spend on it, so clearly there are further changes needed." One example is to freeze working age benefits for the next couple of years, he says.

  17. Political balancepublished at 13:48

  18. Disability paymentspublished at 13:44

    BBC Radio 4

    George OsborneImage source, PA

    Chancellor George Osborne is challenged on The World This Weekend over whether he will cut disability welfare payments. "We've increased disability payments for the most disabled in our society," he says. He adds that the Conservatives have introduced a new system called Personal Independence Payments.

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    That is being implemented now. It involves a medical test for adults and therefore we make sure we are giving money to people with disabilities, and we've increased the amount of money we give to people with the most disabilities."

  19. 'Look for work'published at 13:38

    BBC Radio 4

    George Osborne is asked whether he would cut disability payments, but says the Conservatives have already made reforms.

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    We want to help people who are vulnerable, but we want to also make sure work pays, and so we have, as part of our welfare reforms, insisted that people who can work... do need to go out and look for work."

  20. The Conservative votepublished at 13:20

    BBC Radio 4

    The Conservatives haven't won a majority for 23 years - what happened to the voters who gave power to John Major and Margaret Thatcher? Professor Tim Bale from Queen Mary's in London says the Conservatives, after 1992, lost support among skilled and semi-skilled workers who "generally don't really vote on ideological lines, but look for competence in a government". Another problem the Conservatives face is the "splintering of the middle class", he says.