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The Conservatives are planning to focus on the economy in the coming week.

Leader David Cameron is expected to say later:

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Sadly - we were enjoying this - Andrew Marr has to bring the brief but noisy debate between Boris Johnson and Ed Miliband to an end in a firm, but very British way:

The Conservative politician and the Labour leader debate taxation on the Andrew Marr Show sofa.

Ed Miliband has some advice for Boris Johnson, if the latter becomes Conservative leader.

"I'd get rid of Lynton if I were you," he says, referring to the Tories' election strategist, Lynton Crosby.

Boris Johnson joins Ed Miliband on the Andrew Marr sofa - and a row immediately breaks out on taxes on the wealthiest.

"I'm in favour of the rich paying as much tax as is consistent with a successful economy," claims Boris.

"Are you for keeping non-dom status?" Ed Miliband asks.

"Is this the same Ed Miliband who was in the Treasury with Gordon Brown?" Boris throws back.

Turning to Labour's proposal to cap private rents, Andrew Marr says economists agree that controls don’t work.

"There are 11 million people in 'generation rent'," Ed Miliband replies. "They've been forgotten."

He "doesn't buy" the argument that landlords will "jack up rents" before a cap comes in.

He claims a similar policy has worked in the Republic of Ireland and insists: "This will work."

Andrew Marr suggests that trades union-backed Labour MPs are going to be "very hostile" to cuts if Labour forms a government.

Ed Miliband dismisses this:

Ed Miliband says it is "wrong" to suggest that he is "a taxing and borrowing politician".

Labour would balance the books and "get the net debt falling", he insists.

He accuses the Conservatives of having "sprayed around" spending commitments and calls Labour's plan "fully costed".

Ed Miliband draws a comparison between the SNP and the Conservatives.

One party is trying to set Scotland against England while the other is setting England against Scotland, he claims.

He says he is aiming for "a majority Labour government". He repeats that he is"not interested" in doing deals with the SNP and says Labour would put forward its proposals and it would be for other parties to decide whether or not to support it.

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The Andrew Marr Show

Ed Miliband, who says he is "optimistic" is on the Andrew Marr Show. He concedes Labour has "challenges in Scotland" - where it trails the SNP in polls - but suggests that Andrew Marr is "getting ahead" of himself by predicting the party's performance.

"I'm not doing deals with the SNP," he adds.

Boris Johnson says that reports that he is being lined up to imminently become leader of the Conservative Party are "nonsense" and "absolutely trivial by comparison with the choice this country has to make in 11 days time."

When challenged about a possible Conservative/UKIP deal Boris Johnson says he doesn't "envisage any deals with anybody."

Boris Johnson adds there "is a risk of people feeling" that a Labour/SNP government would lack legitimacy."It's the wrong way for this country to go," he adds.

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When she was on the Marr Show just now Leanne Wood was asked whether the fact that the SNP, Plaid and the Greens all have female leaders means that there is more consensus between the parties.

Ms Wood says the parties would work together regardless of the gender of the leaders.

Boris Johnson is challenged on his highlighting the possibility of a Labour/SNP government, "Absolutely reasonably - if you look at what's happening in the British economy and the London economy at the moment it's a story of great success and great progress... but what you've got is a Labour government proposing to come in with a manifesto to put up corporation tax... and there's no way Miliband could conceivably govern except with the help of the SNP... I think it is deeply alarming."

Leanne Wood says that, like the SNP, Plaid Cymru have "ruled out any deal to prop up a Conservative government".

Wales has "never voted to give the Tories a mandate", she adds.

Plaid "would work with a Labour government but only if they weren't prepared to implement Tory policies".

The Sun on Sunday has a spread on Boris Johnson entitled "The Bozfather". Tom Newton Dunn, political editor of the Sun, said during the newspaper review: "The problem with introducing Boris Johnson is that it invites comparison. People will say, well if he's so good, why don't we get him in [as leader] instead?"

He's on Andrew Marr now.