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. Plaid's performance in Walespublished at 09:23

    Andrew Marr
    The Andrew Marr Show

    Andrew Marr asks Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood why her party does not have the level of support in Wales that the SNP commands in Scotland.

    "The growth of support for the SNP has been taking place for quite some time," she says.

    Scotland's indeendence referendum helped to build support for the SNP, while Wales has not had a similar experience, Ms Wood argues.

    Plaid have been trying to strengthn devolution in Wales.

  2. Pic: Leanne Wood and Andrew Marrpublished at 09:21

    Leanne Wood
  3. Rent cap 'very Ed Miliband'published at 09:18

    Andrew Marr
    The Andrew Marr Show

    Tom Newton Dunn, political editor of the Sun, says Labour's rent control plan is not appealing to centre ground, floating voters, but is "very Labour base".

    "It's very Ed Miliband - reshaping capitalism," he argues.

  4. Paper reviewpublished at 09:17 British Summer Time 26 April 2015

    Tom Newton-Dunn and Justine Roberts

    Sun political Tom Newton-Dunn and Justine Roberts, founder of Mumsnet, are commenting on the newspapers. On the spread in the Mail on Sunday - "Red Ed;s love-in with the SNP could spark the biggest constitutional crisis since abdication" - Ms Roberts says she was "struck by the language" -"it smacks a little bit of desperation". Mr Newton-Dunn says the "battle for legitimacy" of a government which "is being played for after 7 May".

  5. PM interview apologypublished at 09:12

    Andrew Marr begins with an apology for incorrect information in last week's interview with the prime minister.

    David Cameron said that he had not been foxhunting for "years" after being asked if it was his favourite sport.

    "We can't expect politician to apologise and not do it ourselves," he says.

    A BBC statement said:

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    Andrew referred to a piece in the Countryside Alliance magazine written by the prime minister which promised the free vote. Andrew had been given a quote from an article reporting the contents of the piece which included the words “This is my sport that I love and I want to be able to do it legally.” The way the piece was written gave the impression that these were Mr Cameron's own words. After returning to the original article, we accept that this reading was incorrect and that our error was an honest mistake."

  6. London Mayor on Marrpublished at 09:04

    Andrew Marr
    The Andrew Marr Show

    Boris Johnson

    London Mayor and Conservative election candidate Boris Johnson is also on the Andrew Marr Show.

  7. Leanne Wood on Marrpublished at 09:00

    The Plaid Cymru leader is at New Broadcasting House for the Andrew Marr Show.

    Leanne Wood
  8. Labour rent plan 'a significant reform'published at 08:52

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    BBC Radio 5 Live's chief political correspondent John Pienaar says that Labour's plan to cap housing rent is "a significant reform."

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    It offers, on Labour's approach, a sense of security, it keeps rents to within an agreed formula, and no doubt Ed Miliband will hope that goes down [well] with an increasing number of people who are in rented accommodation."

  9. Labour rent cap 'ill thought through'published at 08:35

    HouseImage source, Getty Images

    Commenting on Labour's rent cap plan, Lib Dem peer Lord Paddick said:

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    Labour's plans are ill thought through and will make things even worse for tenants. The only way to keep rents under control and stop house prices from spiralling is to follow the Lib Dem plan of building 300,000 homes. Rather than reduce rents, Labour's plans will lead to huge rent hikes every three years, higher rents overall and fewer available rental properties."

  10. Davey on Cameron's 'brain fade'published at 08:25

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Yesterday David Cameron urged people to support West Ham, even though he is an Aston Villa supporter. Lib Dem Energy Secretary Ed Davey supports Notts County, and is asked whether he has ever mistaken them for Newcastle (both have a black and white strip). "We still call them the Magpies," he says.

    Mr Cameron has been feeling the wrath of Twitter after his "brain fade" yesterday.

  11. Lib Dem spending cutspublished at 08:16

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Energy secretary Ed Davey on Radio 5 live is challenged on the Lib Dems' commitment to £12bn of departmental cuts, while the party's manifesto has only outlined £3bn of cuts. "We've done a number of spending reviews about Whitehall waste and bureaucracy, and in all of those collectively, we've manage to take much bigger numbers than the £12bn," he says. "There's also lots of policies that we've got that don't cost money... Given how much government spends - we're looking at over £600bn - the idea that in five years we can't find £12bn..."

  12. Lib Dems 'deliver on the environment'published at 08:04

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Ed DaveyImage source, AFP

    The Lib Dems are launching their environment manifesto today. Energy secretary Ed Davey (pictured left) tells Radio 5 live that the Lib Dems will publish a letter today from 20 "leading green business investors" who are "backing the Liberal Democrats because of our record of delivery".

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    We've planted over one million trees in the last five years... We said we'll invest in renewable electricity. We've secured £37bn of investment in clean energy... We do deliver."

  13. Something fishy...published at 07:51

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Nick CleggImage source, Getty Images

    Nick Clegg posed with an enormous cod in Cornwall last week. Nigel Farage - a keen angler - got distracted by Joey Essex on a visit to Grimsby - and Ed Miliband and Boris Johnson have both been pictured in chippies in the last few weeks. Radio 5 live's Chris Warburton went to talk to some anglers in Lymm in Cheshire about the election. "They [politicians] promise the world and give you nothing," one angler says. "It's not going to make much difference to me who I vote for and who gets in, to be honest."

  14. Cameron criticismpublished at 07:35

    The Conservatives will focus on the economy in the coming week in their campaigning, but the party is facing criticism from a former donor. Entrepreneur Hugh Osmond says he has no idea what a Conservative government led by David Cameron would look like, or achieve. He told the Sunday Times, external : "If either the Conservatives or Labour were told that riding a camel down Croydon High Street would win them the election, they'd saddle up before we knew it."

  15. 'Old style left'published at 07:21

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Ed Miliband

    Speaking about Labour's plan to cap housing rent increases, Martin Bentham, home affairs editor London Evening Standard, tells Radio 5 live: "Ed Miliband seems to be almost growing in confidence, Here he is with something which is quite a radical interventionist policy, that he's putting out there very close to the election, clearly thinking that that type of interventionist and old style left policy actually has enough appeal to be useful."

  16. Good morningpublished at 07:14

    Tom Espiner, Politics reporter

    Labour plans to cap rental increases so private landlords would not be able to increase annual rents by more than inflation for three years - we're expecting comment on that proposal today. David Cameron has laid out the Conservatives' plans for the first 100 days in government, laying an emphasis on wages, welfare, housing and childcare.