What is fuelling Cameron?published at 10:22 British Summer Time 27 April 2015
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Summary
The Liberal Democrats say education funding will be a "red line" in any coalition negotiations
Labour says it would exempt first-time buyers from stamp duty on homes worth up to £300,000
Nicola Sturgeon says Labour has been "bullied" in to ruling out a coalition with her SNP party
A letter signed by 5,000 small businesses backs the Conservatives
There are 10 days left until the general election
What is fuelling Cameron?published at 10:22 British Summer Time 27 April 2015
Clegg campaignpublished at 10:21 British Summer Time 27 April 2015
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'Britain's backbone'published at 10:19
"This is a battle for the backbone of Britain," says David Cameron, who pledges: "I'm going to win that fight."
He says he will never take the economy for granted - before attacking Labour's economic credibility. The Labour Party thinks it knows how to spend your money better than you do and how to run your business better - and they will put up your taxes and increase regulation, he says.
'Punchy' speechpublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 27 April 2015
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Cameron's fighting talkpublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 27 April 2015
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'Magic ingredient'published at 10:15
This is the most important election of a generation, says David Cameron. He cites the letter in the Daily Telegraph signed by 5,000 small businesses backing the Conservatives, as he underlines the need to keep the economy on track; something, he says, only the Conservatives can do.
You are the magic ingredient to the recovering economy, the prime minister says of SMEs. "If you think I'm going to roll over and let Ed Miliband and Alex Salmond wreck that you've got another thing coming," he adds.
PM's problempublished at 10:13 British Summer Time 27 April 2015
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Send us your commentspublished at 10:10 British Summer Time 27 April 2015
Email: politics@bbc.co.uk
Gary Moore:
If the rich have doubled their wealth over the last five years why hasn't any of it trickled down to the rest of us? Tory "trickle down" economics has failed yet again and the majority of the population have to suffer while they experiment on us.
PM pumpedpublished at 10:10 British Summer Time 27 April 2015
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Pump it up!published at 10:09
David Cameron takes to the stage, jacket-less, to a big round of applause. He seems quite excitable. He says an entrepreneurial small business revolution is taking place in Britain, declaring: "That pumps me up!" He pays tribute to them for engineering the biggest economic turnaround in Europe,
Cameron speech imminentpublished at 10:07
David Cameron will be delivering his speech on business in London any second now. We'll be bringing you live updates, so do stay with us.
Nick Clegg's first stoppublished at 10:06
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'Pulling Ed Miliband's strings'published at 10:04
Conservative Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has been responding to comments from the Unite union's Len McCluskey (see 8.07 post) that he expects Ed Miliband to work with any "progressive" party if he becomes prime minister.
Quote MessageWhen Ed Miliband's biggest union paymaster is saying that he will be forced to do deals with the SNP, it's no surprise that Nicola Sturgeon knows she will be pulling Ed Miliband's strings if he gets into Downing Street.
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Working people would "pay the price" for a Labour-SNP alliance through more debt, borrowing and taxes, Mr Fallon added.
Standing room onlypublished at 09:57 British Summer Time 27 April 2015
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Complaint over small business letterpublished at 09:50 British Summer Time 27 April 2015
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Call for cross-party cooperationpublished at 09:42
Victoria DerbyshireJust dipping into the Victoria Derbyshire debate, Lib Dem care minister Norman Lamb says he wants all the parties to "bury their differences" after the general election and work together to come up with a new settlement for the NHS and the social care system. The NHS should not be used as a political football, he urges.
Send us your commentspublished at 09:40 British Summer Time 27 April 2015
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Gary Moore:
I have used the NHS a number of times over the past 35 years. It is always better under the Tories. My wife is currently receiving treatment for breast cancer and the care has been second to none. Labour privatised the NHS with the PFI schemes. Safe in their hands, from our experience it is not.
Lib Dems' focuspublished at 09:35 British Summer Time 27 April 2015
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'Deflated his own life raft'published at 09:29
During an appearance on the Andrew Marr show on Sunday, Labour leader Ed Miliband said he would do "no deals" with the SNP if his party fell short of a majority on 7 May.
But Ian Dunt, editor of politics.co.uk, says, external this is "a fiction" as in a minority government "you'd better be prepared to work with other parties or it will be time to pack your bags".
He adds: "Miliband has deflated his own life raft and laughed about it as he does it. Barring a last-minute Labour surge, he has consigned himself to heading a weak government."
NHS debatepublished at 09:22
Victoria Derbyshire
The action out on the road might be focusing on business and housing, but Victoria Derbyshire is hosting a debate in Southampton on another key electoral issue - the future of the NHS.
You can watch live here: