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Ed Miliband begins his speech at Labour's London rally with an admission that he was beaten at pool by snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Earlier in the campaign, the Labour leader took time to shoot pool in Sheffield with the five-time world champion, who is backing Labour in the election.

The Labour leader, who lost 3-0, jokes: "I thought I would go easy on him and that's why he won."

Chancellor George Osborne has given his reaction to the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's daughter. He said:

Comedian Paul O'Grady, speaking at the Labour rally, joked he may leave the country if the Conservatives are re-elected.

Ed Miliband is now at a rally in London having been in Hastings earlier today.

Actor Jason Issacs is the host of Labour's London rally.

Other celebrities attending are: Michelle Collins, June Sarpong, Paul O' Grady, Mathew Horne, Ronnie O' Sullivan, Grayson Perry, Natasha McElhone, Richard Wilson and Labour peer and former MEP Michael Cashman.

Elsewhere today Nicola Sturgeon has once again attacked Labour leader Ed Miliband's stance on doing a deal with her Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP).

She said people across Scotland, including Labour voters, have been "appalled" at Mr Miliband's refusal to work with the SNP to keep out a Conservative government.

The SNP leader said any opportunity to "get the Tories out" should be seized.

Ms Sturgeon said her party's MPs would "work to build progressive alliances at Westminster and deliver an end to the cuts".

She added: "What is now clear is that Ed Miliband does not share the same commitment."

Speaking in Inverness, she said: "I think people across Scotland, and I've spoken to many Labour voters in the last couple of days, were appalled to hear Ed Miliband suggest on Thursday night that he would rather give up the chance of being prime minister and watch the Tories get back into government than work with the SNP to keep the Tories out."

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The Daily Telegraph claims to have seen Scottish National Party (SNP) documents that outline where it has common ground with Labour.

The documents "set out how the separatists will attempt to use their 'influence' in Westminster to dictate Labour Party policies", the Telegraph says, external.

YouGov’s daily opinion in poll for The Sun give Labour a one point lead over the Conservatives. The numbers look like this:

Labour: 35%

Conservatives: 34%

UKIP: 12%

Lid Dems: 8%

Greens: 5%.

Nick Clegg has announced a Lib Dem pledge on youth unemployment.

He says: "I'm announcing today, on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, a plan to bring youth unemployment in our country down to its lowest level ever. We can do this by doubling the number of businesses who offer apprenticeships.

"We can bring youth unemployment to the lowest level ever by funding 100,000 new work experience placements. We can do this by providing proper, face to face careers advice and guidance in our schools and colleges.

"And we can do this because we're the only party who will provide that help through the mental health care system to provide the support to those who have mental health problems which are preventing them to get into work."

On Thursday we pointed out that the actor Hugh Grant was throwing his support behind Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander. Well, now he and the Lib Dems have gone one step further with the tweet below. All you have to do is make a donation., external

We'll leave you to make your own minds up.

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At his speech in Sheffield, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg continues: "The left of British politics, much as the right, will cut, cut, and cut for ideological reasons. Impose hard line ideological cuts on our nurseries, on our schools and our colleges.

"Much as George Osborne has told the country that he wants the working age poor to be the only part of society that picks up the tab for the mistakes of the bankers. We don't want that, do we?"

"The question isn't 'Is Ed Miliband, or David Cameron going to walk into Number 10?" One of them will. It's 'Who's going to be there alongside them?'", Mr Clegg says.

"Do you want Nigel Farage pulling the strings? No? I thought you didn't. Do you want him and the right wing, the swivel-eyed brigade of the Conservative party... running this country?... Do you want Alex Salmond pulling the strings? No! "

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has likened Ed Miliband and David Cameron to robots. "No-one is going to win outright. Ed Miliband and David Cameron walk round robotically trying to tell people that they're going to win outright, he says.

Lib Dem leader Nick clegg has welcomed the birth of the royal baby at a campaign event in Sheffield. He said: "I was out canvassing on Wentworth Avenue this morning, and knocked on the door of a very nice family and they had lots to say to me. They said, you must come in -- I know it's the rule of canvassers not to get drawn too much into very lengthy conversations in people's homes -- but I did, I walked into their hallway and we were talking and then suddenly I saw the television was on in the background in the sitting room, and I saw the news flash up that a new Royal baby has been born this morning. So can we give a great Lib Dem cheer for the wonderful news that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have had a healthy baby girl."