If Labour win at the election they will bring in a bill "within days" to repeal "David Cameron's health and social care reforms", shadow health secretary Andy Burnham tells Labour supporters at a rally in Swindon.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has paid tribute to author Ruth Rendell, who has died aged 85.

“Ruth Rendell was an outstanding and hugely popular figure in British literature and, for the last 18 years, served the Labour Party in the House of Lords with great loyalty and passion.

Her books are loved by millions all over the world, and have brought such enjoyment and fascination to their readers.

On behalf of the Labour Party, I offer my sincere condolences to Ruth’s family.”

It seems Mr Clegg also saw the funny side of the incident later tweeting:

The Daily Mail has got to the bottom of our Nick Clegg prank story earlier (see post at 10:54).

It appears the young man who lost control of his trousers, did indeed do just that, telling the Mail he had a wardrobe malfunction.

Identified by the Mail as William Carrie, 17 a drama student, from Solihull, he insisted to the newspaper that the incident was a "'complete accident".

He told Mailonline, external : "I went over to take a picture as I like to meet celebrities, but as I put my hand up to take a selfie, my trousers fell down.

"They're quite loose jeans and I've had them for a few years now. I'll have to get some new ones.

"I was mortified because it was extremely embarrassing. All my mates were there laughing and there were so many cameras."

Mr Miliband is asked whether he agrees with some people's view that the monarchy embodies inequality.

"I disagree because of the extraordinary service that the monarchy provides to our country," he says. "The fact that it unifies the country, particularly in difficult moments, and I think that is a view that is shared by people right across our country."

Ed Miliband, taking questions after his speech in Hastings, is asked by the BBC to comment on the birth of the royal baby. He says: 

Conservative Financial Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke, responding to the 10 bills Labour would prioritise in a Queen's Speech, has said:

“It’s extraordinary that Ed Miliband’s agenda contains absolutely nothing about creating jobs, creating wealth or backing small businesses.

"This just shows that a weak Ed Miliband government, kept on life-support by the SNP, would put our economy at risk and lead to lost jobs and cut incomes.

“If you want a strong, stable government continuing with the economic plan that’s creating 1,000 jobs every single day, raising living standards and getting Britain back on track – vote Conservative next Thursday.”

“There is going to be the usual sound and fury,” Mr Miliband says of the last few days of the election.

Mocking Prime Minister David Cameron, the Labour leader says: “David Cameron no doubt will be taking off his jacket and pumping his fists with that… genuine passion.”

He says the prime minister found something on Friday that was really close to his heart - which was his own career. But that got him “fired up, ready to go,” Mr Miliband says.

“Ready to leave office is what I say,” the Labour leader adds.

Mr Milband says David Cameron can "never be a champion of working people" because, he says, the prime minister cannot hide a "simple fact" about the way he governs the country.

"Do you want a prime minister who believes that his role is to stand up to the weak and never stand up to the strong? Or do you want someone as prime minister who believes you should stand up to the strong on behalf of the weak and on behalf of all working people across our country?" Mr Miliband asks.

The Labour leader says he will build security for working people, banning zero-hours contracts so that “if you work regular hours you get a regular contract again”.

He says neither he nor David Cameron could live on zero-hour contracts. But he says : “I am going to do something about it and he [Mr Cameron] is not.

"That’s because I believe in one rule for all in our country, not one rule for the rich and powerful and another rule for everyone else."

Mr Miliband accuses David Cameron of having a plan “to cut tax credits, to cut child benefit, if the British people give him the chance.”

He adds:

Labour leader Ed Miliband tells supporters in Hastings that David Cameron wants to tell the electorate that the election “is about England and Scotland. He’s wrong”.

Mr Miliband says: “This is just a tactic to divert attention from the real choice. The vital question at this election is simple: Who is Britain run for? Does Britain work for just a few at the top or does it work for working people?

"What this election really comes down to is not a clash of two nations but a clash of two ideas. Two different ideas about how a country succeeds. I believe Britain only succeeds when working people succeed. The Tories believes the country succeeds when the richest and most powerful succeed. That is the election choice in the next five days for the British people and I will have a Labour government that puts working people first again in our country.”

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