Summary

  • A TV debate takes place among Scottish leaders - the last of the election campaign

  • Nick Clegg says public sector pay rises will be a Lib Dem coalition red line

  • Labour restates its pledge to cut tuition fees to £6,000

  • David Cameron warns against protest votes and says people must choose their 'preferred prime minister'

  • Nigel Farage insists UKIP is growing in popularity and calls Mr Cameron 'desperate' for talking down the party

  • There are four days left until the general election

  1. Miliband attacks Cleggpublished at 11:59

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  2. Labour's rockpublished at 11:58

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  3. Social cleansing?published at 11:58

    Andrew Neil
    Daily and Sunday Politics

    Would Boris Johnson accept that the recent welfare changes have had a disproportionate effect on London and started to reshape the capital, forcing the poor out of the centre of the city?

    "I don't think that's the case," he says, although "you would expect there to be very substantial moves" in the population over the course of a number of years.

    But is it social cleansing? "I don't accept that. I believe passionately that London should be mixed," the Conservative mayor adds.

  4. 'Beggars belief'published at 11:49

    Boris johnson

    "The polls I've seen suggest things are moving fractionally in the direction of the Conservatives," London Mayor Boris Johnson tells the Sunday Politics.

    Has anyone told you where these huge cuts in welfare are going to come from, he's asked.

    "The cuts that are coming are significantly less than those that have already been done by the coalition," Mr Johnson says, and it "beggars belief" that a further one in a hundred pounds of government spending can't be cut.

  5. 'Strong lock'published at 11:47

    Sky News

    Danny AlexanderImage source, Sky News

    Any Lib Dems who say they would not like to form a coalition with the Conservatives, even if they get a majority, would not be "respecting the democratic will of the country", Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, tells Murnaghan. He adds that the Lib Dems have a party conference to sign off any proposed deal to form a government, which he describes as a "strong lock" for the party. "If people don't like what's been done, they can say no to it," he says.

  6. 'I love you Andrew'published at 11:46

    Andrew Neil
    Daily and Sunday Politics

    Russell Brand and Ed MilibandImage source, You Tube/Russell Brand

    Why was Ed Miliband so keen to be interviewed by Russell Brand but not by me, asks Andrew Neil.

    "Well I don't know... I love being interviewed by you, it's one of the things I look forward to most of all," Mr Leslie replies, before adding:

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    But Russell Brand is somebody who has been saying that people shouldn't vote and I think it was important to address those disaffected who say nothing can be changed."

    Chris Leslie, Labour shadow minister

  7. No second chancespublished at 11:44

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  8. 'No need to speak to them'published at 11:41

    Andrew Neil
    Daily and Sunday Politics

    Labour's Chris Leslie is being pushed on whether there'll be vote by vote agreements with the SNP. "No deals with the SNP, that's it, full stop," he replies.

    It's inevitable you'll have to work with them though? "No," he replies. "Every government tables propositions, there is then a debate about those propositions."

    Do you rule out any contact pre-Queen's Speech? Mr Leslie, shadow Treasury chief secretary, answers: "There's going to be no bartering away of Queen's Speech contents with the SNP. It's going to be Labour's manifesto in Labour's Queen's Speech... you don't need to speak to the other parties."

  9. Royal baby and the Greenspublished at 11:40

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    Natalie BennettImage source, Sky News

    Green party leader Natalie Bennett tells Murnaghan that she wouldn't want the royal baby to "grow up in a caravan", but that Greens do want the monarchy reformed. "We believe that the hereditary principle should have no place in our constitution," she says. The Greens want to keep the ceremonial aspects of the monarchy, but remove the constitutional aspects, she says. "It's past time that we really started again and redrew our constitution for the 21st century," she adds.

  10. 'Physical manifestation'published at 11:35

    Andrew Neil
    Daily and Sunday Politics

    Chris Leslie

    Phew, another one, this time it's Labour's Chris Leslie. He's asked about the Ed Miliband pledge stone. He says Labour will pay for it to go into the back garden of No. 10.

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    The Labour Party is making sure that it's not just the words of politicians, but a physical manifestation of the pledges that we've made."

  11. SNP on Labour talkspublished at 11:31

    John Pienaar
    Pienaar’s Politics

    John Swinney

    John Swinney, deputy first minister and SNP politician, is the next Sunday Politics guest.

    Does Ed Miliband have to consult with Nicola Sturgeon before he produces a Queen's Speech, Andrew Neil asks him.

    "Yes there will have to be a need for there to be discussions between the SNP and the Labour Party about what arrangements will take place."

    But what if he doesn't talk to you? "I think that would be Ed Miliband getting the next parliamentary term off on the wrong foot. You have to get off on the right footing, working with other parties..."

    Even if he doesn't talk to you, you won't block it though will you? John Swinney says the SNP has been clear it would vote to block a Conservative government.

    If Labour continued with its current plans for deficit reduction would you vote for that? John Swinney replies: "The Labour Party would have to come to an agreement with us to enlist our support to ensure that we had an end to austerity."

  12. Prince Charlespublished at 11:26

    Sky News

    Prince Charles is due to visit Northern Ireland later in this month. Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein, a former member of the IRA, tells Sky's Murnaghan he would consider meeting Prince Charles. "If there is any offer made.. we will absolutely consider it," he says.

  13. Benefit questionspublished at 11:25 British Summer Time 3 May 2015

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  14. Republican participationpublished at 11:25

    Sky News

    Martin McGuinnessImage source, Sky News

    Asked on Murnaghan why Sinn Fein MPs decline to vote in Westminster, Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein says: "Obviously we are an Irish republican party... We're not prepare to bestow any form of legitimacy on the British government's right to rule in this part of the republic."

  15. Quickfire questionspublished at 11:23

    Andrew Neil
    Daily and Sunday Politics

    Onto some other topics.

    Will you cut disability benefit? William Hague says protecting disabled people is one of the key principles the Conservatives have set out for the next Parliament. That's basically as far as he'll go.

    What about Trident? Would you back a Labour government on the subject of renewing it? "The Conservative Party will always support the maintenance and renewal of our nuclear deterrent." says Mr Hague.

    And tuition fees, have you ruled out raising them? "We haven't ruled that out", says Mr Hague, but "scare stories" about what might happen to tuition fees are just that.

  16. Child benefit's future?published at 11:20

    Andrew Neil
    Daily and Sunday Politics

    William Hague

    William Hague is now on the Sunday Politics. He's asked whether there'll be any cuts to child benefit.

    "On that, we've set out policies for two years, to freeze working age benefits including child benefit, for two years," he replies.

    So all third children will continue to get child benefit? "It will stay as it is now," Mr Hague replies.

    So no means testing? "Stay as it is now."

    But what about after 2017? "What we've said is for two years," he replies. After that, the Conservatives "have set out their principles", and he adds: "I can't speculate beyond that."

  17. More red linespublished at 11:18

    Sky News

    On an in-out EU referendum, Nigel Farage tells Murnaghan that UKIP would hold the Conservatives' "feet to the fire". UKIP would also push for a referendum in 2015, instead of allowing the Conservatives to wait a couple of years before calling one. He says this is "a red line" for UKIP.

  18. 'Stolen from Obama'published at 11:15

    Andrew Neil
    Daily and Sunday Politics

    Nicholas Watt

    The Guardian's Nicholas Watt says Ed Miliband has performed way above expectations "he's consistent and he speaks with conviction from the heart" - but Frank Luntz disagrees. He says, clearly critically, that Mr Miliband has "stolen language from Barack Obama, word for word".

    Nicholas Watt hits back

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    I have known Ed Miliband for nearly 20 years. The language he uses now is the language he used then. The thinking may be wrong but it's what he thinks and it's from the heart."

    Nick Watt, Guardian journalist

  19. Parlous position?published at 11:10

    Sky News

    Nigel FarageImage source, Sky News

    If UKIP leader Nigel Farage doesn't win his seat at the election, he reiterates his intention to stand down "in ten minutes". He adds, on Murnaghan on Sky News: "It could be over for Mr Clegg, Miliband may be gone, Natalie Bennett may be gone, we all may be gone."

  20. US perspectivepublished at 11:09

    Andrew Neil and Frank Luntz

    Frank Luntz, US election expert, says he's surprised that anyone is still doing national polling in the UK - "the national numbers don't matter", and instead the focus should only be on the 30 or so marginals. On the broader campaign, he says he thinks Ed Milband has "actually gotten better over the last six months, his presentation is better, the way he speaks is better". On David Cameron, it's only in the last 10 days that he has shown the sort of performance that we saw in the run-up to the 2010 election, Mr Luntz adds.