Lib Dem peer claims David Cameron told Nick Clegg privately he doesn't think he'll win a majority
Mr Cameron calls it "desperate tactics" by the Lib Dems, but Mr Clegg says it's "a big fib" for the Tories to claim they can win outright
Labour and the Lib Dems focussed on the NHS while the Conservatives campaigned on tax
Labour sources tell the BBC the party is considering the option of having a minority coalition with the Lib Dems
Comedian Russell Brand endorses Ed Miliband
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood says she would vote down a Labour Budget if it contained cuts
UKIP launches its Scottish manifesto in Falkirk
The World at One
BBC Radio 4
A Radio 4 listener asks Mr Farage how much money he would send to Nepal:
"I have no objection to helping with disaster relief, but I do have a problem with foreign aid that isn't working and isn't going to the right places," the UKIP leader replies.
Mr Farage adds that he would like to see the millions the UK has already offered Nepal doubled.
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BBC Radio 4
UKIP leader Nigel - middle name Paul - Farage appears on Radio 4's The World at One and is asked by a listener about the EU and why he has missed so many votes from the European Parliament.
"No British MEP has spoken more extensively about the EU," he says.
"What I have achieved as an MEP is to absolutely lift a veil of secrecy about how the system works."
We'll gloss over the bit when Mr Farage, as he told LBC this morning, admitted he thinks he accidentally voted to keep a veil of secrecy over MEPs' expenses last week in Strasbourg. The UKIP leader said he got a bit lost in the detail of the motion and would change his vote as soon as he could.
She's shown herself to be one of the few politicians who can eat and greet. Here's Nicola Sturgeon getting stuck into a strawberry tart in Kirkcaldy.
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Image source, PANicola Sturgeon has spoken again this morning of her willingness to vote against an Ed Miliband Budget. Out and about in Kirkcaldy, the SNP leader said:
Quote MessageIf Labour in government put forward a Budget that was delivering more cuts that were harming people, of course the SNP wouldn't vote for that. That wouldn't bring down the government but it would mean that the government had to go away and rethink its budget and come back with a better one, one that protected the National Health Service and tackled poverty and invested in our economy and that's the value of having a big, strong SNP voice in the House of Commons."
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Daily Politics
BBC Two
Labour's shadow health minister Luciana Berger has been asked on BBC Two's Daily Politics about an event which was held at the weekend in which audience members were segregated according to their gender- with women sat on one side of the room and men on the other.
Pictures of the event in Birmingham have been posted on Twitter.
Asked if she was comfortable with segregated audiences she said: "It depends where these events are happening, and the context in which it occurred."
The Daily Express have also reported on the issue, click here, external for their story.
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Earlier Labour leader Ed Miliband spoke on BBC Radio 4's Today programme and made reference to the comments of a senior civil servant who said the financial crisis was caused by a banking crisis alone, rather than by overspending from a Labour government as the Conservatives have claimed.
The comments were made by the permanent secretary to the Treasury, Sir Nicholas Macpherson, for the full article, click here, external .
Image source, PAThe home of Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness in Londonderry has been targeted by paint bombers.
Stormont's deputy first minister said: "This was an attack not just on me but on my family too, including my grandchildren who were in the house at the time."
He said the vandalism followed an arson attack on a Sinn Fein member's car in Derry last week and damage to some of the party's election billboards and posters in the city.
Mr McGuinness continued: "The people behind these attacks have nothing to offer the community and they are intent on dragging society back to the past. Neither I nor the people I represent will allow them to do that. I will not be deflected from my work as a Sinn Fein representative and as deputy first minister of building a peaceful and prosperous future for all our people and creating a society built upon equality and inclusion."
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Image source, EPAStewart Hosie, deputy leader of the SNP, has taken the Lord Scriven claim as evidence of coalition cosying-up.
Quote MessageWe now know that David Cameron and Nick Clegg have been secretly stitching up a plot to allow the Tories back into Downing Street. That means it is more important than ever we ensure there are more anti-Tory than pro-Tory MPs elected on Thursday."
He also said Mr Miliband's insistence that he would not talk to the SNP "simply isn't credible".
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Steve Richards, from the Independent, says it's very clear what will happen if the Conservatives win most seats but not a majority. He thinks David Cameron will try to form a coalition with the Lib Dems and possibly the Irish MPs, and present a Queen's Speech to Parliament. Then, he says: "Labour has a big decision to make about whether to defeat it - it would have the numbers to defeat it - and that is a big call."
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Image source, PAFor his part, Jim Murphy said: "This sort of aggressive nationalism should have no place in our election.
"We've got a few days until we can kick David Cameron out of office, a few days to change our country forever and we won't be silenced by this form of aggressive nationalism, it's anti-democratic."
Image source, PAComedian Eddie Izzard has criticised protesters who confronted him and Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy in Glasgow a short time ago. They called Mr Murphy a "traitor" and a "warmongerer"
"It's OK having different opinions, but everyone should be able to put their opinion forward," the comedian said. "This aggressive, this violent emotion, why violence? Don't have violence, we should just put our point of view forward and then everyone makes their choice on Thursday."
"This is democracy, it's all about voting... we're putting forward a point of view, we're asking people to vote Labour and they're scared of these words being heard.
"Why are they scared of that? Let everyone have their say. It's called democracy."
Towards the end of his Q&A, Ed Miliband made reference to Lord Scriven's tweet (mentioned in previous entries, see 11:09)
"David Cameron appears to have said that he's not going to win the election. I think that says it all about him, and his campaign."
Political correspondent at The Herald tweets:
"Ed Miliband understands that people are p***ed off, people have had enough of their needs being neglected because of the requirements of big business... the Conservatives are planning to further dismantle our community assets.
"I know I've been Mr Don't Vote but... I think we've got no choice but to take decisive action..."
Brand says in Scotland "you know what you're going to do" - and in Brighton, people should vote Green.
"Anywhere else, you've got to vote Labour, you've got to get the Conservative Party out of government."
Image source, Russell Brand/YouTubeWe understand that comedian Russell Brand has now endorsed Labour, and its leader Ed Miliband. Brand's released this video., external with an as yet unseen section of the interview the pair did last week.
In it Mr Miliband says: "I think the way we think about politics is still faulty. Is it elect me on day one and the world is transformed or is it, we're on a path of change?"
He calls for a politics "routed again in community", saying the Tories are "a virtual party with money but no people".
In reply, Brand says he agrees completely - "what you want is galvanised people". He says: "I would see your election as a Labour prime minister as the beginning of a proper conversation."
"20,000 more nurses is 20,000 reasons to vote for a Labour government," Miliband says to cheers from the crowd.
"Our plan is founded on putting the right values back at the heart of our NHS," he continues.
He says that "care, compassion and cooperation" are what makes the NHS great - not "privatisation, fragmentation and competition".