Summary

  • 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

  1. Up all nightpublished at 10:25

    Ballot papersImage source, Getty

    Hat tip to Stephen Bush at the New Statesman who has put together a guide, external to what to look out for and when on results night. He takes readers through the key seats and what time they're likely to declare - along with some predictions for how they could go.

    First on the schedule at 22:00 BST is the exit poll, but he warns it could be unreliable. "The UKIP and SNP factor means that they are polling in places they've never done before, which makes measuring change on 2010 difficult, to say the least."

  2. First stop of the daypublished at 10:18

    The BBC's Lib Dem campaign correspondent tweets...

  3. 'Close confidant'published at 10:11

    More on that tweet from Lord Paul Scriven.

    According to the Press Association, a senior Lib Dem source said the party would not comment on private conversations, but added: "Nick is a close confidant of Paul. I don't think he would make this stuff up."

    Lord Scriven is a former leader of the city council in Sheffield - the city in which the Lib Dem leader has his constituency.

  4. Another day, another hard hatpublished at 10:09

    The BBC's Conservative campaign correspondent tweets...

  5. Migrant compassionpublished at 10:05

    Victoria Derbyshire

    Politicians from across the political divide on Victoria Derbyshire's immigration debate all agree that the UK should take in some of the migrants who have risked their lives leaving Libya, and had to be rescued from the Mediterranean.

    The Italian coastguard says that more than 5,800 migrants have been rescued and 10 bodies recovered off the Libyan coast over the weekend.

    "We should be defined by our compassion", says the SNP's Humza Yousaf, and UKIP's Stephen Woolfe says we have a "moral obligation" to take some into our country.

  6. 'No credibility'published at 10:01

    Michael GoveImage source, Getty

    Conservative Chief Whip Michael Gove has been asked about Lord Scriven's claim that the prime minister told Nick Clegg privately he would not get a majority.

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    Nick Clegg has a record of saying one thing during an election campaign and another thing afterwards. I don’t think we can lend any credibility to anything Nick Clegg or his allies say in the heat of the battle."

    Michael Gove

  7. All publicity is goodpublished at 09:54

    The deputy political editor of Financial Times tweets...

  8. Scriven stands by remarkspublished at 09:49

    Victoria Derbyshire

    Lord Scriven

    Lord Scriven is currently appearing on the Victoria Derbyshire show on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel. He says he stands by his tweet about David Cameron's private conversation with Nick Clegg.

    "I don't take back anything I said in the tweet. He said that towards the end of Parliament, before Parliament closed," the peer says.

    Lord Scriven says he had kept the information to himself until now, but given Mr Cameron's comments about fighting for a majority, "his private feelings do need to be made clear".

  9. Oops...published at 09:44

    Nigel Farage at the European ParliamentImage source, AFP

    Nigel Farage has admitted he may have mistakenly voted to keep MEPs' expenses secret last week. The UKIP leader told LBC radio he "might have voted the wrong way" during votes in Strasbourg.

    Mr Farage said he was "in and out" of the parliament in just a few hours, and he may have voted against full disclosure because there were "80 pages" of details on what was being debated.

    He said he would reverse his vote, adding that he supported full disclosure.

  10. No shows?published at 09:40

    Sky News political editor tweets...

  11. Farage demands morepublished at 09:35

    Robin Brant
    UKIP campaign correspondent

    Nigel FarageImage source, AFP

    Nigel Farage has signalled a slight shift in his demands for an EU referendum in return for supporting a Conservative government.

    The UKIP leader told LBC radio a short time ago that UKIP MPs would support a Tory minority government if it guaranteed a referendum on UK membership of the EU by the end of this year.

    He's previously said his party would want a referendum within a year of the general election.

  12. Categorical denialpublished at 09:30

    This just in from the BBC's Imelda Flattery, travelling with the Conservatives today.

    Reacting to the tweet from Lib Dem peer Paul Scriven - see below - she says she's just spoken to a senior Conservative official on the Tory bus and he said that, having spoken to the prime minister, it's...

    "Completely, totally, 100% not true..."

  13. 'Cash cow'published at 09:26

    Severn BridgeImage source, Other

    The Liberal Democrats have accused their election rivals of planning to use Severn Bridge tolls as a "cash-cow" when they return to public ownership.

    The party says scrapping the tolls in 2018 would save commuters up to £1,300 a year more than other party's plans. Lib Dem candidate Jenny Willott called the tolls a "huge barrier to business". Read more here.

  14. Referendum this yearpublished at 09:16 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    The BBC's UKIP campaign correspondent tweets...

  15. 'Biggest lie'published at 09:13 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    BBC UKIP campaign correspondent tweets...

  16. The immigrant debatepublished at 09:13

    Victoria Derbyshire

    Victoria Derbyshire audience member

    Members of the audience are giving their thoughts on the subject of immigration. One says he doesn't feel at home when he walks through Sheffield, and he has a sense of dread.

    "I don't know what I dread exactly... It's partly a feeling of being undermined by the elite opinion. I think my culture is being undermined.

    "I can't explain, it's a loose end I can't explain. I bet there are plenty of other people who can't explain it either."

  17. How important is immigration to you?published at 09:09

    Victoria Derbyshire hosts debate in Sheffield

    Victoria Derbyshire

    Victoria Derbyshire in Sheffield
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    Victoria Derbyshire in Sheffield

    Presenter Victoria Derbyshire hosts a live debate in Sheffield on the issue of immigration.Watch here now.

  18. Two nationspublished at 09:05 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

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    David Cameron is a pretty desperate man... what he's reduced to is trying to set this election up as a clash of two nations."

    Ed Miliband, Labour leader

  19. Praise for Edpublished at 09:01 British Summer Time 4 May 2015

    The former Labour spin doctor tweets...

  20. Pledges set in stonepublished at 08:58

    Ed MilibandImage source, PA

    John Humphrys pokes fun at Ed Miliband over his decision to carve - literally - Labour's pledges in stone.

    "It's to remind working people in this country. I'm absolutely serious about changing how this country works," says Miliband. He highlights Nick Clegg's broken promise and David Cameron's on immigration - both before the 2010 election - as proof of why such cast-iron, or cast stone, guarantees are needed.