Defending the stonepublished at 08:55 British Summer Time 4 May 2015
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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
Defending the stonepublished at 08:55 British Summer Time 4 May 2015
'Banking crisis pure and simple'published at 08:55
BBC Radio 4 Today"Everyone is entitled to make their own judgements, John, absolutely," Miliband says to a question on the debt and financial crisis.
But between 2000 and 2010 public spending rose by 50%?
Ed Miliband replies: "It was a failure of bank regulation... it was a banking crisis pure and simple."
Trying to shift the conversation, he goes on: "We owe the public a discussion about the future. Every penny of what we have set out is paid for.
"The Conservatives are spraying promises round like there's no tomorrow."
'We didn't overspend'published at 08:51
BBC Radio 4 Today"There was a financial crisis and the financial crisis drove up the deficit," says Ed Miliband - echoing what he told the audience at the BBC Question Time event last Thursday.
"The debt and deficit were lower than those we inherited," the Labour leader insists as John Humphrys verbally protests this point.
"John you're getting aerated. I'm getting a bit worried about you," Miliband retorts.
Ed under pressurepublished at 08:49 British Summer Time 4 May 2015
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Cuts comingpublished at 08:48
BBC Radio 4 Today"Outside key areas spending will have to fall," Ed Miliband admits, as the interview moves on to policy matters. "I can't justify a £43,000 tax cut for the richest in Britain," he adds, referring to reinstating the 50p top rate.
Difficult positionpublished at 08:46 British Summer Time 4 May 2015
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Some clarity pleasepublished at 08:45 British Summer Time 4 May 2015
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'No plans' to talkpublished at 08:45
BBC Radio 4 Today
Image source, PA"I'm not going to start speculating...It absolutely is speculation John," Miliband says after being pressed by presenter John Humphrys.
"We are not going to negotiate about our Queen's Speech," he insists.
But will you have conversations with the SNP ahead of the Queen's Speech? "I'm not planning that, no."
'No arrangement with the SNP'published at 08:41
BBC Radio 4 TodayLabour's Ed Miliband on BBC Radio 4's Today says that he is "still fighting for a majority" when faced with the deal or no deal question about the SNP.
"There is a huge choice here. A Labour government would put working people first," he said.
"We are not going to have an arrangement with them."
Listening closelypublished at 08:40 British Summer Time 4 May 2015
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Bellwether seatpublished at 08:36 British Summer Time 4 May 2015
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Coming uppublished at 08:31
BBC Radio 4 TodayWe're awaiting Ed Miliband's interview on the Today programme. Expect him to be asked about both Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood saying they'd vote down a Labour Budget if it didn't abandon austerity. Listen via our live tab.
Scottish debatepublished at 08:23 British Summer Time 4 May 2015
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Bad news for Cameron?published at 08:20 British Summer Time 4 May 2015
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Behind closed doors?published at 08:14 British Summer Time 4 May 2015
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Nothing newpublished at 08:11 British Summer Time 4 May 2015
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Let's be having youpublished at 08:07
TV cook Delia Smith will join Ed Miliband on the campaign trail after giving her backing to Labour. Writing in the Daily Mirror, , externalshe said the NHS was in "huge danger".
"What I believe profoundly is the party that campaigned for and created the NHS will be the best one to nurture and sustain it for the future. We cannot afford to allow it to fall into the wrong hands. And we cannot afford to see the NHS privatised or run like a supermarket. That would be a recipe for disaster."
Delia will join Mr Miliband and shadow chancellor Ed Balls on in Brighton.
Expectation managementpublished at 07:52 British Summer Time 4 May 2015
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Tory targetspublished at 07:51
David Cameron's advisers believe that fewer than 100,000 votes in a handful of seats are key to the Conservatives winning the election on Thursday, reports the Telegraph, external. The party has a list of 23 target seats, which will attract the focus of strategists and door-knockers alike in the final days of the campaign, the newspaper says. Many of the seats are currently held by the Lib Dems, it adds.
Scottish border viewspublished at 07:45 British Summer Time 4 May 2015