Summary

  • There are 100 days to go until the General Election on 7 May

  • David Cameron says Conservatives will cut benefits cap and use money saved to boost apprenticeships

  • Ed Miliband sets out Labour's 10 year plan for NHS including longer home visits from social care workers

  • David Cameron tells BBC Breakfast he will do TV debates if Northern Ireland parties are included....

  • ...but he later tells BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine he wants them all held before the election campaign begins

  • Rolling coverage from the BBC's political team - beginning with Today and Breakfast through to Newsnight

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  • You can see the pick of the day's output by selecting the 'Key Video' tab

  1. 'Wrong values'published at 10:32 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    The Labour leader says David Cameron puts the wrong values at the heart of the NHS and the future of the health service is at stake in the general election. "Let's go out and fight for it." he says.

  2. 'No time to care'published at 10:30 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    Mr Miliband says people in their 70s and even 80s are currently waiting hours for ambulances to arrive, getting stuck outside hospital in ambulances because A&E is full, and lying on trolleys in corridors. It is an NHS "without enough time to care", he says.

  3. Two futures of NHSpublished at 10:29 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    Ed MilibandImage source, PA
    Image caption,

    Ed Miliband setting out his plans for the NHS

    The Labour leader says the country faces a choice of two futures - continuing with a Conservative plan, which has led to an "NHS in crisis" and "threatens the service as we know it". Or a Labour plan to "rescue" the NHS, invest in its future and join up services from home to hospital.

  4. NHS 'in peril'published at 10:25 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    Ed Miliband says the "precious" institution faces its "most perilous moment in a generation".

  5. Ed Miliband on NHSpublished at 10:25 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    Ed Miliband is now delivering a speech on the NHS in Trafford, Manchester.

  6. More on GDPpublished at 10:24 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    BBC News Channel

    The ONS's chief economist, Joe Grice, tells the BBC News Channel it's "too early to say" if this slowdown will persist. "The dominant services sector remains buoyant while the contraction has taken place in industries like construction, mining and energy supply, which can be erratic," he says.

  7. GDP breakdownpublished at 10:24 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    A breakdown of those GDP figures. The dominant services sector, which represents more than three quarters of output, grew by 0.8% - meaning services are now 7.9% ahead of their pre-downturn level at the start of 2008. Growth was dragged down by construction, which contracted by 1.8% - its worst slowdown since the second quarter of 2012.

  8. GDP figurespublished at 09:54 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    But the 0.5% growth in the final three months of 2014 represents a slight slowdown from the previous three months, which saw 0.7% growth.

  9. GDP figurespublished at 09:54 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    To put that 2.6% figure in context, that's the UK's best annual growth since 2007. In 2013, the economy grew by 1.7%.

  10. GDP figurespublished at 09:49 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    Reacting to those GDP figures, Chancellor George Osborne says they confirm the recovery is "on track". "Our plan is protecting Britain from the economic storm, with the fastest growth of any major economy in 2014. But the international climate is getting worse, and with 100 days to go until the election now is not the time to abandon that plan and return Britain to economic chaos," he says.

  11. GDP figurespublished at 09:44 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    BBC's business correspondent Ben Thompson says the ONS GDP figures are good news, but not as good as was expected. The services industry is doing quite well, but construction is dragging it down, he says.

  12. Breaking Newspublished at 09:32 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    ONS says UK economy grew by 0.5% during the fourth quarter of 2014 and by 2.6% over the year.

  13. Key datespublished at 09:28 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    The parties are ramping up their campaigns - and with 100 days until people go to the polls, the BBC's Jo Coburn highlights some key dates between now and then.

  14. TV debatespublished at 09:14 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    Here's a bit more on who said what on the TV debates this morning - and whether a deal is any closer. The latest proposal from the broadcasters suggested a seven-way debate between the leaders of the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, UKIP, the Greens, the SNP and Plaid Cymru on the BBC and ITV.

  15. Poll trackerpublished at 09:00 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    So with 100 days to go, how are the parties faring? Compare current ratings from a range of pollsters, and see how parties have performed since 2010 with our interactive poll tracker.

    Poll tracker
  16. New nuggetspublished at 08:43 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    Norman Smith
    BBC Assistant Political Editor

    Norman Smith says with 100 days to go until the election, the main parties are sticking to the themes they've stuck to for weeks - Labour on the NHS, and Tories on the economy. He says there are a couple of new nuggets from David Cameron though - a hint he's minded to continue protecting pensioner benefits such as bus passes and winter fuel allowances, and a view that Northern Ireland should be included in TV debates.

  17. Not no, but not a yes eitherpublished at 08:31 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    Nick Robinson
    Political editor

    Nick Robinson says David Cameron doesn't want to be seen to be saying "no" to the TV debates - but he's not exactly saying "yes" either.

  18. Ed Milband on electionpublished at 08:30 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    BBC Breakfast

    The Labour leader says "Britain can do a lot better" and his party wants to put working people first. "This is a big election, and I'm going to fight for it," he says.

  19. Cameron on TV debatespublished at 08:28 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January 2015

    BBC Radio 4 Today

    David Cameron says you can't include SNP and Plaid without having parties from Northern Ireland. He says that he initially was making the point that the Greens should take part, but the broadcasters have gone further. He says he had also had concerns about the debates taking place during the election campaign itself - he thinks they dominate the campaign too much.