At Sky News's Ask the Leaders event, David Cameron tells the audience that lowering the Union flag on government buildings to half-mast upon the death of the Saudi king was a mark of "respect", to acknowledge the long relationship between the UK and Saudi Arabia. Challenged about that relationship, Mr Cameron said that information from Saudi authorities on terrorism-related matters had helped save British lives.

Earlier on the World at One the Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson, said David Cameron's school funding pledge meant the amount spent per pupil will go down in real terms. If you missed it, listen here to the full interview.

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The New Statesman's political editor George Eaton reveals the key figures, external involved in drafting Labour's election manifesto, and says one issue as yet unresolved is when the party's wider "stakeholders " - such as trade unions - will get their regular chance to contribute.

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David Cameron is making an appearance at #AskTheLeader and he's giving career advice. He'd advise his children to think about doing an apprenticeship or going to university rather than leaving school at 18, he says. "You're more likely to have a successful career and a well-paid job if you do one of the two."

Gordon Brown says he wants Scotland to take charge of welfare and to reform the housing sector. Scottish Labour has been setting out proposals which go beyond those suggested by the Smith Commission, which was set up after the "vow" was signed by the main Westminster parties two days before the Scottish independence referendum.

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Ex-PM Gordon Brown is giving a speech in Edinburgh outlining further devolution commitments - it's time to "build on the vow", he says. He says he is announcing proposals for new powers for the Scottish parliament to "better cater" for poor people.

At the Metro, Alex Stevenson has a list of suggested questions, external for 18-24 year olds to ask those who want their vote.

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Asked whether or not he would go into coalition again with a Conservative Party led by David Cameron, Nick Clegg says: "It's exactly like last time, it's not my choice or his choice or Ed Miliband's choice, it really is your choice." He calls himself "a pragmatic person", and says this means he has to "respond to the instructions given by the British people".

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After the TV leader debates were extended to seven parties, the BBC has been defending its decision to leave out those from Northern Ireland. The fourth largest Westminster party, the DUP, complained about its omission. The Corporation says impartiality was crucial and the BBC could not include "just one" party from Northern Ireland.

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Asked about his party's decision to raise tuition fees for university as part of coalition policy, Nick Clegg defends himself by saying that "more youngsters are now going to university than ever before, more youngsters from disadvantaged backgrounds are going to university than ever before, more youngsters from black and ethnic minority backgrounds are going to university than ever before".

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Lib Dem leader - and deputy prime minister - Nick Clegg is at Facebook HQ for #AskTheLeader, external Q&A. First up, and it's the NHS. "If you want to make sure that we keep people as healthy as possible... the most important thing to do is empower GPs, empower clinicians to put money where it will keep people healthy." Then on Trident he says: "Of course we should be climbing down that ladder".

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Over at The Spectator, Isabel Hardman says, external Ed Miliband's appearance before young voters today at a 'Stand Up and Be Counted' event was impressive, and shows why David Cameron doesn't want to engage in TV debates: "Miliband looking weird has become a cultural meme, which means that when he does appear in a debate, he will surprise voters by coming across far better than they'd expected."

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Leading education specialists have suggested that David Cameron's announcement on funding for schools in England will amount to a cut in real terms. The Director of Policy at Teach First, Sam Freedman, has tweeted, external that so called "flat cash per pupil," combined with national insurance and pension changes for teachers, could mean cuts of between 7 and 10%.

Here is Mr Cameron's reply when quizzed about "flat cash" during a question and answer session at a school in North London earlier: "What does flat cash mean? What it means is that the cash sum that follows your child into the school will not be cut. Because the number of children going to school is going up, this has an implication that means in cash terms the school's budget is going to be rising. I accept that is a difficult decision for some schools, because the amount of cash per child is not going up by inflation, the amount of cash is staying the same. "

Responding to the prime minister's announcement that more schools will become academies under a future Conservative government, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt tells The World at One that Labour intends to focus instead "on the quality of teaching and strength of leadership".

Conservative MP Graham Stuart welcomes the ring-fencing of the education budget. To put it in context, he tells Radio 4's World at One, "we are still spending £100bn more a year than we have coming in", adding, "we are spending more just paying interest than is spent on the whole school budget".

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More from George Osborne after the meeting with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis at 11 Downing Street:

"The stand-off between Greece and the eurozone is fast becoming the biggest risk to the global economy and [it is a] risk and threat to our economy at home. In Europe as in Britain, now is the time to choose competence over chaos. I urge the Greek finance minister to act responsibly, but it's also important that the eurozone has a better plan for jobs and growth. We had that plan in Britain and in these uncertain times, now is not the time to abandon that plan."