That's it for today's live coverage of the campaign countdown. It's been a jam-packed day which has seen David Cameron ask businesses to give their staff pay rises, Labour's Ed Ball's warn against leaving the EU, and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg say he wants to see a million more women in work by 2020. Other quirks of the day included Labour's "pink" campaign bus, which is expected to be on the move tomorrow. We'll be back here at 06:00 on Wednesday bringing you all the political news as it happens. Until then, good night.

On Labour's pink campaign minibus, LBC's radio host Petrie Hosken tells the BBC's paper review: "I am sickened by this. I find it frustrating and I find it patronising."

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What do backbench MPs do for their constituency residents? Labour MP Sarah Champion tells Newsnight that the people who come to her for assistance have problems that are "incredibly wide ranging", from a Brazilian lawyer seeking asylum who is under penalty of death in his home country, to "people who are having the most awful, awful time when they've got benefit sanctions imposed upon them". And sometimes, it's just people complaining about a pothole outside their house.

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More on business minister Matt Hancock's Newsnight interview with Evan Davis when he was asked about the HSBC tax scandal. Mr Hancock said he had been "one of the leading people" saying those at the head of large banks should "be liable for criminal prosecutions if they behave negligently".

"Sometimes these prosecutions are very complicated I don't know the details - and it's best that I don't - but boy do the people who make these decisions need to be held to account," he added.

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With regard to the continuing HSBC tax scandal, Matt Hancock says he is "absolutely satisfied that individual ministers didn't know about the activities of individual companies". He adds: "I don't want ministers knowing about the individual affairs of individual companies."

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Conservative business minister Matt Hancock tells Evan Davis that "ultimately pay rises need to be affordable, and what we've started to see is that pay is rising faster than inflation". He adds that "tax changes coming through will mean that take-home pay after tax is going up still".

Asked if it is appropriate for the prime minister to tell businesses they should give employees a pay rise, Mr Hancock said: "Not only is it appropriate, it's called leadership."

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Home Secretary Theresa May has said speakers at universities will not be required to give two weeks notice about what they are intending to speak about. She told the Commons that draft guidance outlining the duty of universities to protect their students from the risk of being radicalised would no longer require advanced notice from speakers. She confirmed the change as MPs discussed amendments made by peers to the counter-terrorism bill.

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Join the BBC's Today in Parliament team at 23:30 on Radio 4 for all the highlights from the Palace of Westminster today.

Deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman has spoken out again in defence of the hotly-debated new "pink" Labour campaign minibus. She is expected to launch her party's "woman-to-woman" initiative tomorrow targeting women who did not vote in 2010. She said: "We don't want women to give up on politics. If you look at the figures, the disaffection that there is with politics is even more pronounced among women." She said there were 9.1 million women who failed to vote in the 2010 election. "Politics is too important to be left to be a men-only activity," she added.

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At The Guardian, Owen Jones says, external the Conservatives are "putting Britain's democracy up for auction". He claims: "There is no shortage of reasons to be frustrated with a Labour party not offering an inspiring enough alternative. But for Tories to be auctioning off dinners, bronze statues of Thatcher and pheasant shooting escapades in our nation of food banks, zero-hour contracts and poverty wages - well, it should concentrate the senses."

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Coming up on @BBCNewsnight, external tonight: an interview with business minister Matthew Hancock, who will answer questions about the HSBC tax scandal.