BBC Radio 4 Today

On the Church of England's letter - mentioned in an earlier entry - urging its membership to vote, Nadine Dorries, Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire, tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "[The Church] seem very keen to dive in on political issues when no one is asking them to."

The Daily Mail

The docudrama based on UKIP which aired last night on Channel 4 continues to provoke strong reactions. In the Daily Mail, columnist James Delingpole asks so will the BBC and Channel 4 screen pre-election dramas mocking the Left?, external

The Independent

Richard Garner, education editor of The Independent, says the government has for too long failed to concede there is a great need for sex education, external to protect children from abuse, bullying and a whole range of other problems.

Downing Street has rejected calls for an inquiry into alleged tax evasion by hundreds of people with accounts at HSBC's Swiss private bank. The prime minister's spokesman said officials had done what they could to make sure people paid up and argued it was "right that HMRC prioritised collecting revenues" before bringing cases where they could work with prosecuting authorities. But BBC reporter Sima Kotecha has spoken to Geoff Jones - a businessman who spent five years battling with HMRC over tax payments he was ordered to make. He says he was already paying his dues and the action brought against him came to nothing. "It makes my blood boil that they spent so much effort hounding someone like me," Mr Jones says, particularly in light of recent news.

Carole Walker
Political correspondent, BBC News

The latest policy on welfare for young people is part of a week of the Tories talking tough on benefits, but we're still trying to work out how many people it will actually affect. Just how many are lounging around doing nothing for six months before trying to claim benefits, especially now all young people are required to stay in education or training until 18? Hopefully we'll have more answers later.

Robert Peston
Economics editor

Tweets, external: Why euro faces greatest existential threat since creation

The Daily Mail

The row over whether people should ask for a receipt for even very small transactions - like paying someone £10 to cut your hedge - goes on. Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said it was "the right thing to do" because a receipt creates a paper trail and people have a "legal obligation" to pay tax. But the Daily Mail has since tracked down Mr Balls' window cleaner, external who has accused the Labour big hitter of "total hypocrisy" because he claims he's never asked him for a receipt in 17 years.

BBC Radio 4 Today

Education Select Committee chairman Graham Stuart MP has been talking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme about his group's report on sex-and-relationships education. He said that "in primary [schools] children should know the name of their own genitalia", but the report found that they "didn't have the basic vocabulary to describe themselves". There should be better training for teachers on the subject, he argued, but added that "parents are the first and primary educators of their children" when it comes to sex.

The Daily Telegraph

Ben Lawrence, of the Daily Telegraph, says the UKIP docudrama which aired last night on Channel 4 was "fatally flawed". Read his full review here, external.

BBC Radio 4 Today

They might be the "nasty party" to some, but Conservative columnist and blogger Tim Montgomerie wants the Tories to embrace - and expand - their "compassionate" side. Creating jobs, improving the school exam system, these are examples, he tells BBC Radio 4's Today programme, of the good things the party has already done, but he wants more. Taking action on housing costs and boosting the minimum wage, he suggests, would help counter the "number one problem" the Conservatives have - "the idea that they are a party for the rich".

Here's a round up of the stories that are featuring on the front page of today's newspapers. Among the stories attracting attention include Cairo's decision to launch airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Libya after the killings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians.

Elsewhere today Church of England leaders are set to urge their members to take an active role in May's general election. In a letter to be released later, the House of Bishops is expected to call for debate on issues such as inequality and Britain's place in the world. It is expected to back the concept of a living wage and urge political parties to avoid scapegoating groups such as immigrants and those on benefits. The letter is the first of its kind to be issued by the Church. BBC religious affairs correspondent Caroline Wyatt says the letter is not meant to be party political, or a "shopping list of policies" - but is a call for a "new kind of politics". Read full story here.

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"Bile and vitriol" - that's how UKIP MEP Gerard Batten has described a Channel 4 television programme aired last night which envisaged riots on the streets if his party won an election.

The programme was called UKIP: The First 100 Days and is what is known as a docudrama. It featured actress Priyanga Burford as the party's only female Asian MP.

Mr Batten is now calling for communications watchdog Ofcom to take action. He told LBC radio: "I think they certainly should, because as I say, yes, political debate is one thing, and having a debate where people can put another point of view, or even a factual documentary about a political party. But this wasn't that. I'm not quite sure what you would describe it as apart from a piece of bile and vitriol from our political opponents, who don't happen to be in a political party, they're in a TV channel and don't have to go through the inconvenience of running for office."

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Labour have been quick off the mark in making their views known about the Conservatives' plan for changing the welfare system, with shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves commenting ahead of Mr Cameron's speech.

She said: "With youth unemployment rising, not falling, the government should introduce Labour's compulsory jobs guarantee to get young people off benefits and into paid work. Under David Cameron, young people can spend years claiming benefit without being offered and required to take up paid work."

Chris Mason
Political correspondent, BBC News

This will be latest in a series of announcements from the Conservatives this week on shaking up the benefits system. The political pitch is this: the system has to change so it encourages and rewards work, whilst still providing a safety net. Those aged between 18 and 21 who have not been in employment, education or training for six months would no longer receive Jobseekers' Allowance.

Instead, they would be paid the Youth Allowance; £57.35 a week, the same as Jobseekers' Allowance. But, to receive it, they would have to do 30 hours a week of mandatory community work - such as making meals for older people.

"There should be no more something for nothing," the prime minister is set to say.

Labour says it would guarantee young people who have been out of work for a year a six month job placement - an idea it says it would pay for with a tax on bankers' bonuses.

Alex Hunt
Politics editor, BBC News Online

Hello and welcome to another action-packed Politics Live day. It may be recess in Parliament and the half term break for many schools, but there's little sign of a let-up in the pace of campaigning as we move closer to the 7 May election. Victoria King and Dominic Howell will bring you all the action, reaction and analysis throughout the day in text and you'll be able to watch and listen to all the main BBC political programmes on this page. Here's how Monday unfolded.