Summary

  • Broadcasters pressed ahead with plans for three TV debates before the general election - even though the PM said he would only take part in one

  • Green Party leader Natalie Bennett called for a "peaceful political revolution" at her party's conference in Liverpool

  • The party's MP Caroline Lucas called for a "progressive alliance" with the SNP

  • Former Tory prime minister John Major urged Labour to rule out a pact with the SNP after the election

  • Ed Miliband said a Labour government would guarantee free TV licences and bus passes for pensioners and protect the value of the state pension

  • Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood urged "Westminster parties" to promise Wales an extra £1.2bn a year

  • There are 62 days until the general election

  1. Sophy Ridge, Political correspondent, Sky Newspublished at 14:45 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    tweets, external: Financial transactions tax - "Robin Hood tax" - and more tax on those earning over £150k going down well in hall #GreenSurge

  2. Postpublished at 14:44 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    A financial transaction tax would be introduced by the Greens and those earning over £100,000 "should pay more, says Ms Bennett.

  3. Care plan 'means jobs'published at 14:43 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Free social care for those over 65 would mean 200,000 new jobs and training places, Ms Bennett says. It will be a core pledge in their manifesto.

  4. Ross Hawkins, BBC political correspondentpublished at 14:43 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    tweets, external: Natalie Bennett wants free social care for over 65s

  5. 'New taxes are needed'published at 14:43 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    The Greens will restore equal care for all - that principle should apply to social care too, Green leader Natalie Bennett says. "Those who have the most should contribute most - new taxes are needed."

  6. Remove market from NHSpublished at 14:42 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    That's why I'm delighted to work to introduce an NHS reinstatement bill that removes the market from the NHS, Natalie Bennett says.

  7. Bennett - NHSpublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    In the NHS, the infiltration of the profit must be reversed, Ms Bennett says. The market "costs us big time", she adds.

  8. LabourListpublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    ‏tweets, external: 12 target seats Labour are worried they might not win because of the Greens labli.st/1KxwLym

  9. Greens: Power and wealthpublished at 14:40 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    The current model of economics and society serves those with power and wealth, says Green leader Natalie Bennett. We must be citizens first and foremost - paying to common funds to look after the old, weak, poor and sick. This is what the politics of the future will look like, she adds.

  10. No Tory dealpublished at 14:38 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    "Just imagine a strong group of Green MPs", Natalie Bennett says. That group would never support a Tory government, she continues. They would have a huge say and could help develop that new politics she has been talking about, she says.

  11. Climate changepublished at 14:38 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Speaking about climate change, Natalie Bennett says "we have to be up to the task". She says change has to come - the market is short-sighted and short-term. It is blind and senseless and works for the 1%.

  12. James Chapman, Daily Mail political editorpublished at 14:37 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    tweets, external: .@natalieben: "Noone should be worrying about a fracking drill burrowing into the heart of their community". Eh? #gpconf

  13. Food bankspublished at 14:36 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Almost half jobs since 2010 are for self-employed people, but many of them are living in poverty, Natalie Bennett says. Individual charity isn't a substitute for collective justice, she says of food banks.

  14. Ross Hawkins - BBC political correspondentpublished at 14:36 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Tweets, external: Ed M last week "a society that works for all and not just a few"; Bennett today "society that works for the many not just the few"

  15. Ross Hawkins - BBC political correspondentpublished at 14:36 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Tweets, external: Bennett words almost identical to Miliband's — society that works for the many not just the few

  16. 'Demand for change is louder'published at 14:36 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    Up and down the country campaigns demanding new politics are growing, Natalie Bennett says: "The demand for change is louder and clearer, at last, the people are fighting back."

  17. 'Green surge'published at 14:34 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    The Green surge is more than a hashtag or numbers, Natalie Bennett says. It's the result of members' "commitment" and "hard work". The Greens are a "central player" in British politics, she says.

  18. 'Nobody should live in fear'published at 14:33 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

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    Nobody should live in fear of not being able to put food on the table or going into debt to pay for education, Natalie Bennett says. The politics of the future is not the politics of transaction, she says. That is the "old" and "failed" politics.

  19. 'Politics of the future'published at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    The "politics of the future delivers for everyone" in our one planet, Natalie Bennett adds. "That's the politics of the Green Party."

  20. 'Agents of change'published at 14:28 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2015

    "Britain could be a very different country on 8 May", Natalie Bennett tells delegates at the party's conference. The Greens can be the "agents of change" looking to the "politics of the future", she says.