Summary

  • Lucy Powell, Ed Miliband's chief election strategist, says on Question Time there is "absolutely no prospect of a Labour/SNP coalition"

  • Nigel Farage says UKIP would scrap much of the legislation designed to prevent racial discrimination in work

  • No 10 says his remarks are "deeply concerning" while Labour brands them "shocking" - but Mr Farage says he was misrepresented

  • A former head of fundraising for the Lib Dems steps down as a party candidate over donation claims

  • There are 56 days until the general election

  1. Nigel Farage, UKIP leaderpublished at 20:49 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    tweets: , externalTomorrow the govt will announce an extension of HS1 to Thanet. Great news which would never have happened if I weren't the candidate there!

  2. Tuition feespublished at 20:42 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    The debate has turned to the thorny issue of university tuition fees. Miliband has previously pledged Labour will cut fees in England to £6,000 per year.

    "I don't want to be a Nick Clegg, I'm gonna deliver on promises I make," he says.

  3. Miliband in full flowpublished at 20:37 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Ed Miliband
  4. Gaby Hinsliff, Grazia journalistpublished at 20:35 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    tweets:, external 'People in Rotherham are right to feel let down by the Labour Party because we did let them down.' But UKIp exploiting it #AskMiliband

  5. Family guypublished at 20:35 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    We see a softer side to the Labour leader as he's asked what his biggest fear about being prime minister is. Miliband answers it's his family and whether he'll see them enough.

  6. Boos for UKIPpublished at 20:33 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    A mention of UKIP is met by boos from the audience, as one member from Rotherham asks why he should vote for Labour and not Nigel Farage's party.

  7. The brother questionpublished at 20:31 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    It had to happen (part 2). Someone asks why Mr Miliband's brother David is not Labour leader. He says it was really tough for him to be in a contest with his brother - but he felt the party should move on. The choice is now "between me and David Cameron not me and David Miliband".

  8. PMQspublished at 20:30 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Nobody likes to see "two blokes shouting at each other", says Mr Miliband as he is asked to tone down prime minister's questions. He says PMQs is an "awful advert for politics" - and quotes Obama saying "You can disagree without being disagreeable." But he adds he takes his share of the responsibility.

  9. Ed on politicspublished at 20:29 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Miliband says he's not embarrassed by caring about politics - and receives woops and applause when he says he was brought up to think that if you see an injustice in the world you should "do something about it".

  10. Ed Miliband quizzedpublished at 20:28 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Ed Miliband
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    Ed Miliband fields a question from the Free Speech audience

  11. The Wallace questionpublished at 20:24 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    It had to happen - an audience member tells Mr Miliband he looks like Wallace, from the Wallace and Gromit cartoons. He says he is not in a beauty contest.

  12. Tax cheerpublished at 20:24 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Biggest cheer of the night from the audience, so far, after Ed Miliband says he will axe the "bedroom tax".

  13. Postpublished at 20:21 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    tweets:, external "I want to be the first politician to under promise and over deliver rather than over promise and under deliver." @Ed_Miliband #AskMiliband

  14. Call me Ed? No thanks...published at 20:21 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Miliband tells one audience member who stands to ask a question: "Call me Ed". But the response is: "No, I will call you Mr Ed Miliband or Miliband."

  15. Piketty fail?published at 20:20 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Shock admission from Mr Miliband: He hasn't read all of Thomas Piketty's book Capital - the left's current favourite economic tract. And his critics say he's a political nerd...

  16. Ed on equality (Pt 2)published at 20:19 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    Miliband says there's a "big job to do "on reaching out to people from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community. He says there are a number of Labour candidates from this community, and points to the influence of Angela Eagle - currently the only Labour MP who is openly a lesbian.

    "If we're thinking about how we change the country - and how we make Parliament looks like the country it serves - there's s still a lot of work to be done."

  17. Ed on equalitypublished at 20:15 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    One audience member tells Mr Miliband young people are "feeling left out by your party" because it is focusing on the wrong issues, "like feminism".

    "I believe in equality - the battle against inequality comes in many different forms - but the oppression and injustice facing women, and working people, both of those should be tackled," says Mr Miliband.

  18. Paul Waugh, Politics Homepublished at 20:12 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    tweets:, external Why isn't Free Speech called Three Speech? Surely better branding? #AskMiliband

  19. Alan Soady, BBC Newspublished at 20:09 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    tweets:, external I think it's fair to say Ed Miliband is the only one wearing a tie on BBC3 right now #AskMiliband

  20. Ask Edpublished at 20:08 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2015

    First question: Do you think Labour is losing touch with its working class roots?

    Miliband responds: "I don't", adding people need a government that is "going to be on the side of working people". "Many young people want to see change and that's what we offer," he adds.