Summary

  • Ed Miliband says Labour will not go into coalition with the SNP after the election

  • Nicola Sturgeon promises the SNP can be a "constructive" force at Westminster for the whole of the UK

  • UKIP has been added to the list of parties entitled to at least two party election broadcasts, but the Green Party has not

  • Conservative chairman Grant Shapps faces questions over his outside business interests

  • Danny Alexander launches a review of business rates aimed at making the system fairer

  • There are 52 days until the general election

  1. Fraser Nelson, Spectator editorpublished at 19:26 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    tweets, external: Miliband now bookies favourite to be PM. From Spectator's #Election2015 hub: bookmark it now!

    TweetpickImage source, Twitter
  2. Cameron on EUpublished at 19:11 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    On EU negotiations, David Cameron says let's get the change - telling the audience we're quite capable of doing so - then the British people get their choice. And that's all from the BuzzFeed chat with the prime minister.

  3. Defence spendingpublished at 19:08 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    David Cameron won't commit to 2% of GDP being spent on defence over the next Parliament. There won't be any reduction in the size of the regular armed forces though, he says.

  4. Suicidepublished at 19:07 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    David CameronImage source, PA

    David Cameron is asked about suicide among young people. He says the UK has too-high a rate of suicide, especially in prisons. There is no doubt mental health needs more attention, he says, adding: "It's "under-played as a health issue".

  5. PM's Q and Apublished at 19:07 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    David CameronImage source, BuzzFeed

    The PM is being asked questions from the floor now and takes one about political advertising. President Obama has often told him he is lucky not to have political TV advertising.

    He tells the audience he agrees we are lucky we don't have it. He says adverts online are ok - they can be made cheaply - whereas TV is a massive cost.

  6. Kitchen questionpublished at 19:03 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    David Cameron says he has two kitchens in his family home.

  7. Opposition choicepublished at 19:01 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    Nick Clegg or Ed Miliband?, David Cameron is asked. Without hesitation, he says the former.

  8. Equalitypublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    Asked about "transrights", Mr Cameron says the issue is important. We need to look at combating bullying in schools, he says.

    And he says he won't commit to a 50-50 gender balance by 2020, but insists his party is doing better at getting more women into politics.

  9. Like to do morepublished at 18:57 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    David Cameron says there were "lots" of things he would have like to done more of. But the main job was to fix the economy.

  10. PM on Russiapublished at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    Would regime change in Russia be good? David Cameron says you have to "deal with what you've got". He tells BuzzFeed messing with borders and self-determination is "extremely dangerous" and that the UK needs to stand up to President Putin.

    He says there's no military solution to problems in Ukraine, but there is an economic one. If Russia wants to be part of the 21st Century world, he says, that's fine. But if the country doesn't, it shouldn't expect the benefits of free exchange of information.

  11. The New Statesmanpublished at 18:55 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    tweets: , externalThe future of TV isn't on the internet any time soon. Newsnight nightly audience = 600k-ish. This #buzzfeedbrews Cameron iview = 1k.

  12. 'Radical nonsense'published at 18:52 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    David CameronImage source, Twitter

    David Cameron is talking about three London schoolgirls who have gone to IS-controlled Syria. He tells BuzzFeed they are "deeply misguided" and potentially going to join a criminal organisation. We want to get them back, the PM says, and get this "radical nonsense out of their heads".

  13. Snapchatpublished at 18:48 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    David Cameron says he doesn't use snapchat. He says he tweets and has read some of the less complimentary replies he gets to some updates on the site.

    The prime minister says he has a personal gmail email address he uses outside work and admits sometimes worrying about the security implications. He has a personal iPhone and a work blackberry, he says.

  14. Older home-ownerspublished at 18:48 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    DC and BuzzFeedImage source, Buzzfeed

    You won't get more affordable housing unless you build more homes, David Cameron says. He tells BuzzFeed he doesn't want to be in a country where the age of home-owners keeps going up.

    The Prime Minister says he isn't just on the side of pensioners. Most young people want grandparents to have a comfortable retirement, he says. For young people, we have created jobs, the PM says. They are not all part-time or zero hour contracts.

  15. PM on homespublished at 18:43 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    "We're not building enough houses" and we need to do more, David Cameron tells BuzzFeed. People who can afford mortgages can't get deposits, he says, adding that the "Help to Buy" scheme is addressing that problem.

  16. Siraj Datoo, political reporter, Buzzfeedpublished at 18:41 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    tweets:, external David Cameron is wearing a blue striped tie, a navy tie, and black shoes and socks. #BuzzFeedBrews

  17. Cameron on Buzzfeedpublished at 18:40 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    If you elect a majority, you can hold us to our promises, David Cameron says. But with a coalition, you need to make compromises. Mr Cameron thinks the UK is ready for a majority again.

  18. PM on hung parliamentpublished at 18:39 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    David Cameron says nobody in his team is preparing for a hung parliament. He tells BuzzFeed he has run a coalition before and he will take steps in the national interest, but will be fighting for a majority. "I only have to get 23 more seats", the PM says.

  19. David Cameron on TV debatespublished at 18:37 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    On TV debates, David Cameron says a multi-party debate should still take place. He says the broadcasters have wasted time.

  20. PM on PMQspublished at 18:36 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2015

    David Cameron says PMQs can be "pretty rough stuff", when asked about the campaign tone and his description of Ed Miliband as "despicable". The PM says it's despicable not to rule out a deal with the SNP and that his party is running the "most positive possible campaign".