David Cameron hit back at claims he made a strategic blunder by telling the BBC he would not serve a third term as prime minister if he is re-elected on 7 May
The Tory leader said he gave a "straight answer to a straight question"
Alex Salmond said the SNP would block a minority Conservative government by voting down its Queen's Speech if it holds the post-election balance of power
Ed Balls announced Labour will not raise VAT if in government after the election
UKIP selected Harriet Yeo, former chairwoman of Labour's national executive committee, as a replacement election candidate
There are 44 days until the general election
Nick Eardley and Tom Moseley
Welcome to another day with your faithful Politics Live team. It's Victoria King and Alex Stevenson here, hitting the caffeine and getting ready to bring you all the action and reaction from Westminster and the election campaign trail. There are 44 days to go until polling day and we'll be staying across everything from Today to Newsnight. Yesterday was a certainly a busy one, here you can read how it all panned out.