The general election on 7 May is set to be the tightest in Britain for decades, partly because traditionally minor parties such as Ukip and the Greens are polling much higher than before.
It's looking likely that neither the Tories nor Labour will win more than the required 326 seats to form a majority government. In the event of a hung parliament, David Cameron or Ed Miliband will have to team up with smaller parties to form a coalition or agree a minority government.
Both the Conservatives and Labour are campaigning hard on the economy. Cameron argues the only way to deliver a stable Britain is to continue with cuts to public services and a reining in of the public purse. Labour says the country can't take any more slashing and wants to invest to promote growth.
The Liberal Democrats, who have been in an uneasy coalition government with the Tories for the last five years, have lost a lot of their support from voters angry that their leader Nick Clegg has been in bed with the Conservatives. Clegg even looks in danger of losing his seat in the election.
Prime Minister David Cameron gives a speech at a general election rally at The Corsham School in Chippenham on March 30, 2015Leon Neal/AFPLabour leader Ed Miliband takes part in a question and answer session at the National Composites Centre in the constituency of Kingwood, Bristol, on April 7, 2015Peter Nicholls/ReutersNick Clegg listens to local residents while campaigning in Surbiton, Kingston on Thames on April 6, 2015Niklas Halle'n/AFPUK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage stands in the smoking area outside MediaCityUK in Salford, after the televised leaders debate, on April 2, 2015Dave Thompson/Getty ImagesDavid Cameron talks with pupils during a general election campaign visit to the Kings Leadership Academy in Warrington, on April 2, 2015Leon Neal/AFPDavid Cameron throws his head back as he has lunch in a garden during an election campaign stop near Poole, on April 6, 2015Kirsty Wigglesworth/PoolChancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivers a speech during an election campaign event in London on April 7, 2015Suzanne Plunkett/ReutersDavid Cameron shields his eyes from the sun as he delivers a speech during an election campaign event in Bristol, on April 6, 2015Toby Melville/ReutersUkip leader Nigel Farage leaves an election campaign event in Carrick, on April 7, 2015Darren Staples/ReutersDeputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg leaves Downing Street on March 24, 2015 after attending the last cabinet meeting before the electionPeter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesDavid Cameron feeds an orphaned lamb on Dean Lane farm near the village of Chadlington on April 5, 2015Leon Neal/AFPNick Clegg has an earpiece removed as he speaks with members of the media after a visit to Millie's Trust in Manchester, on April 2, 2015Darren Staples/ReutersBoris Johnson, London Mayor and Conservative parliamentary candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, has a selfie taken with a member of public in Mill Hill on April 1, 2015Carl Court/Getty ImagesNigel Farage poses for a selfie with some girls during an election campaign event in Dudley, on April 7, 2015Darren Staples/ReutersDavid Cameron and his wife Samantha talk to first-time home-buyers Robert Arron and Kelly Jeffers and son Finlay during a general election campaign visit to a housing development in Chorley, northwest England, on April 3, 2015Leon Neal/AFPSixteen-month-old Orla Rose Logan waves at SNP candidate for Edinburgh East Tommy Sheppard during campaigning in Portobello, Scotland, on April 2, 2015Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesDavid Cameron talks to supporters at Abingdon and Witney College during a general election campaign rally on April 4, 2015Leon Neal/AFPNicola Sturgeon, Scottish First Minister and SNP leader, addresses the annual CND Scotland Scrap Trident rally in George Square, Glasgow, on April 4, 2015Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesUkip leader Nigel Farage boards the Grimsby pilot boat during campaigning on April 8, 2015Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesA television screen in a restaurant in Salford shows Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg talking during the leaders' debate on April 2, 2015Leon Neal/AFPA Conservative election billboard is seen after it was blown over in high winds in a field near Ramsgate on March 31, 2015Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesMasks of Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party are seen outside the Houses of Parliament in London on April 2, 2015Stefan Wermuth/ReutersDavid Cameron is pictured during an election visit to Plymouth on April 8, 2010, and nearly five years to the day later, on April 5, 2015, on the election trail againLeon Neal/AFP
