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Ed Balls: Labour will slash business rates for 1.5 million small firms in 'fairer tax' move
Balls is also expected to reveal that Labour would reverse the government's corporation tax cut.
Nick Clegg: Liberal Democrats will 'revolutionise' mental health care with £3.5bn spend
The deputy prime minister says he will put mental health care 'front and centre' of his campaign.
David Cameron: Tories promise to create two million extra jobs
The Prime Minister will claim that his party will keep the UK's economic recovery on track.
Nicola Sturgeon: Ed Miliband still 'clinging to the pretence' of a Labour majority
The SNP leader says her party was open to a 'confidence and supply' deal with Labour.
Ed Miliband 'attacked' – Labour plays down pre-debate scuffle as 'campaign rough and tumble'
Witnesses claimed the anti-Miliband protesters were wearing Alex Salmond masks.
David Cameron takes first election TV showdown but Labour praise 'the real Ed Miliband'
The party leaders faced a grilling from veteran broadcaster Jeremy Paxman.
Tory secret ballot plan to unseat Speaker John Bercow defeated after backbench dismay
David Cameron and the Conservatives will be left red faced after MPs voted their motion down.
iPad Air 2 for all 650 MPs plan criticised for locking politicians to Apple iOS
Shadow minister Chi Onwurah says locking MPs to platform constituents can't afford is "mistake".
Labour promise to slash food bank dependency with five-point action plan
Shadow minister Maria Eagle made the announcement with just weeks to go before the general election.
Prime minister David Cameron 'arrogantly' claims he wouldn't serve a third term as PM
Cameron says Boris Johnson could be next leader - but Boris jokes next leader will be a 'babe unborn'
Labour's Ed Miliband: SNP economic plans would cost Scotland billions
Claim comes as Labour face electoral wipe-out north of border after May's vote
Ethnic minority MPs to hit record high after 2015 general election says British Future
The think tank predicts the number of ethnic minority MPs will rise to 44 after May's vote.
Labour MP Simon Danczuk claims north London elites 'almost hijacked' party
The Rochdale MP also said the public think Ed Miliband is more of a 'toff' than David Cameron.
Who is Afzal Amin, the disgraced Conservative candidate?
Dudley North candidate Afzal Amin's policial career could be over after race-hate plot video emerges.
PM David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband to appear together in live TV Q&A
While the two leaders will share a platform, they will not take part in a head-to-head debate.
Lib Dem peer resigns after Channel 4 programme accuses him of breaching donor rules
Lib Dem Lord Strasburger resigns over alleged breach of donor rules, but denies any wrongdoing.
Nick Clegg calls Tories 'crackers' over George Osborne's education spending plans
The deputy prime minister made the remark ahead of his party's alternative budget.
Ed Balls: Labour would not reverse any of George Osborne's election budget
But the shadow chancellor claims his budget would have been less 'nasty'.
George Osborne election budget: Lifetime pension allowance cut to £1m from 2016
The chancellor said the reduction would pay for a cut in tuition fees to £6,000 a year.
George Osborne election budget: Deficit drops as chancellor drastically changes surplus forecast
Osborne says surplus will run at 0.3% of GDP by the end of the decade
George Osborne election budget: Treasury to scrap annual tax returns in digital revolution
The Treasury says the new system can be accessed through PCs, smartphones and iPads.
George Osborne election budget: Tory Chancellor hopes to woo voters ahead of May's vote
George Osborne's big announcement is expected at 12.30pm after Prime Minister's Questions.
Tory minister Esther McVey faces defeat as Labour take lead in marginals says Lord Ashcroft
The former TV presenter won her hotly contested Merseyside seat in 2010 with a 2,436 majority.
David Cameron plans to stay in Parliament if he loses 2015 general election
The prime minister, who has been MP for Witney since 2001, says he loves serving his constituents.
Ed Miliband rules out 'nonsense' Labour/SNP coalition amid Tory 'scare' campaign
The Labour leader confirmed there would be no SNP ministers in a government he leads.
Grant Shapps: Two-jobs Tory chairman under fire for 'over firmly denying' truth
Grant Shapps, who is helming the Tory General Election campaign , is facing calls from Labour for him to be sacked from the government.
Chuka Umunna interview: Labour's business star talks skills, apprenticeships and diversity
Exclusive: Labour's shadow business secretary talked with IBTimes UK in Birmingham.
Ed Miliband makes 'Better Britain' pre-election bid as election pledges announced
Ed Miliband attacks David Cameron again, while promises to make a 'better Britain', at pre-election conference.
Nigel Farage: 'The NHS almost killed me' by misdiagnosing testicular cancer
UKIP leader Farage claims in his memoirs that the 'the NHS almost killed me' due to undiagnosed testicular cancer
Ed Miliband Wallace parody angers Labour supporting animator Nick Park over reputation concerns
Powerful friends in the media to the rescue for Miliband?