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1 day to go: on the eve of the election, a string of UKIP gaffes could be making Farage sweat.
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2 days to go: party leaders are campaigning from one end of the country to the other.
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3 days to go: door-knocking, leafleting, and stone-carving continues as parties vie for votes in this tightly-fought campaign.
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4 days to go: as polls show Labour and Conservatives neck-and-neck, speculation about a hung parliament continues.
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5 days to go: the campaign continues, but the royal baby takes the spotlight.
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6 days to go: leaders of the three main parties were put to the test by the public last night.
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7 days to go: Danny Alexander exposes the Conservatives’ plan for welfare cuts.
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8 days to go: You’re looking at Britain’s most popular politician, according to latest polls.
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9 days to go: Nick Clegg outlines some “red lines” concerning the education and budget plans.
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10 days to go: Labour pledges help for first time buyers, as Conservatives propose to bring back right to buy.
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11 days to go: Ed Miliband and Boris Johnson have it out on the Andrew Marr show.
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12 days to go: Supporters of Scottish independence rally in Glasgow.
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13 days to go: Conservatives promise ‘English votes for English laws’ to be enacted within a year of winning the election.
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14 days to go: Nigel Farage pledges to make St George’s Day a bank holiday, saying UKIP wants to “celebrate Britishness”.
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15 days to go: Grant Shapps has been accused of editing entries about himself and other MPs on Wikipedia.
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16 days to go: John Major warns of a Labour-SNP alliance, saying it will lead to “political blackmail”.
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17 days to go: Nicola Sturgeon launches the SNP manifesto in Edinburgh.
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19 days to go: Ed Miliband arrives at People’s Question Time.
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20 days to go: Group hug! From the BBC’s challengers’ debate last night.
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21 days to go: David Dimbleby will tonight host a debate between five opposition party leaders.
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22 days to go: the Liberal Democrats and UKIP release their manifestos today.
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23 days to go: The Conservatives and the Green party launch their manifestos.
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24 days to go: Ed Miliband launches Labour’s manifesto at an event in Manchester.
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25 days to go: Natalie Bennett announces Greens would introduce 60p top tax rate.
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26 days to go: Labour and Conservatives predicted to “draw” the election, according to new ICM poll.
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27 days to go: No more police and crime commissioners after May poll, if Labour win.
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28 days to go: Ed Miliband is still answering questions about his relationship with his brother, David.
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29 days to go: Labour’s commitment to abolish non-domicile tax status could mean wealthy people like Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich have to pay.
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30 days to go: Tony Blair praises Ed Miliband’s approach to the EU as “brave, principled and intelligent”.
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31 days to go: David Cameron milking a photo op with a baby lamb on Easter Monday.
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33 days to go: Mark Porter of the British Medical Association says that the next government will inevitably be tempted to bring in charges for basic NHS services.
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34 days to go: Sturgeon emerged as surprise ‘winner’ of last night’s debate in YouGov snap opinion poll.
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35 days to go: party leaders prepare for the 7-way debate, to be broadcast by ITV this evening.
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36 days to go: over 100 UK business leaders like Karren Brady have backed the Conservatives in an open letter in The Telegraph.
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37 days to go: Nick Clegg hits the campaign trail, speaking on mental health issues.
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38 days to go: Parliament dissolves and the short campaign begins.
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39 days to go: Peter Robinson says the DUP is open to speaking to both major parties after May 7.
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40 days to go: David Cameron pledges that all hospitals in England would have consultants on duty seven days a week by 2020.
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41 days to go: according to the polls, David Cameron narrowly won the Battle for Number 10.
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42 days to go: Salmond says SNP would block a Conservative minority government.
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43 days to go: David Cameron faces his final PMQs before parliament dissolves.
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44 days to go: Cameron states that he wouldn’t run for a third term.
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45 days to go: no head-to-head debate for Cameron and Miliband - leaders opt for side-by-side Q&A instead.
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46 days to go: Conservative candidate Afzal Amin has been suspended after allegedly colluding with the EDL to win votes.
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47 days to go: Lib Dem peer Paul Strasburger has resigned from the House of Lords. He is expected to be accused of breaking rules about donations in a Channel 4 investigation.
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48 days to go: UKIP prospective parliamentary candidate Janice Atkinson has been suspended after allegations of fraud.
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49 days to go: Danny Alexander presents the Lib Dems’ alternative budget.
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49 days to go: Ed Balls says he wouldn’t reverse any of the coalition’s budget on Radio 4’s Today programme.
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50 days to go: Chancellor George Osborne announces the 2015 Spring Budget.
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Ed Miliband rules out a coalition between Labour and the SNP.
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The Guardian has caught Conservative chairman Grant Shapps out for the status of his second job.
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Cameron joins other party leaders to commemorate the end of British combat operations in Afghanistan.
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Nigel Farage is pleased to inform you that race is no longer a significant problem in the UK.
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Sturgeon announces a fall in Scotland’s budget deficit.
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Vince Cable and the apprentices assemble for National Apprenticeship Week (incidentally creating excellent band name)
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Leader Natalie Bennett takes the stage at Green Party spring conference in Liverpool.
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Sir John Major has warned Labour off a coalition with the Scottish National Party.
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Cameron ‘running scared’ from debates? Send Nick instead, Ashdown says.
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Farage makes his pitch to the true believers.
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At her majesty’s service.
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Palaces of Westminster: under construction and under a political cloud until May 8.
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The old guard.
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Ready for a fight.
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The ‘political earthquake’ starts in the pub.
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Ready for action.
