Election 2015: 24 April at-a-glance
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32445322 Version 0 of 1. A daily guide to the key stories, newspaper headlines and quotes from the campaign for the 7 May general election. Foreign policy Labour leader Ed Miliband has criticised David Cameron's foreign policy, including failures in "post-conflict planning" in Libya. But the Conservatives hit back and said that Miliband's words are "ill-judged" and accused him of unfairly politicising the issue. Day in a nutshell Keep up with all the days events on our live page. Key quotes Picture of the day Friday's newspaper headlines "Labour's £1,000 tax on families" - Ed Miliband would saddle every working family with extra taxes the equivalent to more than £1,000, reports the Times "PM's gamble on English tax" - David Cameron will place himself at "the head of English nationalism" today by promising to introduce an England-only income tax this year as well as publishing an English manifesto, the Guardian says. "Business jitters at Tory tactics as Cameron bets on the ground war" - The Financial Times says business leaders are "increasingly frustrated" at the tactics and the tone of the Conservative election campaign, amid boardroom concern that Ed Miliband is "mounting a stiffer challenge for Number 10 than expected". "Former Labour minister attacks Miliband" - Ed Miliband should "stop sneering" at wealth creators, Lord Digby Jones, a trade minister in the last Labour government, has told the Daily Telegraph. What's popular "Ghastly", "you need to sort it out, mate" and "fairy stories" - what voters told BBC political reporter Brian Wheeler on his 600-mile long "extreme election" day trip to visit the youngest, oldest, richest and poorest constituencies in the country to hear what their voters are saying. And tale of two Camerons - Dallas and David - check out how the popularity of a social media star has overshadowed the British prime minister's election campaign. * Subscribe to the BBC Election 2015 newsletter to get a round-up of the day's campaign news sent to your inbox every weekday afternoon. |