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Miliband dismisses Conservative spending claims

Ed Miliband has strongly denied Conservative claims that Labour has made £20.7 billion in "unfunded" spending commitments.

The Conservatives today published an 82-page document outlining what the party claims is a cost analysis of Labour's planned spending in the first year of office.

The parties have kicked into full election mode with Miliband launching a "street by street" election campaign, Nick Clegg distancing himself from the coalition and branding Tory deficit plans "a con" and David Cameron claiming his is the only party who can save the economy.

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Clegg dismisses 'threat' from Miliband to boot him out

Nick Clegg has dismissed the threat of losing his Commons seat after Ed Miliband suggested he would make time in the election campaign to support Labour's direct campaign against the Deputy Prime Minister.

Nick Clegg held the Sheffield Hallam constituency with 53% of the vote in 2010 and remains odd-on favourite to retain his seat. Credit: John Stillwell/PA Wire

Asked by a Labour activist from Clegg's Sheffield Hallam constituency whether he would join their bid to boot out Mr Clegg, Mr Miliband told a pre-election rally: "Sheffield is very close to Doncaster where I'm an MP so I'm sure I can find time to come and visit."

But the Liberal Democrat leader played down the threat from a party he said was "seriously discredited" on how to look "after people's money, both locally and nationally".

Mr Clegg defended his record as a "hard-working constituency MP, knocking on doors".

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