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Nick Clegg's wife Miriam hits the campaign trail

Nick Clegg's wife Miriam González Durántez has hit the campaign trail today, insisting the Liberal Democrats "deserve" to be re-elected in May.

Miriam Clegg and Lynne Featherstone with local teenagers who are making a film about knife crime in the area, at Ducketts Common in north London Credit: PA

On a north London visit alongside Home Office Minister Lynne Featherstone she said the Lib Dems have put the country above their party for five years "at great personal cost".

The pair met the young cast and crew of a short film examining the girls and gangs in London, being produced by the Exposure project - a youth media enterprise.

Speaking to reporters about her role in the campaign, Ms Gonzalez Durantez said: "I am enjoying supporting women like Lynne - I think Lynne deserves to be re-elected."

Featherstone is battling to defend a near 7,000 majority in the north London seat of Hornsey and Wood Green.

Meanwhile, Clegg told ITV News that he thinks his wife is "brilliant in every single respect" at a campaign event in Chippenham, Wiltshire.