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PM: We brought Britain back from the brink

Parliament has officially been dissolved after Prime Minister David Cameron met with the Queen at Buckingham Palace as the general election campaign - one of the most closely-contested in decades - officially gets underway.

The Prime Minister used the opportunity to tell voters the Tories had put Britain "back on her feet again", and urged people to let them continue what they has started. Meanwhile, Ed Miliband was expected to say the Tories pose a "clear and present danger" to businesses and jobs with their plans for an EU referendum.

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Labour forced to defend advert on first day of campaign

Labour has been forced to defend an advert which appeared to suggest several large companies backed its business manifesto.

It quoted senior figures at firms including Kellogg's and Siemens supporting Britain in the European Union.

But as ITV News Political Correspondent Carl Dinnen explains, some of them are not happy.

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