Labour leader ruled out any SNP deals on Question Time.
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A Tory election win is the best scenario for the SNP. If Labour squeak home, it will need to find a better way forward
The mother of all crossroads.
Lightspring
The only way to seize the initiative back from the SNP is to build on the Smith Commission through a new Scottish Constitutional Convention
Don’t turn around.
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Ed Miliband says Labour did not overspend when it was last in office. He’s right.
Oh no. Are they coming this way?
EPA/Facundo Arrizabalaga
A coalition would solve Labour’s short-term number problem and could damage Sturgeon’s plans in the long term.
He’s back - again.
Andrew Milligan/PA
As the Scottish Nationalists gear up for a big win on May 7, the contribution of one man is in danger of being overlooked
Wishing it doesn’t make it so.
EPA/Nigel Roddis
A minority Labour administration might govern the UK despite finishing runner-up in both England and Scotland.
Good deeds don’t always work out that way.
Nailia Schwartz
Politicians promising to expand free childcare is no bad thing, but it is difficult to deliver in practice
A new politics?
Bill Hume
The SNP has changed the way Scottish people think about politics, something no party has achieved for decades.
‘Best job in the world’
Andrew Milligan/PA
Labour’s Scottish position could not be any more grim. Here are some suggestions for the long road back to contention.
Yvette Cooper out on the beat.
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Labour and the Lib Dems have clashed over whether crime is going up or down. Which is it?
Jim Murphy in a spin.
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Labour leader Jim Murphy is raising concerns that a big victory for Nicola Sturgeon will mean another referendum. Here’s why they’re wide of the mark.
Priced out?
Yui Mok/PA Wire
Miliband’s plans to stop landlords hiking up rents won’t fix the housing supply problem.
Miliband has been wooing student voters.
Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Labour’s Ed Miliband says that advantaged pupils are much more likely to go to university. Is he right?
DUP leader Peter Robinson may be facing a quandary on May 8.
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Everyone is assuming that the DUP would do a deal with the Tories after the election if the option arose. Everyone may be wrong.
Nicola Sturgeon unveiling SNP women’s strategy on April 25.
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The main parties are still a long way from getting full marks when it comes to tackling women’s financial disadvantages.
‘Stone, scissors, paper.’
BBC
Ruling out a Labour arrangement with the Scottish nationalists will matter little after the election.
Your name’s not down.
Martin Rickett/PA
Our immigration expert evaluates the manifestos of 16 political parties, to see how their policies on immigration stack up.
Nicola Sturgeon unveiling the SNP manifesto on April 20.
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Not much of the SNP manifesto would make Labour choke, and some rougher areas just got smoother.
Nicola Sturgeon unveils the SNP election manifesto.
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People forget that the SNP backed a minority Labour government in 1976-79 and was undermined by a rogue MP contingent. Nicola Sturgeon may soon have to face the same problem.
It’s four-wheel-drive or no deal, guys.
Andrew Milligan/PA
Miliband is resisting, but he may need the SNP. Here’s what could be on Nicola Sturgeon’s wish list.