Millions of undecided voters are set to be bombarded by an unprecedented final flurry of campaigning before Thursday’s General Election.
Opinion polls have suggested that up to 40% of the electorate has still to make their minds up sparking a multi-million pound four-day publicity blitz from the main parties to win votes.
The Tories will maintain the party’s campaign on the economy, stoking fears of what a Labour Government could do to the recovery.
But the party will also be pressing hard on its claim that David Cameron is better equipped to be Prime Minister.
Labour will be pushing its core message of what Ed Miliband has described as: “Is the country run by an elite of the most rich and powerful or is it run for working people?”
The party will be promoting the 10 bills it hopes to have in its first Queen’s Speech, including legislation to freeze energy prices, repeals of Tory NHS reforms and an anti-tax avoidance finance bill.
Mr Miliband also promised Scotland would get no “special deals” from Labour if it forms the next Government.
The Opposition leader dismissed Tory claims that a minority Labour administration would be forced to do deals with the nationalists as a “deflection” from the real issues.
He said: “It is a distraction, offered in the final, desperate days of the Tory campaign to divert your attention from the truth of their record,” he will declare on a campaign visit to Hastings.
“Under a Labour Government, there won’t be any special deals for Scotland. But I will tell you this if I am Prime Minister, there won’t be any special deals for bankers or hedge funds or energy companies, either.”
David Cameron has warned people they need to vote Conservative if they want to stop Mr Miliband entering Downing Street.
He said: “If you want your preferred Prime Minster, vote for your preferred Prime Minister.
“Don’t take a risk thinking, ‘I’ll vote Liberal Democrat and hope I get the Prime Minister I want’ or vote Ukip and hope somehow it emerges.”
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, yesterday set out plans for a new task force aimed at tackling youth unemployment within 100 days of a new government being formed.
The party’s final few days campaigning will be focused on its former strongholds and making the claim it is best placed to go into coalition with either of the outright winners of Thursday’s poll.
Meanwhile, in Scotland Labour has claimed it still has a chance to turn back the SNP tide after revealing internal canvassing figures which show up to a third of its traditional voters are still undecided.
Scottish Labour is pinning its hopes on nearly 200,000 voters in west central Scotland who voted Yes in the referendum to save seats in what was its traditional voting heartlands.
The party claims 59% of this group will vote Labour up from 20% in January and 31% are undecided, with the rest backing other parties.
Kezia Dugdale, Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour said: “The people who have still to make their mind up will determine the direction of the entire UK for the next few years.
“If they back Labour then we will be on the road to a fairer nation for working class families.
“If they back the SNP then we will be on the expressway to another referendum.”
But SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said: “It means there is a fantastic opportunity to make our nation more powerful at Westminster than we have ever been before.
“Electing a strong group of SNP MPs to Westminster this Thursday will give Scotland potentially unprecedented power and influence at Westminster.
“And if Scotland can unite around that vision, it will mean the voices of families, individuals and communities right across the country will not just be heard, but be listened to properly.”
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