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| Brown makes second election visit | Brown makes second election visit |
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| Prime Minister Gordon Brown is in Wales for the second time during the general election campaign. | |
| He told students at Glyndwr University in Wrexham that there would be no ceiling on their ability to rise under a Labour government. | |
| Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams has campaigned in Newport, where Tory Theresa Villiers also canvassed voters. | |
| Former Welsh Secretary Ron Davies has urged to "lend" their vote to Plaid Cymru in the Aberconwy marginal. | |
| Mr Davies, the former Caerphilly MP who was in Tony Blair's first cabinet in 1998 until standing down amid controversy over his private life, later left Labour and joined the now disbanded party Forward Wales. | Mr Davies, the former Caerphilly MP who was in Tony Blair's first cabinet in 1998 until standing down amid controversy over his private life, later left Labour and joined the now disbanded party Forward Wales. |
| Plaid said that Mr Davies, who is now an independent Caerphilly councillor, had written to Labour voters in Aberconwy asking them to back Plaid. | Plaid said that Mr Davies, who is now an independent Caerphilly councillor, had written to Labour voters in Aberconwy asking them to back Plaid. |
| We want to help people during these difficult economic times Kirsty Williams, Welsh Liberal Democrat leader | We want to help people during these difficult economic times Kirsty Williams, Welsh Liberal Democrat leader |
| Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams was campaigning on her party's tax policies in their target seat of Newport East, alongside candidate Ed Townsend. | Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams was campaigning on her party's tax policies in their target seat of Newport East, alongside candidate Ed Townsend. |
| Ms Williams said: "The tax system in this country is fundamentally unfair and that's why the Liberal Democrats want to turn the tax system on its head by making the richest pay their fair share. | Ms Williams said: "The tax system in this country is fundamentally unfair and that's why the Liberal Democrats want to turn the tax system on its head by making the richest pay their fair share. |
| "Under 13 years of this Labour government, our society has become unfair and the gap between the rich and the poor has increased. | "Under 13 years of this Labour government, our society has become unfair and the gap between the rich and the poor has increased. |
| "Across Wales, under our plans, over 200,000 people will pay no income tax and 800,000 will be £700 better off every year. | "Across Wales, under our plans, over 200,000 people will pay no income tax and 800,000 will be £700 better off every year. |
| "In a family with two working adults, their combined income tax break will be enough to pay the council tax bill for the whole year. | "In a family with two working adults, their combined income tax break will be enough to pay the council tax bill for the whole year. |
| 'Big choice' | 'Big choice' |
| "We want to help people during these difficult economic times." | "We want to help people during these difficult economic times." |
| Ed Miliband - who was in south Wales on Monday when his brother and fellow cabinet member David was in north Wales - called Thursday's election "the most important in a generation". | Ed Miliband - who was in south Wales on Monday when his brother and fellow cabinet member David was in north Wales - called Thursday's election "the most important in a generation". |
| He told an audience in Swansea that the big choice lay "between protecting the future under Labour or putting it all at risk under the Conservatives". | He told an audience in Swansea that the big choice lay "between protecting the future under Labour or putting it all at risk under the Conservatives". |
| Businesses know that things have to change in this country if we're going to recover from the worst recession in 60 years Theresa Villiers, Conservative | Businesses know that things have to change in this country if we're going to recover from the worst recession in 60 years Theresa Villiers, Conservative |
| He said in the last days of the campaign he had seen how "millions of pounds of investment in local schools, hospitals and city centre projects are making a difference to local people". | He said in the last days of the campaign he had seen how "millions of pounds of investment in local schools, hospitals and city centre projects are making a difference to local people". |
| Conservative shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers was visiting Cardiff West as well as Newport West. | Conservative shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers was visiting Cardiff West as well as Newport West. |
| Ms Villiers said Conservatives had been working hard with local companies over a long period, adding that "businesses know that things have to change in this country if we're going to recover from the worst recession in 60 years".. | Ms Villiers said Conservatives had been working hard with local companies over a long period, adding that "businesses know that things have to change in this country if we're going to recover from the worst recession in 60 years".. |
| Ms Villiers also confirmed the Conservatives would support plans for the electrification of the south Wales rail line. | Ms Villiers also confirmed the Conservatives would support plans for the electrification of the south Wales rail line. |
| She said: "We think it's very important that we improve rail services to south Wales and we're determined to take it forward." | She said: "We think it's very important that we improve rail services to south Wales and we're determined to take it forward." |