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Election 2015 live: Tories 'defending the indefensible' on non-dom tax loophole, says Ed Miliband Election 2015 live: Tories claim Ed Miliband would 'stab Britain in the back' and be a friend to Putin over nuclear weapons
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Labour's announcement that it is scrapping non-dom tax status for UK residents seems to have caused disarray in Conservative ranks with apparently contradictory statements from the Chancellor George Osborne and Education Secretary Nicky Morgan this morning. The Conservatives have launched a highly personal attack on Ed Miliband this morning over the replacement of the UK's nuclear weapons system.
After the dust settled David Cameron described Labour's policy as "frankly pretty chaotic" while George Osborne branded it as "a total shambles". Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, said the Labour leader would “stab the United Kingdom in the back to become Prime Minister” by agreeing to scale back the weapons system from three to four submarines.
Ed Miliband meanwhile hit back, announcing that the Tories were "now defending the indefensible" over the loophole. Business minister Nick Boles also suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be pleased if Ed Miliband became prime minister, a claim met with derision on social media.
The other main politics headlines from the day so far:The other main politics headlines from the day so far:
• Duncan Bannatyne to vote Labour due to non-dom pledge • Putin wants Ed Miliband to be PM, says Tory• Tories attack SNP's 'childlike world view' on Trident• Green Party election broadcast is hilarious• The price of SNP support for Ed Miliband
• Tories to give failing school kids more resits  
• Farage bonds with Joey Essex over secret love of fish
• Ed Balls didn't want to end non-dom status in January
• Nicky Morgan's trainwreck interview over non-doms
• Nicola Sturgeon: I'll help Ed Miliband become PM
• Second Lib Dem candidate reveals he has HIV
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The campaign has begun in earnest to win over the public in what is likely to be one of the closest general elections for generations.Polling has the Tories and Labour neck-and-neck, while it is generally accepted that the number of votes for the Lib Dems, Ukip, Greens and others will have a big impact on the make-up of any potential coalition government.The campaign has begun in earnest to win over the public in what is likely to be one of the closest general elections for generations.Polling has the Tories and Labour neck-and-neck, while it is generally accepted that the number of votes for the Lib Dems, Ukip, Greens and others will have a big impact on the make-up of any potential coalition government.
  
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