The general election campaign is drawing to a close with party
leaders making late bids to break the deadlock in the polls.Prime Minister David Cameron said the country was "stronger than it was five years ago" but there was "more to do".
Ed Miliband urged people to vote "to reward hard work in our country again" while Nick Clegg said the Lib Dems would offer "stability and decency".
Polls suggest no party will win enough seats for an outright majority.
An ICM survey for the Guardian put the Conservatives and Labour level on 35%.
BBC deputy political editor James Landale said there would be "pretty fundamental questions" on the ballot paper when polls open at 07:00 BST.
He added: "The outcome may be uncertain but the stakes are incredibly high."
On the last day of campaigning:
- Mr Cameron says the Conservatives can win Thursday's election outright
- Mr Miliband says he is optimistic about Labour prospects and he trusts the public to make the "right judgement"
- Former top civil servant Lord O'Donnell said David Cameron could remain as PM even without a majority - it would be up to his political judgement whether there was a "clear alternative" government
- Mr Clegg says he's confident the Lib Dems will hold enough seats to be key players in any negotiations
- UKIP will "significantly and perhaps dramatically outperform" expectations, a spokesman predicts, while Green MPs would do all they could to keep out the Tories, leader Natalie Bennett says
- SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon says her party is "within touching distance" of making Westminster history, while Leanne Wood says her Plaid Cymru party is part of a "change that's coming"
- The Times newspaper endorses a continuation of the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition while the Express becomes the first paper to recommend UKIP. The Daily Mail backs the Conservatives
- Northern Ireland's five biggest parties clashed over welfare reform and gay marriage in a live TV debate
Source:BBC
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