Prime Minister David Cameron has launched the Conservative Party election campaign in a speech outside 10 Downing Street.
Parliament has been dissolved and campaigning is officially underway with the general election just 38 days away.
Suspended Tory candidate Afzal Amin has resigned as prospective parliamentary candidate for Dudley North with immediate effect, a party source has said.
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps has admitted to “screwing up” in a recent interview about his second job amid calls for an investigation into whether he breached parliamentary rules.
A Conservative MP has claimed that the NHS should treat patients with astrology to “help take the huge pressure of doctors”.