Party Websites and Others

Labour - Party website ; BBC Profile
Conservatives - Party website; BBC Profile
Liberal Democrats - Party Website: BBC Profile
Scottish National Party (SNP) - Party Website: BBC Profile
Plaid Cymru (Welsh Nationalists) - Party Website: BBC Profile
Green Party - Party Website: BBC Website
UKIP - Party Website: BBC Profile
BNP - Party Website: BBC Profile
Respect - Party Website: BBC Profile

Northern Ireland Parties
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - Party Website: BBC Profile
Ulster Conservative & Unionist New Force (UCU) - Party Website: BBC Profile
Sinn Fein - Party Website: BBC Profile
Social & Democratic Labour Party (SDLP) Party Website: BBC Profile

Election Coverage

BBC
The Guardian
FT
The Times
The Independent
Daily (& Sunday) Telegraph

Epolitix
Politics.co.uk

Policies for the Election

The British news is dominated by the various announcements being made by the political parties about their policies. You can visit the main party websites via the links below

Labour

Conservative

Liberal Democrats

While these are the main national parties - there are many minor parties - and this election is likely to see a record number of independent candidates. At the weekend it was reported that there had been "a rallying call issued by Terry Waite, the former Lebanon hostage, to 300 independent candidates and activists in which he calls for reform of parliament in the wake of the expenses scandal. In a letter on behalf of the Independent Network, Mr Waite, who considered standing at the election, says he is 'gravely concerned about the political health of our country'".

In Scotland and Wales the nationalist parties (SNP and Plaid Cymru) will also be standing.

Note: New Statesman claimed last month that "Forming a viable government could well require negotiations with Esther Rantzen, Martin Bell and Terry Waite as well as Nick Clegg."