first, natalie bennett, your opening statement.

they're caused by failures of government policy. >> natalie bennett. thank you. i'll turn to david cameron as we open up now after your opening statements to the debate to pick up on natalie bennett's point that she puts across the immigration is to be celebrated. >> i think the choice really boils down to this. nigel is saying there's nothing you can do inside the european you on give up and leave, ed doesn't want to renegotiate anything in europe, regroesh yat all together i say get the changes we need and put those in a referendum to the british people by the end of 2017. i've sat around the table in europe and negotiated for britain. you can get things done. i've set out what i want to get done so we can sort out the immigration issue once and for all. >> ms. merkel who is the real boss made it perfectly clear that you can negotiation lots of things over the next couple of years but you cannot renegotiate the free movement of people in the european union. and that's back ud up by the overwhelming majority of the european parliament. do you accept or not that

julie: natalie bennett. natalie: we are offering the reversal of austerity. the future of everybody in this room. and what we have been doing, we have been slashing at public services. let us think about what austerity actually means. somewhere near you, there is a children's center or library that is close. think of the workers. she used to be providing an essential service, paying insurance, she had a modest amount of income to spend. now, that essential services gone. everybody is much poorer. we do need to raise taxes on those who are not paying their share. companies in particular, if they pay their share in the world's sixth richest country. julie: mrs. sturgeon. >> it should be an in its -- it should be a means to an end. austerity is pushing us into poverty. it is holding us back. when economic policies do that, it needs to change. i believe with the tories and labour, we should have modest spending over the next parliament. it would take slightly longer to eliminate, but the debt would continue to fall each year over the next parliament. crucially, t

the leaders are natalie bennett of the green party. nick clegg, liberal democrats. nigel farage of the u.k. independence party. ed miliband, labor. leanne would the party wales. nicola sturgeon of the scottish national party. and david cameron for the conservatives. [applause] our questions are going to focus on some of the big political issues that we are all care about and affect everyday life. you can get analysis online i going to our website. if you want to comment, the twitter tag is #leadersdebate. natalie: you were told austerity and inequality were inevitable.

julie: natalie bennett. natalie: we are offering the reversal of austerity.ure of everybody in this room. and what we have been doing, we have been slashing at public services. let us think about what austerity actually means. somewhere near you, there is a children's center or library that is close. think of the workers. she used to be providing an essential service, paying insurance, she had a modest amount of income to spend. now, that essential services gone. everybody is much poorer. we do need to raise taxes on those who are not paying their share. companies in particular, if they pay their share in the world's sixth richest country. julie: mrs. sturgeon. >> it should be an in its -- it should be a means to an end. austerity is pushing us into poverty. it is holding us back. when economic policies do that, it needs to change. i believe with the tories and labour, we should have modest spending over the next parliament. it would take slightly longer to eliminate, but the debt would continue to fall each year over the next parliament. crucially, that woul

vote green. >> natalie bennett, thank you.nigel farage. >> six others and may look different but they are very much the same. all six support the membership of the european union and most laws made somewhere else. as a consequence alle1 support open door immigration. is it any wonder trust in politics has broken down to the extent it has. i represent u.k. and we believe this country should be a sovereign nation. we believe we are good enough to do that and we also believe open door immigration depressed the doors for people. and made it tough to get a gp appointment and not been good for this country. we have a positive alternative. let's have a trade deal with europe. let's cooperate with them as friends but make our own laws. and let's take back control of our borders and put in place an australian style point system so we can choose the quantity and quality of who comes to britain. by doing that we'llxd give ordinary working people an even break. >> nick clegg. >> i think it's pretty obvious no one standing here is going to

natalie bennett. ms. bennett: i think i made in my opening marks, reference to climate change. that, of course is one of the critical issues we have to do with provide an optimistic future. much broader than that, we have to stop trashing our planet. we think about in britain today, we are using the roses of three planets when we only have one. we need to invest in our economy to do with that. -- we're using the trash of th ree planets when we only have one. the fact is in the last 40 years of my lifetime, the world has lost 50% of its vertebrate wildlife. half of the wild animals are going. mr. farage: our leaders aren't optimistic. our leaders don't think this country is good enough even to make its own laws. what i want to see is a self-governing united kingdom. a country which has pride, and the young people living in a global economy. let's reengage with a bigger wider world. the best place to start will be the 2.2 billion people that live in the commonwealth and who are our real friends. let's have a government that looks out for the world. ms. wood: the best place to pro

your vote will count. >> natalie bennett, thank you.nigel farage. >> see i warned you at the beginning. i said they're all the same. and what you've seen tonight is the politically correct political class. oh, they're very keen to be popular on the international stage. they don't understand the thoughts, hopes, and aspirations of ordinary people in this country. they are detached. most of them have never had a job in their lives. what we represent in ukip is plain-spoken patriotism. we believe in this country. we believe in its people. we think britain can be a lot better than this. but if you want things to be shaken up and to change properly you've got to put more ukip mps in westminster. we won two elections last year. we can outshine all expectations on may the 7th. let's do it. >> nigel farage, thank you. david cameron. >> thank you. i've been your prime minister for the last five years, and all that time i've tried to have one task in mind above all others and that has been turning our economy around, putting the country back to w

first, natalie bennett, your opening statement. nnett: you were told that austerity, inequality, bankers bonuses were inevitable. they were not. you all deserve better. let's put principles and values first. that is why i got into politics. the green party is determined to deliver a fair economy that does not make the poor and disadvantaged pay for the errors of the bankers. we're committed to returning to -- returning the nhs to the founding principles, no private money going into private -- into public coffers. we know we must take real action on climate change. the biggest threat to us all. other parties trade in fear. fear of immigrants, demonizing people on benefits. but to build a decent, humane society we start with hope. vote for change, vote green. host: thank you. now we go to nigel farage. farage: they may look different, but on some of the big issues, they are very much the same. all six support britain's membership of the european union and most of our laws being made somewhere else. as a consequence, all of them suppor

host: thank you, natalie bennett. will your party secure the long-term funding of the nhs while keeping public service available to all? miliband: of course we have to look at those issues, but i really do not believe that is at the root of all the problems of the national health service. david cameron said he protected the nhs. i ask you at home to decide whether this is what protection looks like. one million people waited last year in a&e for more than five hours. we are missing the targets for cancer treatment for the first time ever. to add to that, we had a tent erected in the hospital car park to treat people in the united kingdom. i do not believe that is protecting the nhs. his spending plans for the next parliament are even more dangerous. cameron: let's just take the one example of what we are seeing with cancer. 460,000 more per year getting seen and getting examined for cancer than used to happen. our survival rates used to be some of the worst in europe and now some of the best in europe. a strong nhs ne

starting with natalie bennett all the way through to david cameron.told that they've been asked to send in their height so nobody looks taller than the other. incidentally, whatever your political persuasions, it is good, isn't it to see tonight three women finally taking part in these debates. we have natalie bennett of the green, liam wood and nicholas sturgeon of the smp. they are the self-acclaimed alliance of anti-austerity. the three of them will take on what they see as westminster's obsession with cuts. but how are they going to do it and how do you get the camera angles right? which twitches and facial expressions do you take? ultimately, how do you keep it fair for all these parties? well that is a worry for nigel farrage. he made a comment saying had it been a panel of four maybe five, i would have been looking forward to it but i do fear it will generate into a bit of a shouting match. is he happy with his position on the podium right next to ed miliband? well tucked in between clagers and miliband that's all right, but it would have been