Voters have a choice between a prime minister who will put
working people first - and one who favours the rich and powerful, Ed Miliband
has said.
But the Labour leader says he believes the public will
"make the right judgement" at the ballot box on 7 May.
With less than 24 hours to go before polls open, he insisted
he would go "right down to the wire" to persuade wavering voters to
back Labour.
His party won 258 seats at the 2010 election. It needs 326
to win outright.
Blair support
However, polls suggest no party will win a majority in the
House of Commons following Thursday's nationwide poll.
With less than 24 hours to go, former Labour prime minister
Tony Blair joined the final appeal to voters by tweeting a photo of himself
holding a placard saying: "Vote Labour".
And Mr Miliband, campaigning in north-west England and
Yorkshire, warned that a fresh coalition government of the Conservatives and
Liberal Democrats posed a "huge risk" to working families.
'Right down to the wire
He also insisted that only Labour could "rescue our
National Health Service, which needs rescuing, from David Cameron
Many people are making up their minds in this election and
my message to all those undecided voters is you can have another five years of
a prime minster who will put the rich and powerful first in our country - or if
I'm prime minster I'll put working people first," he told the reporters
He sidestepped questions about potential deals that Labour
might make in the event of a hung parliament to stress that he was going
"right down to the wire" to talk about issues that matter to British
people, such as the NHS and family finances.
Asked if he really believed he was going to be prime
minister, he said: "I'm optimistic but it will be in the hands of the
people come tomorrow and I know the people will make the right judgment.
"And I hope people make a judgement on the basis of
what's best for them and their family because I'm not just asking people to
vote Labour, I'm asking people to vote to put their family first in this
election.
"I think on the ballot paper is the National Health
Service, tax credits and child benefits, family finances, our young people and
that's why I ask people to vote Labour."
NHS survival
Mr Miliband made his appeal as Labour's deputy leader
Harriet Harman insisted the 7 May poll was a crucial watershed election
for the NHS"
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