The PM outside No 10
Photograph: PATony Blair has just announced the general election on May 5 outside No 10, having spent about 20 minutes with the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
The prime minister promised a "driving mission" for a Labour third term, entrenching the country's "hard won economic stability" and not returning to the "economic risks and failings of the past".
Labour's mission will be "driven by values", with the party standing for a "country where hard work and merit not position and background determine success".
