Following a meeting with the Queen to ask for the dissolution of Parliament, the Prime Minister announced on the steps of 10 Downing Street, alongside cabinet colleagues, that the election will be held on Thursday 6th May. Describing the election timetable as the worst kept secret of recent years, he set out his plans if re-elected next month.
Brown was keen to stress the skill and experience of his cabinet team saying "I am not a team of one, I am one of a team." He also spelled out his election pledges, asking the public to give him a mandate to ensure an economic recovery, preserve public services and to reform of the political system.
Leaders of the other main parties also started their official election campaigns today. David Cameron, speaking on the banks of the Thames, criticised Labour's 13 years of "big government" and called for a new era of "big society". Nick Clegg emphasised that this election was not a "two horse race" but that the Liberal Democrats were a real alternative.
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