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Cameron Kicks Off General Election: 'It's Me Or Miliband'

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David Cameron makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street in London on March 30, 2015 after an audience with Queen Elizabeth II to disolve parliament. Cameron on March 30 asked Queen Elizabeth II to dissolve parliament, kicking off formal campaigning for one of the most unpredictable elections in decades. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

David Cameron has presented the general election as a "stark choice" between him and Ed Miliband. Speaking outside No.10 Downing Street after returning from an audience with the Queen this afternoon, the prime minister presented the coming campaign as a personal battle between him and the Labour leader. "The next prime minister walking through that door will be me or Ed Miliband," he said. "I will be going to all four corners of all four nations of our United Kingdom with one clear message. Together we are turning our country around and for your sake, your families sake, the sake of your children and their future, we must see this through together."

With 38 days to go until polling day on May 7, Miliband said a second Conservative-led government presented a "clear and present danger" to jobs and prosperity. Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon and Natalie Bennett have also been setting out their stalls as the formal election campaign in one of the most uncertain elections in living memory gets underway.

The ComRes survey for ITV News and the Daily Mail found a three-point dip in support since last week for Ed Miliband's Opposition to 32% while the Tories gained one to hit a three-year high of 36%. However another poll - by YouGov for The Sunday Times - had the parties the exact other way round, Labour leading by 36% to 32%.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 30: British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Downing Street for Buckingham Palace on March 30, 2015 in London, England. Campaigning in what is predicted to be Britain's closest national election in decades will start after Queen Elizabeth II dissolves Parliament today. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)

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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg outside the Cabinet Office, London, as one of the most closely-contested general elections for decades formally gets under way today, with David Cameron accusing Labour of planning a Â£3,000 tax hike for every working family. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

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Ed Miliband, leader of the U.K. opposition Labour Party, pauses during his address at Bloomberg LP's European headquarters in London, U.K., on Monday, March 30, 2015. Miliband set out his party's pledges to British businesses, seeking to offset concerns that a Labour government would work against them by reiterating his party's commitment to keeping the U.K. in the European Union. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Downing Street, London, for a private audience with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, as one of the most closely-contested general elections for decades formally gets under way today, with David Cameron accusing Labour of planning a £3,000 tax hike for every working family. (credit:Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

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Prime Minister David Cameron as he arrives for a private audience with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, as one of the most closely-contested general elections for decades formally gets under way today, with David Cameron accusing Labour of planning a £3,000 tax hike for every working family. (credit:Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)

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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Downing Street to see Queen Elizabeth II for the official dissolution of Parliament, in London, Monday, March 30, 2015. The United Kingdom will go to the polls for a general election on May 7. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) (credit:Alastair Grant/AP)

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 30: Leader of the Labour party Ed Miliband leaves his home on March 30, 2015 in London, England. Mr Miliband will speak to members of the business community today where it is expected he will warn of the dangers of an EU referendum, a conservative party pledge. British Prime Minister David Cameron will visit Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace today as Parliament dissolves and the parties begin their campaigns ahead of the May 7 general election. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 30: United Kingdom Independence Party leader Nigel Farage holds up a pledge card as he arrives in Westminster on March 30, 2015 in London, England. Campaigning in what is predicted to be Britain's closest national election in decades will start after Queen Elizabeth II dissolves Parliament today. Polling day is on May 7, 2015. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)

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Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party, sits and listens during the party's spring conference in Liverpool, U.K., on Friday, March 6, 2015. Bennett will seek to restore her image today after 10 days of being lampooned for the botched launch of her campaign for the U.K. election May 7. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), waits off stage before speaking at a Spring Conference event in Glasgow, U.K., on Saturday, March 28, 2015. Polls show the SNP may win as many as 50 of Scotland's 59 districts at the U.K. election on May 7 and become the third-biggest party in the House of Commons in Westminster. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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A fox makes its way past 10 Downing Street, London, as one of the most closely-contested general elections for decades formally gets under way today, with David Cameron accusing Labour of planning a £3,000 tax hike for every working family. (credit:Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

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Downing Street cat Larry and a police sniffer dog meet on the steps of 10 Downing Street, London, as one of the most closely-contested general elections for decades formally gets under way today, with David Cameron accusing Labour of planning a 3,000 tax hike for every working family. (credit:Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

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A light from a TV camera lights a pathway towards 10 Downing Street, London, as one of the most closely-contested general elections for decades formally gets under way today, with David Cameron accusing Labour of planning a £3,000 tax hike for every working family. (credit:Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

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