WHAT LEADER TOLD READERS

n Identified Environment Agency as a quango which will be trimmed down, but said local authorities would decide on future of Yorkshire Forward

n Said “it’s labelling, labelling, labelling” to help farmers as he backed our campaign for clear country-of-origin labels on food

n Backed Yorkshire trials of carbon-capture and storage technology and said he would go further and faster than Labour

n Told right-to-die campaigner Debbie Purdy he would carry on “trying to get my head around” the issue but doesn’t believe in becoming a “euthanasia country”

n Wants well-off students to be encouraged to pay back student loans earlier to fund 10,000 extra university places

n Told pensioners they would not be forced to sell their homes to pay for their care – but he will not back Labour’s compulsory “death tax”

n Refused to reveal what he would do if there was a hung Parliament, but said country needs a strong, decisive government

n Wants to give more information on gas and electricity bills to “nudge” rather than “smack” people into getting the lowest price for energy