Labour are trying to shift the focus to education and investment in pupils, after a day of vitriol over Iraq.
Tony Blair and Education Secretary Ruth Kelly will say Labour are the only party focusing on the "fundamentals".
They will highlight their plan to increase spending per pupil to £5,500 by 2008, up from £2,500 in 1997.
The Tories plan to offer parents vouchers to send their children to private schools, while the Lib Dems want to abolish university fees.
On Monday night, Charles Kennedy announced that former veteran Labour backbencher Brian Sedgemore had defected to the Liberal Democrats.
Mr Sedgemore, who had represented Hackney South and Shoreditch since 1983, was known as a maverick who had voted against the government over foundation hospitals, top-up fees and anti-terror laws.
He is standing down at the election.
Superbug campaign
On Tuesday, the Liberal Democrats will be emphasising the appeal of their policies to the old and young, including the abolition of tuition and top-up university fees, the replacement of the council tax with a local income tax, fairer pensions and free care for the elderly.
The Conservatives will be campaigning on the issue of health and their plans to tackle MRSA.
They plan to increase the power of matrons, allowing them to close wards stricken by the hospital superbug.
Labour will outline their plans to fund a massive rebuilding and refurbishment of primary schools. And they will go on the offensive over the Conservatives' plans to offer parents a virtual "voucher" worth the amount that would have been spent on a pupil in the state sector.
This would allow parents to "buy" places at any independent school willing to offer them at this price.
Labour say the scheme would take £2bn out of the state school sector, but the Tories say it would improve competition and give parents more choice.
The Tories will themselves attack Labour over truancy, saying the problem has got out of control in the last eight years.
Iraq row
A new poll suggests Labour have a healthy lead over the Tories with just nine days to the general election.
The NOP poll for the Independent newspaper, done over the weekend, put Labour 40%, the Conservatives on 30%, the Lib Dems on 21% and 9% voting for other parties.
Monday's campaigning was overshadowed by Iraq, with Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy saying both Labour and Conservative candidates should be held to account for their parties' support for the war.
Tory leader Michael Howard said it was right to go to war but said Mr Blair had lied over the reliability of intelligence before the war.
Mr Blair says he was given clear advice the war was lawful and argues he is not asking voters to endorse his decision.
The issue of Iraq was pushed forward after the alleged leaking of a document to the Mail on Sunday showing Attorney General Lord Goldsmith had given six reasons why military action might not be legal.
(BBC)
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