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  • = Key Development Thursday 16th May
  • 22:00 David Davis: Tories must not under-estimate Miliband On air

    On Air | David Davis MP | Former shadow home secretary | Question Time Extra Time, BBC Radio 5live Video David Davis MP

    David Davis said too many Conservative figures were under-rating Ed Miliband’s leadership credentials. “My instinct is, he's going to be cleverer than we think and we'd be very unwise to take him less than seriously. I want us to win the... Continue to article

  • 20:00 Ready for new orders The House Magazine

    20:00 | The House Magazine | PoliticsHome The House Magazine

      It is not difficult to imagine Nigel Farage at the Bar of the House. I am thinking not so much of the line marking the boundary of the chamber, more of Strangers’ Bar. Farage would fit in well there, supping a pint of bitter or a large... Continue to article

  • 20:00 Commons Gallery The House Magazine

    20:00 | The House Magazine | PoliticsHome The House Magazine Commons Gallery

      White House hospitality or House of Commons hostility? It’s an easy choice really. David Cameron may be beginning to resemble the houseguest that never leaves, but hey, it’s a special relationship. No one will mind if he sticks around ... Continue to article

  • 20:00 The Knowledge The Political Pulse

    20:00 | The Political Pulse | PoliticsHome The Political Pulse

      John Mann MP’s constituency of Bassetlaw in many ways fits the demographic of somewhere we might expect to see UKIP make progress: a part of the East Midlands once home to significant manufacturing and mining communities with a range o... Continue to article

  • 14:37 Ed Miliband: Google tax conduct totally unacceptable On air

    On Air | Ed Miliband MP | Labour party leader | Sky News Video Ed Miliband MP

    Ed Miliband hit out at the “extraordinary lengths” taken by Google to avoid paying tax in the UK after the Public Affairs Committee described the search engine’s conduct as “evil”. “People will be shocked by the evidence that Google is g... Continue to article

  • 14:32 Kevin Meagher blog: All voters will remember is that the Tories are giving them a referendum – and that Labour isn’t News

    Blog | LabourList source icon

    This is madness. Ed Miliband’s critique of managerial politics and its bureaucratic, top-down remoteness has always been spot on. Yet I can’t think of an issue where the governed and the governing are further apart than on Europe. Continue to article

  • 09:56 Ed Miliband a 'wishy washy wally' on Europe House of Commons

    Ed Miliband a 'wishy washy wally' on Europe House of Commons

    Ed Miliband is a “wishy washy wally” on the question of a European referendum, the Environment Secretary said today. Owen Paterson hit back at Labour’s attack on the Tory position on Europe and called on the opposition leader to clarify ... Continue to article

  • 09:39 PoliticsHome tweets: In the Commons, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson calls Ed Miliband a "wishy washy wally of a shadow leader" over Europe.

    Twitter | PoliticsHome Twitter source icon

    In the Commons, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson calls Ed Miliband a 'wishy washy wally of a shadow leader' over Europe.

  • = Key Development Wednesday 15th May
  • 09:56 Ed Miliband: Tory issue Cameron's weak leadership not Europe On air

    On Air | Ed Miliband MP | Labour party leader | Pool Clip Video Ed Miliband MP

    Ed Miliband said the issue in the Conservative party was not Europe but David Cameron's "weak leadership". "What we see today is a Labour Party focused on jobs and living standards and sorting out our economy and a Conservative Party whe... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Monday 13th May
  • 20:54 John Cryer: I would vote to leave the EU under the current terms of membership On air

    On Air | John Cryer MP | | BBC News

    John Cryer said he'd vote to leave the EU if there was a referendum on the current terms. “If it was on the present relationship with the EU I’d vote to get out. It’s an undemocratic institution, it’s a small rich white club which to me ... Continue to article

  • 12:25 Dan Hodges blog: Ed Miliband has just given the worst speech I've ever heard from aparty leader. He's running out of time News

    Blog | Telegraph politics blog source icon

    The time has come for Ed Miliband to put up or shut up. Last October, he stood on the stage where he had accepted the Labour leadership 24 months earlier, and told his party conference: “I didn’t beco... Continue to article

  • 07:00 Sun: Red Ed’s only hope...new ‘Blue Labour’ News

    News | The Sun source icon

    Ed Miliband’s party already have a tailor-made set of beliefs that tackle head on the alienation and anger that has turned almost a quarter of the country purple and yellow. Continue to article

  • = Key Development Saturday 11th May
  • 13:46 Transcript: Ed Miliband speech to Progress annual conference Transcripts

    Ed Miliband speech to Progress annual conference Transcripts

    Ed Miliband MP, leader of the Labour Party, in a speech to the Progress annual conference 2013, said: Thank you for that kind reception. But it is great to be here at Progress. For nearly 20 years Progress has been an important forum for... Continue to article

  • 08:00 Transcript: Ed Miliband speech to Progress annual conference Transcripts

    Ed Miliband speech to Progress annual conference Transcripts

    In a speech to the Progress annual conference Ed Miliband is expected to say: “Three years to the day since they stood together in the Downing Street rose garden and promised change, what do David Cameron and Nick Clegg really offer for ... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Wednesday 8th May
  • 09:49 Ed Miliband: Govt must tackle Britain's deep problems in Queen's Speech On air

    On Air | Ed Miliband MP | Labour party leader | BBC News Video Ed Miliband MP

    Ed Miliband said Labour wanted to see the Government go further to crack down on unscrupulous employers in the Queen’s Speech later, and to tackle the “deep problems” facing Britain. “We’ll look at the Government’s proposals on immigrati... Continue to article

  • 06:37 Same old Labour totally divided - Shapps Press Release

    06:37| Press Release

    Conservative party press release Grant Shapps, Conservative Party Chairman said: “If Ed Miliband is too weak to stand up to his own Shadow Chancellor, then he won't be able to stand up for the British people.” “It’s the same old La... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Sunday 5th May
  • 19:49 Queen's Speech shouldn't be short-term reaction to UKIP - MP PoliticsHome News

    Queen's Speech shouldn't be short-term reaction to UKIP - MP PoliticsHome News

    David Cameron is bowing to pressure from UKIP after last week’s local elections and ignoring the interests of the country, a Labour MP has said. Seema Malhotra said the Government should be focusing on the economic difficulties of the co... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Saturday 4th May
  • 14:58 Rather than follow Farage, fix the economy PH Opinion

    14:58 | PH Opinion | PoliticsHome PH Opinion

    There is nothing like real elections to concentrate minds and the most furrowed brows over this weekend will be in the Conservative Party. The recriminations inside the Tories have already started as the party comes to terms with Thursday's... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Friday 3rd May
  • 15:49 Ed Miliband: I'm pleased with the gains that we've made On air

    On Air | Ed Miliband MP | Labour party leader | Pooled Clip Video Ed Miliband MP

    Ed Miliband said: "I’m pleased with the gains that we’ve made here in Hastings and across the south, and indeed in other parts of the country, in Derbyshire and elsewhere. We’re still waiting for the full results to come in. I also recog... Continue to article

  • 07:04 Parties race to set local election narrative PoliticsHome News

    Parties race to set local election narrative PoliticsHome News

    The political parties are giving their interpretations of the local elections results in a bid to set the political narrative around the results. Labour sources said it would exceed its expected gains and that it was on course to win Der... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Thursday 2nd May
  • 20:00 Parliamentary predictions The House Magazine

    20:00 | The House Magazine | PoliticsHome The House Magazine

      Mark Wallace is executive editor of ConservativeHome There is a war at the top of Government over the Queen’s Speech. This isn’t the sniping between rival ministers, or the familiar attrition between the front and back benches. It’s... Continue to article

  • 15:45 YouGov blog: Making sense of the local elections News

    Blog | YouGov source icon

    Starting in the early hours of tomorrow morning, we shall be bombarded with analyses of the local election results. Are the gains and losses for each party above, below or on a par with expectations? Is Ed Miliband on course to become Prime Minister? Has UKIP overtaken the Liberal Democrats? Continue to article

  • 08:54 Waugh Room: 'Feels wrong, but he's so right' The Waugh Room

    08:54 | The Waugh Room | PoliticsHome The Waugh Room 'Feels wrong, but he's so right'

      This pic of Nigel Farage sitting outside a pub in the MayDay sunshine, pint at hand and reading Private Eye's 'Clowns' splash, is in many ways the perfect PR for the UKIP leader. The Press Association photo is so good the Daily Tele... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Wednesday 1st May
  • 14:25 Ed Miliband: Businesses welcome Labour's jobs guarantee On air

    On Air | Ed Miliband MP | Labour party leader | BBC News Video Ed Miliband MP

    Ed Miliband said businesses across the UK welcomed his proposal for a jobs guarantee. “Businesses across Britain that I’ve talked to have welcomed this idea. And I say often when I’m talking to people, if I become Prime Minister, it’ll b... Continue to article

  • 12:04 Transcript: Ed Miliband: One Nation Labour: a clear choice for the local elections tomorrow Transcripts

    Ed Miliband: One Nation Labour: a clear choice for the local elections tomorrow Transcripts

    Ed Miliband, speaking during the final day of the local election campaign from the East Midlands, said:  "Over the past three weeks, I have travelled across our country having hundreds of conversations with the people of Britain. "In m... Continue to article

  • 10:59 Dot Commons: Voters that float Dot Commons

    PoliticsHome Voters that float

    It’s election season so everyone’s focused on floating voters. But LBC took it to the next level by literally having floating voters… floating. On the Thames. While the Deputy Prime Minister sinks or swims on his weekly phone-in show. (L...

  • = Key Development Tuesday 30th April
  • 22:16 ComRes / Coalition for Marriage: 1 in 4 Tories say gay marriage turning them off voting Conservative Press Release

    22:16| Press Release

    Coalition for Marriage / ComRes press release One in four 2010 Tories say gay marriage turning them off voting Conservative, according to new poll * Gay marriage will hit David Cameron hard in the local elections * Pro traditional ma... Continue to article

  • 19:21 Ed Miliband: Borrowing would rise in the short term under Labour On air

    On Air | Ed Miliband MP | Labour party leader | Channel 4 News Video Ed Miliband MP

    Ed Miliband admitted borrowing would go up in the short term under a Labour government committed to cutting VAT. “Of course, yes, and we’ve said that actually before many times, a number of times. My point is this, that over say a five-y... Continue to article

  • 12:30 Mark Ferguson blog: Come on, Ed Miliband – be brave and make the case for borrowing News

    Blog | Comment is Free source icon

    His World at One interview showed Miliband wriggling over the economy. But the public is receptive to an alternative to austerity Continue to article

  • 09:19 National Policy Monitor: Cameron’s popularity at its lowest ebb in the run-up to local elections Press Release

    09:19| Press Release

    National Policy Monitor press release David Cameron’s popularity is at its lowest level since before the 2010 general election, new figures from the National Policy Monitor (NPM) study, based at the University of Essex, have revealed. ... Continue to article

  • 07:13 Ed Miliband: VAT cut would temporarily increase borrowing to bring it down in the long term On air

    On Air | Ed Miliband MP | Labour party leader | Daybreak, ITV1 Video Ed Miliband MP

    Ed Miliband said Labour's planned VAT cut would temporarily increase public borrowing in order to bring it down in the long-term. Asked about his performance in The World at One yesterday, he said: "That happens – you do interviews, some... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Monday 29th April
  • 15:45 Nick Clegg blog: The Labour and Tory exodus News

    Blog | Liberal Democrat Voice source icon

    Something is happening on the centre ground of British politics. An exodus. The Conservative leadership is being lured to the right. Ed Miliband is pulling his party to the left. Only the Liberal Democrats are holding firm. Continue to article

  • 14:56 Shapps: Ed Miliband is too weak to admit Labour would borrow more Press Release

    14:56| Press Release

    Conservative party press release Speaking on the World At One, Ed Miliband refused ten times to admit that Labour’s plans would mean borrowing more. This is despite Ed Balls already admitting that Labour would borrow more. Conservativ... Continue to article

  • 14:41 Miliband position on Winter Fuel Allowance unchanged - Labour source PoliticsHome News

    Miliband position on Winter Fuel Allowance unchanged - Labour source PoliticsHome News

    Ed Miliband's position on the Winter Fuel Allowance "has not changed", a source said today. A senior Labour source told PoliticsHome: "Of course we look at all these issues, but as Ed made clear twice in the interview Labour supports th... Continue to article

  • 13:10 Ed Miliband: We will look at the issue of universal pensioner benefits On air

    On Air | Ed Miliband MP | Labour party leader | The World at One, BBC Radio 4 Video Ed Miliband MP

    Ed Miliband said he would look at the issue of universal pensioner benefits in his party's policy review. “We’re supporters of the Winter Fuel Allowance and those other benefits. We introduced them when we were in government. Of course i... Continue to article

  • 07:00 Adam Lent blog: A genuinely radical Labour Party would adore the state far less News

    Blog | LabourList source icon

    Judging by the broad, if sometimes shaky, support Ed Miliband enjoys from the Labour left, there is a general acceptance now that the Party has moved some clicks along the political spectrum towards s... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Saturday 27th April
  • 19:53 Guardian: Ed Miliband prepares Labour for major autumn reshuffle News

    News | The Guardian source icon

    Ed Miliband is preparing for a major reshuffle after the autumn party conference, the Guardian reports. Continue to article

  • = Key Development Friday 26th April
  • 08:22 Ed Miliband: Syria developments worrying On air

    On Air | Ed Miliband MP | Labour party leader | Breakfast, BBC One Video Ed Miliband MP

      Ed Miliband urged caution from the international community over Syria, but described the situation in the country as "very worrying".  "We need to be cautious. It’s deeply worrying what we’ve seen. I think what the international com... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Thursday 25th April
  • 13:06 Papers reject Leveson Charter PoliticsHome News

    Papers reject Leveson Charter PoliticsHome News

    Major newspapers have rejected the Government's plans for a Royal Charter on press regulation and will instead publish their own proposals, it was announced today. The news appears to scupper the plans put together by David Cameron, Ed Mil... Continue to article

  • 10:48 Dan Hodges blog: The GDP figures show that Ed Miliband's luck has run out News

    Blog | Telegraph politics blog source icon

    A few months ago I was chatting to a supporter of David Miliband. “I think Ed might actually make it,” he said. “He’s useless, but he’s lucky.” Today may well prove to be the day Ed Miliband’s luck ra... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Wednesday 24th April
  • 19:21 Ed Miliband's spokesperson: McLuskey is wrong to attack Blairites Press Release

    19:21| Press Release

    In response to the Len McCluskey interview in the NS, a spokesman for Ed Miliband said:  “Len McCluskey does not speak for the Labour Party. This attempt to divide the Labour Party is reprehensible.  It is the kind of politics that... Continue to article

  • 15:42 PMQs sketch: Not worth the wait The House Magazine

    15:42 | The House Magazine | PoliticsHome The House Magazine PMQs sketch: Not worth the wait

    WORDS: SAM MACRORY Geeky aficionados of lesser-spotted Parliamentary events arrived en masse today for a rare sighting. Prime Minister's Questions was back. For half an hour only. It's been away for four weeks. And you'll only get one mo... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Tuesday 23rd April
  • 15:47 Nigel Farage: Cameron cannot win the next election PoliticsHome News

    Nigel Farage: Cameron cannot win the next election PoliticsHome News Nigel Farage: Cameron cannot win the next election

    UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said the Conservatives must ditch David Cameron before any deal with his party could be struck. At a lunch for journalists in Westminster he also said Michael Gove would be a good replacement as Tory leader a... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Monday 22nd April
  • 16:54 Ed Miliband: My government will be very different from New Labour On air

    On Air | Ed Miliband MP | Labour party leader | BBC News Video Ed Miliband MP

      Ed Miliband refused to confirm whether Labour would pledge to match Tory spending plans ahead of the 2015 election, but said his government would be “very different” from the administration led by Tony Blair. “We’ll look at what the... Continue to article

  • = Key Development Sunday 21st April
  • 19:54 Labour accused of 'Tory-lite' PoliticsHome News

    Labour accused of 'Tory-lite' PoliticsHome News

    Labour were accused of representing “Tory-lite” this evening as the former Green leader issued a stinging attack on the party’s policy positions. Caroline Lucas said Ed Miliband’s party had been inconsistent on welfare reforms. “They are... Continue to article

  • 12:35 Phil blog: A Quick Note on Ed Miliband and George Galloway News

    Blog | A Very Public Sociologist source icon

    Labour supporters horrified at the prospect of the Galloway's return have no need to worry, he is not coming back. Ed Miliband's office regularly facilitates meetings with MPs from other parties. Ed has even had private meetings with Nick Clegg. Continue to article

  • 12:01 Andy Burnham: The Government is privatising the NHS by the back-door On air

    On Air | Andy Burnham MP | Shadow Health Secretary | Murnaghan, Sky News Video Andy Burnham MP

    Andy Burnham said the Government was engaging in back-door privatisation of the National Health Service. "Private companies have had a supporting role on the fringes of the NHS, but what we’re seeing now is quite different. The scale and... Continue to article

Stories involving Ed Miliband

Miliband has '£2m mansion'

Ed Miliband and his wife Justine are milionaires and have a house worth an estimated £2m. Public records show that the Miliband's bought their home in 2009 for £1.6m and it is now likely to be worth around £2m. The Sunday Times reports Mr Miliband earns £139,355 a year, meaning he is just shy of the top tax bracket, while Ms Miliband, who is an environmental barrister, could also benefit from the top rate tax cut.


Blair given Labour policy role

Tony Blair is to take up a new role leading the part of Labour's policy review concerned with the Olympic legacy.

The decision was announced by Labour Leader Ed Miliband at a joint appearance with Mr Blair at a London fundraiser at the Emirates Stadium last night.

Mr Miliband said Mr Blair would advise the review on how to "maximise both [the Games'] economic and its sporting legacies" and added that his involvement marked a "coming together for the Labour tribe".


Party leaders to appear at Leveson

David Cameron, George Osborne, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband will appear before the Leveson Inquiry into media standards next week, it was announced today.

The Chancellor and former prime minister Gordon Brown will appear on Monday, before Mr Miliband, Harriet Harman and former prime minister John Major give evidence on Tuesday.

The Deputy Prime Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond will be appearing on Wednesday, before Mr Cameron gives evidence on Thursday.

The full schedule can be found on the Inquiry's website here.

 


Labour 15 points ahead of Tories - poll

A poll conducted for The Times has found Labour has stretched its lead over the Conservatives to 15 points. However the Populus survey has discouraging results for Ed Miliband, with 60% of people wanting David Cameron to remain in Downing Street, either because they thought he was doing a good job, or because they prefer him to Mr Miliband.


Miliband: Labour got it wrong on immigration

Labour must "change its approach" to immigration, Ed Miliband said today as he signalled a shift away from a focus on border controls and towards the impact of migration on people's lives.

In a speech in London, he also distanced himself from a phrase Gordon Brown employed when in power, saying that he was "not going to promise British jobs for British workers".

In a speech in London, he admitted Labour "got it wrong" when it allowed uncontrolled immigration from new EU states in 2004, and promised to limit immigration from new member states if in government.

"We were dazzled by globalisation and too sanguine about its price," Mr Miliband said. "By focusing exclusively on immigration's impact on growth, we lost sight of who was benefiting from that growth - and the people being squeezed in the middle who were losing out."

A host of Labour figures have been on the air to admit that the party had made mistakes on immigration. Keith Vaz said there had been errors "particularly on the border agency", while former Home Secretary Jack Straw said it was "a major policy error" not to have transitional controls on immigration from new EU member states.

And former minister John Denham admitted Labour’s failure to impose transitional arrangements on the new EU countries had led to far more immigrants far quicker than anticipated. But he insisted Labour the party was not talking about capping the total number of immigrants at this stage.

Conservative co-chair Baroness Warsi has pleaded with Cabinet colleagues to drop what she labelled a "racist" policy, when they discussed curbs on migrants bringing family members to live with them in Britain, the Independent reports.


English and Welsh want Scotland as part of UK

Fewer than a third of English and Welsh people believe Scotland should become independent from the rest of the UK, according to a ComRes poll for the Independent. The figures, published today, show that 28% agree Scotland should become an independent country while 57% disagree. The poll coincides with a speech by Ed Miliband today where he will accuse the SNP of offering a "false choice" between being Scottish and British.


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