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Ed leads David in poll of gay Labour Party members 42%:31%
Ed Miliband leads his brother in a poll of LGBT members of the Labour Party for the Pink News website; of the 680 sample, Ed polls 42 per cent, David 31 per cent, Diane Abbott 16 per cent, Andy Burnham 7 per cent and Ed Balls 4 per cent.
Senior Tory councillor defects to Labour over Gove’s school cuts
The deputy leader of the Conservative group on Sandwell council has defected to Labour in protest at Michael Gove's slashing of the Building Schools for the Future programme in her borough.
Caroline Lucas: Ed and David should support more options for AV referendum
Green Party leader Caroline Lucas has called on Labour leadership frontrunners David and Ed Miliband to support her amendment to the AV referendum bill on Monday to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems.
“We are but five men…” walking the long and winding road to peace
The Middle East peace talks will resume today amidst renewed hope of a permanent peace, with President Obama last night urging Israeli and Palestinian leaders not to let the chance of peace "slip away" - warning that "this moment of opportunity may not soon come again".
Balls: £6bn extra should be invested to build 100,000 more affordable homes
Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls will call for an additional £6 billion to be invested to build 100,000 more affordable homes, arguing that the government should use half of the £12bn windfall to the public finances in recent months to fund the rapid expansion in house building.
Why has John Rentoul got it in for Left Foot Forward?
Indy hack John Rentoul has today called Left Foot Forward "whining" Ed Miliband supporters in his latest hatchet job on the Labour leadership candidate.