Labour leadership hopeful Ed Miliband has called for Scottish Labour to be allowed to formulate its own policies free from interference from London and attacked David Cameron’s ‘respect’ agenda with the devolved bodies in a visit to Edinburgh yesterday.
Labour leadership challenger Ed Miliband called for a “different model going forward” and a rebalancing in the relationship between the state and the market today, criticising the Coalition Government’s cuts agenda and their constant “diminishing, deriding and doing down” of the state.
Ed Miliband outlined today that he would make the introduction of a nationwide living wage “central to his campaign”. He said the living wage “empowered the powerless”.
The keynote speech at Saturday’s Progreess conference was a clear and concise offer from David Miliband, a message centred around ‘building a movement’.
Ed Miliband has distanced himself from Labour’s culture of briefing. He said it was a “self destructive, awful culture”.
Left Foot Forward is keeping tabs on the endorsement of candidates during Labour’s leadership election. David Miliband is narrowly in the lead with 16 to Ed’s 14.
Panelists at the Next Left conference stressed the need for Labour not to underestimate the threat posed by the new government, echoing Ed Miliband’s comments.
Ed Miliband joined his brother David in formally declaring his candidature for the Labour leadership today.
Climate change secretary Ed Miliband has put the environment back on the agenda today with by travelling across England with Franny Armstrong.
Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband this morning launched Labour’s ‘green manifesto’. The Climate Secretary made an appeal direct to first time voters.
