Labour leadership: Candidates’ differences become clearer
Distance between the candidates for the Labour leadership is beginning to open up on a range of issues as the they seek to differentiate themselves from one another.
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Ed Miliband: greater income equality should be an “explicit goal”
Talking to LFF, Ed Miliband said greater income equality should be an “explicit goal” for the party. He expressed his concern with the date of the planned AV referendum.
Ed Miliband: Scottish Labour should be free to formulate its own policies
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.
Ed Miliband defends role of state & attacks Coalition for “deriding” it
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: living wage to be “central to his campaign”
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”.
David agrees with Ed on “building a movement” for change
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: Forces of hell was “awful culture”
Ed Miliband has distanced himself from Labour’s culture of briefing. He said it was a “self destructive, awful culture”.
David Miliband ahead in early endorsements
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.
Labour must not underestimate challenges posed by new govt
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 shows his hand and launches campaign for Labour crown
Ed Miliband joined his brother David in formally declaring his candidature for the Labour leadership today.