David Miliband ‘twice as popular as Ed’: 8 in the morning – September 15th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* A new ComRes poll suggests that David Miliband is twice as popular as his younger brother among Labour voters.

* Bank of England head to face the TUC.

* Charlie Whelan leaves Unite to concentrate on fishing and his book…

* There is power in a (sensible) union says Kevin Maguire.

* Military cuts “put Britain at risk”.

* John Prescott may take legal action over phone hacking.

* Woolas denies inventing “death threat” claims.

* And the WSJ suggests some lessons that could be learned from Gordon Brown.

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