Home

Ed Miliband ‘appeals to Labour’s lost voters’: 8 in the morning – September 8th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Ed Miliband appeals to Labour’s lost voters, says pollster Deborah Mattinson.

* Ed Balls says he wants to escape the “manipulated view” of what he has done in the past.

* Today the party votes on the system that will choose the next shadow cabinet.

* The party will also consider proposals to reserve a proportion of the cabinet for women.

* Arch-conservative Simon Heffer says Labour must eat humble pie.

* TUC head says cuts will trigger a “poll tax” style response.

* David Miliband has been invited to dinner with James Murdoch.

* And the screenwrite of Oscar winning “The Queen” accuses Blair of plagiarism.

Subscribe to our daily email

More from LabourList

DONATE HERE

Proper journalism comes at a cost.

LabourList relies on donations from readers like you to continue our news, analysis and daily newsletter briefing. 

We don’t have party funding or billionaire owners. 

If you value what we do, set up a regular donation today.

DONATE HERE