Ed Miliband confirms wedding date

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

Ed Miliband and his partner Justine Thornton have today confirmed that they’re getting married, and announced that they’ll be married on May 27th.

It’s understood that Miliband proposed last March, and the couple set a date last month.

Congratulations to Ed and Justine from everyone at LabourList.

Update: The news broke via. an interview with the couple in the Doncaster Free Press which you can read here.

Miliband told the paper:

“This is going to be a fantastic day for us both and I feel incredibly priviliged to be marrying someone so beautiful and who is such a special person. It’s the right time for us to do this and I’m really looking forward to a lovely day.”