Miliband makes first speech in the Commons after election defeat

Ed Miliband has made his first speech in the House of Commons, following his resignation as Labour leader the day after the General Election.

He gave this speech as part of the Queen’s Speech debate on the economy. Miliband started by saying that there were some small consolations in losing the election, not least that he has been able to spend more time with his sons – one of whom told him that “he used to be famous”.

He also said that he was “deeply disappointed” by the general election result and reiterated the message of his resignation speech; that he takes full responsibility for this defeat. Making this speech from the backbenches, Miliband said Labour had some “hard and painful thinking” about why it lost the election.

Miliband used this opportunity to focus on inequality, and urged the government to match its “rhetoric” on One Nation by taking proper action to deal with inequality.

You can watch part of his speech here: