Interview

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk In the penultimate profile of the five leadership candidates, Ed Miliband has today told the BBC how it feels "odd" to stand against his brother and reacts to criticism that he has tacked to the left…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk BBC News are profiling all of the Labour leadership candidates this week. Following on from Ed Balls and Andy Burnham is David Miliband, who was interviewed today. The most striking element of the…

Andy Burnham is the shadow health secretary and a candidate in the Labour leadership election. He met Alex Smith in his office on Tuesday, 13th July, 2010. Let's start with the Tories' "radical" pro-market plans for the NHS, which will…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Tuesday brings the second BBC profile of a leadership candidate - and today it's Andy Burnham. A different candidate will be profiled each day this week. Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg, Burnham talked about…

David Miliband is the shadow foreign secretary and a candidate in the Labour leadership election. He met Alex Smith in his office on Thursday, July 8th, 2010. You're due to give the Keir Hardie lecture in Wales, about learning from Labour's…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 David Miliband has given a rare personal interview, in which he talks about his family life, and the sadness he and his wife felt at learning they would not be able to have children nearly a decade ago…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 The Guardian today features an interview with Oona King in G2. The wide-ranging piece covers her 2005 general election defeat, family life and her plan to run a "listening campaign". Speaking to Kira Cochrane…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 I've just watched David Miliband on the Andrew Marr Show this morning. I thought it was a very strong showing, and it's worth watching on iPlayer if you've got fifteen minutes spare. Scroll to 20m35s. Miliband…

Oona King was MP for Bethnal Green and Bow between 1997 and 2005, and is now standing for the Labour selection to be mayor of London. She met Alex Smith in Victoria on Monday, May 24th, 2010. You're announcing this week that you're standing…

by Jennifer Painter / @jenpainter In an interview with the Observer today, Neil Kinnock gives his reasons for backing Ed Miliband in the Labour leadership race, stating that 'he has got the X-factor, especially where the X is the sign you…

by Jennifer Painter / @jenpainter In an interview with The Guardian last night, Ed Miliband is reported to have been the first leadership contender to address the issue of the Iraq war in the campaign process. He states: "The combination of…

By Jennifer Painter / @jenpainter In an interview with the Daily Telegraph Ed Balls discusses why he feels Britain should not have engaged with the war in Iraq, stating that it was 'a mistake': "On the information we had, we shouldn't have…