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Chris Leslie, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, will today give a speech in which he will outline how young people, in particular those he calls 'Generation rent', are shouldering a "heavy burden" under the Tories. He will explain…
Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander has made his first statement on the crisis in northern Iraq, where tens of thousands of Yazidis, a religious minority group, are stranded on a mountain after fleeing the jihadi terrorist…
It’s great to be back here in Bedford supporting your campaign. Because it’s vital that we win here in this marginal constituency – and in seats across this region from Stevenage to Ipswich, Watford to Waveney – if we are to get the Tories…
Today, Ed Balls will outline in a speech how Labour differ from the Tories on the economy, in particular focussing on the dismal economic forecast for many if the Conservatives were to win next the general election next May. As part of the…
When people look back, this could turn out to be no ordinary summer for the NHS. In just over two weeks, a group of mums from Darlington will set out from the North East, retracing the steps of the Jarrow marchers. The People’s March for…
I want to begin by paying tribute to Bob Jones. He served with great distinction as Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands, and before that leading West Midlands Police Authority, always championing neighbourhood policing and…
I want to begin by saying something about the horrifying situation in Israel and Gaza. I speak as a friend of Israel and a friend of the Palestinian people. The murder of the three Israeli teenagers at the start of this cycle of violence…
Ed Miliband is giving a seminar at the Centre for American Progress this afternoon with Senior Democrats (although of course it's early morning in Washington DC). Later today Miliband will be meeting US National Security Adviser Susan Rice…
This weekend sees the final meeting of Labour's National Policy Forum. Here's the full text of Ed Miliband's speech: As we meet here at the National Policy Forum, many of our thoughts will also be rightly focussed on two crises overseas.And…
The National Policy Forum(NPF) meets this weekend in Milton keynes - here's NPF Chair Angela Eagle's opening speech, in which she invokes the spirit of 1945: It is a great honour to open this meeting of the National Policy Forum at such a…
In a speech on equality tonight, Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour party, will criticise the sexist nature of British politics. The Evening Standard has reported that Harman will use the actions of both former Labour Prime…
Labour will make the introduction of Technical Degrees their priority for expanding university places, Ed Miliband will announce today. In a speech to a vocational education summit, Miliband will say that higher education should no longer…
