National Party News
Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party, delivers a speech on society at his old school, Haverstock Comprehensive in Chalk Farm
In a speech tomorrow hosted by the think tank Demos at Microsoft’s Headquarters in London, Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, will say that the Government is in danger of preparing young people for a world that no longer exists.
Angela Eagle MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said in response to today’s figures showing CPI inflation running at 4.5 per cent:
“It’s now time George Osborne took some responsibility for the fact that inflation is still running at more than double the government’s target rate. While rising commodity prices across the world are partly to blame, prices have also been pushed up this year by George Osborne’s hike in VAT – a consequence of his decision last year to cut the deficit too far and too fast.
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, said on the Tory-led Government’s bureaucratic reorganisation of the NHS:
“David Cameron is undermining the NHS with an incompetent and bureaucratic reorganisation which puts profit before patients.
Support for Labour has surged to a three-year high, a Reuters/Ipsos MORI poll showed on Thursday, with the Conservatives suffering as gloom about the economy deepens.
Almost 14,500 police jobs in just over a third of forces in England and Wales are to be lost, as police chiefs begin to assess the impact of over 20 per cent funding cuts announced by the Conservative-led government just four weeks ago.
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, and Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, today launched the Labour Party’s new “Speak Out For Your Generation” campaign to give young people in Britain a voice.
Labour’s Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary, Caroline Flint MP, responding to today’s High Court ruling against the government’s plans to scrap regional housing targets, said:
Aung San Suu Kyi release – Miliband & Cooper
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, said on the release of Aung San Suu Kyi today:
Ed Miliband has today been elected the new leader of the Labour Party following a vote by party members, MPs, and affiliated organistations.
