UKs Miliband squares up to banks
Britains banks will have to shrink and sell off branches in order to improve competition, according to opposition leader, Ed Milliband. The pledge comes as his Labour party seeks to find fresh impetus ahead of parliamentary elections next year. David Pollard reports.
David Camerons double whammy for ED MILIBAND at Prime.
DAVID CAMERON yesterday branded Ed Miliband ���Alex Salmonds poodle��� after the former SNP leader threatened to torpedo any minority Tory government.
Voters view Ed Miliband as a toff, says Labour MP Simon Danczuk
In an interview with the New Statesman, Mr Danczuk said: ���Any Labour politician that says to you they knock on a door and Ed Miliband is popular are telling lies. Theyre just telling lies. Its just not true. I spend four hours knocking on doors on a.
ED MILIBAND wins coin toss before Jeremy Paxman election grilling
Paxman has been rehearsing for the interviews since the beginning of this week, the first of the pre-election TV events ahead of ITVs seven-strong party leader debate on 2 April, the only time when Cameron, Miliband and the other party leaders will.
Ed Miliband: I will pass new law to guarantee TV election.
After weeks of deadlocked discussions that have seen David Cameron reject the broadcasters offers of a head-to-head debate with Ed Miliband, the Labour leader said he would act to ensure future TV debates could not fall��.
An Englishman in New York
Putting a humiliating political defeat behind him, one inflicted by his younger brother, the former British foreign secretary moved to New York to lead the International Rescue Committee.. David Miliband, a rising star in British politics until he suffered a humiliating political defeat at hands of his younger brother Ed in 2010 election for Labour Party leader, is beginning over again in New York.
ED MILIBAND: PM is resorting to feeble excuses over head-to.
Ed Miliband has accused David Cameron of resorting to ���pathetic, feeble excuses��� after Downing Street announced that the prime minister would refuse to take part in a head-to-head televised debate with him during the��.
Ed Miliband complained about chancellors two kitchens.
Ed Miliband complained in person to George Osborne after the chancellor used his budget speech to mock the Labour leader over the two kitchens at his north London home, according to Tory sources. In the aftermath of the��.
ED MILIBANDs critics hate him for his success �� The Spectator
Most political commentators consider Ed Miliband a useless leader. In a narrow sense they are right. He is not very good at getting a positive press or eliciting the support of important outside voices in the media and the��.
Heres what David Cameron and Ed Miliband dont want you to know about tax.
With an election on the horizon, youd be forgiven for thinking the age of austerity was ending. George Osborne proudly told MPs in his 2015 Budget that he wouldnt be taking us back to the 1930s and the cuts will be over by 2019. David Cameron has .
The Silence of Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan government must respond to a damning U.N. report about its conduct in the civil war.
ED MILIBANDs ��2million house in north London means he would be hit by his.
As Labour leader Ed Miliband has railed against the owners of large homes and vowed they must pay more through his controversial mansion tax. But now it has emerged that he is the only party leader who would be liable to pay the levy on their property.
ED MILIBAND’s Labour Shortage
An endorsement from Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York can’t prop up a party leader who has failed to thrive.
A Miliband Too Many
Britain does Cain and Abel and the nation is riveted. The loser is not dead and the winner has much to prove.
From Jeremy Clarksons steak to Ed Milibands kitchens. The top ten lowlights.
1) Kitchengate #1: In a bid to attempt to prove hes not from the planet Vulcan, Ed Miliband lets the cameras into his bizarrely spartan kitchen. Of course, this being Ed Miliband, it spectacularly backfires when it turns out its his second kitchen.
New Labour Leader Looks to ‘Middle England’
Ed Miliband set out to reposition himself as a centrist politician who could win the backing of the middle class.
ED MILIBAND makes his boys the subject of another photo opportunity
Ed Miliband yesterday took the Hello-isation of general election coverage to a whole new level. He invited ITVs breakfast telly to accompany him on the school run with his little sons. Folks, it was a heart-melter. Gooey as hot marshmallow. Well.
TV debates: ED MILIBAND takes most plaudits after David Cameron fails to find.
The Tories said: ���Tonight was a clear illustration of the choice facing Britain at the election in six weeks time: competence and strong leadership from David Cameron or chaos and weakness from Ed Miliband. The Prime Minister put in a strong.
A British Admirer of America Finds His Voice
Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party, casts the phone hacking scandal as symptomatic of a moral malaise that has eroded the fabric of British society.
Britain: After Loss, Brother Steps Back
David Miliband stepped down from Labour’s top ranks to end what he described as a “soap opera” after narrowly losing to his younger brother Ed Milliband to be the party’s new leader.
ED MILIBAND: Labour will not form coalition with SNP - The.
Ed Miliband has ruled out forming a coalition with the Scottish National party after the general election as he moved to close off a Tory campaign based on the warning that Labour would join forces with a party committed to��.
Ed Miliband attacks unholy alliance between Tories and SNP
As a Guardian/ICM poll showed that Labour is on course to surrender Scotland to the SNP ��� with a rump of 12 MPs north of the border ��� Miliband hit back at what the Labour leadership regards as a marriage of convenience to promote Tory and SNP interests .
Labour Party launches General Election 2015 campaign - with ED MILIBAND.
Ed Miliband will launch Labours election campaign today with a warning the race will ���go to the wire.��� Speaking at the Olympic Park in London, the Labour leader will acknowledge the contest is ���neck and neck���. But he will explain voters have a clear.
Brother (and Rival) of British Party Leader Quits Politics
David Miliband, who lost a party leadership contest to his younger brother, Ed, ended a fraught sibling rivalry that had divided both a family and a political party.. David Miliband, former British foreign secretary who lost party leadership contest to younger brother Edward, says he will quit front-line politics; decision ends fraught sibling rivalry that had divided both family and political party.
Brother Beats Brother in Labour Vote
In a battle of the brothers for the leadership of Britain’s Labour Party, Ed Miliband was elected on Saturday, beating his brother David by a slim margin.
Katie Hopkins says she will leave the country if Ed Miliband becomes PM
Theres no word yet on whether this will trigger a cross-party consensus to get Ed into the top job, but we cant think of anything more likely to swing the whole country behind Miliband than the promise of a United Kingdom free from Katie Hopkins. She.
New Labour Leader Heads Back to Britain’s Center
Ed Miliband must convince British voters that he is more than an old-style leftist.
Ed Milibands spokesman James Stewart wont say if he was by Highbury Hall.
Yes, say watchers of BBC News who watched him being interviewed in the town - but the Labour leaders spokesman has refused to confirm the visit operational reasons. Mr Miliband was interviewed live by the BBC on Saturday about the televised general .
Ed Milibands constitutional proposals are more popular than youd think
On the day after voters in Scotland rejected independence both David Cameron and Ed Miliband set out plans to change how England is governed. The Prime Minister linked further powers for Scotland to the issue of English Votes for English Laws (EVEL).
Brothers Compete to Lead Labour Party in Britain
Two brothers with different conceptions of the Labour Party are fighting to rejuvenate it after its loss of power.
ED MILIBAND slaps down Alex Salmonds Budget bid by.
ED MILIBAND yesterday claimed Alex Salmond would not be allowed to write a minority Labour governments first budget ���in a million years���.
David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg embroiled in.
DAVID Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg have been caught up in the cash-for-access sting after it emerged all three party leaders met a businessman posing as a potential donor.
Miliband on Cameron
A rightward Tory lurch in Europe troubles David Miliband, the British foreign secretary, and President Obama.
Ed Miliband says no bargaining game with Alex Salmond
Ed Miliband says he is determined to get an overall majority at the General Election. He was responding to questions over how he might need to work with Alex Salmond in forming a new government, were he in a position to do so. He said: Im not going.
After the Nobel Peace Prize
At a time when we face so many difficulties, the European project must be bolstered — not abandoned.
Alex Salmond sets out his terms for Ed Miliband �� The.
He spent the previous day musing on television about the price hed demand for the SNP supporting Ed Miliband in the Commons, and his thoughts dominate the front pages. Theres plenty of outrage at the idea of the SNP��.
ED MILIBAND to announce Labours five election pledges at.
Ed Miliband is going to say We are different from the Tories because we believe our fates are intertwined as a nation. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images. Patrick Wintour. Friday 13 March 2015 20.01 EDT Last modified on��.
Sunderlands Deal Raises Eyebrows
. On July 19, Sunderland of Englands Premier League announced a new shirt deal with Invest in Africa. The story does not end there.
Ed Miliband, British Labour Party Leader, Denies Rumblings of Discontent
Publicly, at least, no lawmakers have called on him to quit, but several days of poor newspaper headlines reflect disappointment in his performance, opinion surveys show.
British Opposition Leader Cool to Quick Vote on E.U. Membership
Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party, reduced the prospects of Britain leaving the 28-nation European Union in the next few years.. Ed Miliband, leader of Britains opposition Labour Party, says that he will almost certainly not hold a quick referendum on the countrys membership in the European Union if his party wins power in 2015; comments reduce prospect of Britain quitting the European Union in the next few years.
Jeremy Paxman asks Ed Miliband if hes OK after.
THIS is the moment Jeremy Paxman asked Ed Miliband if he was.
ED MILIBAND rules out serving first term as Prime Minister
Labour leader Ed Miliband has categorically ruled out serving a first term as prime Minister, we can report today.
A Much Less Special Relationship
The notion of following the United States into war has turned toxic in Britain.
David Cameron v ED MILIBAND as it happened - Daily Star
David Cameron and Ed Miliband were put under the political microscope as Jeremy Paxman and members of the public grilled them on their future plans for the country. Both the men admitted they could not live on zero-hour��.
U.K. Utility Shares Fall After Pledge to Freeze Rates
The head of Britain’s opposition Labour Party said that if his party won the election in 2015, it would freeze gas and electric rates for two years.
Ed Miliband and Labour receive a huge boost in opinion polls putting them as.
Ed Miliband has been given a double boost with a poll showing a rise in his personal approval rating and Labour on course to be the largest party at the election. The Survation survey for the Daily Mirror sees Labour maintaining its narrow lead over.
ED MILIBAND branded Alex Salmonds poodle by David Cameron
As far as I can see, Alex Salmond has taken the entire Labour Party hostage and today we have got the ransom note, he said. And the ransom note is very clear. It says higher borrowing, uncontrolled immigration, unfettered welfare, higher taxes and.
ED MILIBAND: David Cameron is running scared over TV.
Ed Miliband: David Cameron is running scared over TV debates. Labour leader focuses on Tory threat rather than SNP in his Edinburgh speech and says he will attend debates with or without PM. Ed Miliband at the Scottish��.
British Labour Party Looks to Rebuild
After an election defeat and the resignation of Gordon Brown, conflict between the party’s left and center is likely to complicate the search for new leadership.
Ed Miliband targets energy firms with proposed price-cut.
Labour leader adds to pledge to freeze bills for six months with plan to give regulator ability to make firms pass on wholesale price cuts to customers.
Election TV debate live - David Cameron and ED MILIBAND get grilled by Jeremy.
And how about Ed Miliband? His personal ratings will be an area Paxman is sure to probe. Late last year it was found no opposition leader had personal poll ratings as bad as Miliband at this point in the election cycle. Why does the public not rate him.
ED MILIBAND could force firms to share profits with staff under.
Ed Miliband could force firms to share profits with staff under new policy. Labour considers plan to ensure low paid benefit from economic growth as part of legislation that would affect about 53% of people employed in UK.