Sentences with phrase «leadership contender ed»

Labour leadership contender Ed Miliband will today say that it was the party's less affluent voters who lost Labour the election and hits out at his critics who have accused him of running on a ticket «pandering» to the left of the party, branding them guilty of «New Labour nostalgia».

«Labour leadership contender Ed Balls makes clear in today's Mirror, VAT is a regressive Tory levy on the people of Britain.

«LABOUR leadership contender Ed Miliband launched a withering attack on the Liberal Democrats during a trip to the Senedd yesterday, accusing them of selling out their principles to prop up a right - wing Tory Government.»

«FAT cat bosses in the private sector should have their salaries pegged back to tackle inequalities in British society, Labour leadership contender Ed Miliband has argued.

Labour could have «changed the course of the election» if it had explicitly ruled out a rise in VAT, leadership contender Ed Balls said.

«The government must do more to reduce the pay gap between rich and poor, Labour leadership contender Ed Miliband has said.

Speaking to Channel 4 News, Labour leadership contender Ed Miliband - who is widely supported by the trade unions - said the unions were «absolutely right» to show concern.

Commenting on the statements, Labour leadership contender Ed Miliband said the public wanted a government which protects frontline services.

Labour leadership contender Ed Balls has warned his party that it risked falling into David Cameron's «trap» by focusing its attack on the Liberal Democrats.

Labour leadership contenders Ed Balls and Ed Miliband have spoken out against the Iraq war, but only one of them has defended the conflict outright.

Not exact matches

Asked about which possible Labour leadership contenders people felt warmest towards, Greenberg said David Miliband was the favourite, followed by his brother, Ed, the likely candidate from the left of the party Jon Cruddas, and then the former schools secretary Ed Balls.

Ed Miliband, the Labour leadership contender, said: «These are very serious allegations.

It's not so much the lack of major differences between the main contenders, or their reluctance to criticise Ed Miliband's awful leadership.

Ed Miliband, one of the five Labour leadership contenders, today urged the party to «move on» from the «factionalism and psychodramas» of the party's past.

Former Schools Secretary and now Labour leadership contender, Ed Balls, has written in today's Observer about the issue of immigration.

Two other prospective leadership contenders, Andy Burnham and Ed Balls, today refused to rule themselves out of standing.

Ironically, it was in the autumn of 2008 that friends first started urging Ed to consider himself as a contender for the leadership.

Cable is among those seen as a possible rival to Farron for the party leadership, with Ed Davey, Norman Lamb and Jo Swinson also rumoured to be contenders.

More on the Labour leadership from Channel 4 News: - Labour leadership: the contenders - David Miliband: frontrunner and underdog - Andy Burnham: the «ordinary» person's candidate - Ed Miliband: the alternative brother - Will Straw: leadership will be decided by Balls voters - Labour leadership: the «squabble» for power

Two of the leading contenders for the party leadership - David and Ed Miliband - both made clear they would campaign for a «yes» vote if they were in charge.

More on the Labour leadership from Channel 4 News: - Labour leadership: the contenders - Andy Burnham: the «ordinary» person's candidate - Diane Abbott: more than a token candidate - Ed Miliband: the alternative brother - Miliband brothers» leadership battle divides Labour - David to Ed: Miliband family must remain strong - Labour leadership: the «squabble» for power

Ed Balls, a key Brown ally and leadership contender, said: «For all the tensions, difficulties and arguments which undoubtedly happened, [Blair and Brown] achieved great things together.

«Labour leadership contenders David and Ed Miliband said they would campaign for a «yes» vote if they were in charge.

She's written to all ex-Labour Ministers - including the two Milibands, Ed Balls and Andy Burnham, four of the five Party leadership contenders - asking them to give up their severance pay as an apology for Labour's over-spending during the last government.

A change of heart now looks possible after Ed Miliband, the former climate change secretary and leadership contender, supported the demands.

Shadow Education Secretary Ed Balls said: «As the first Labour leadership candidate to call for a graduate tax, I'm pleased that Vince Cable has followed many of my fellow contenders in backing this idea.

Two of the contenders for the Labour leadership, Ed Balls and Diane Abbott, support full marriage equality.