Ed Miliband Articles

The leader’s speech is Ed Miliband’s last chance to win the mantle of prime minister-in-waiting, writes Philip Collins In one sense Miliband knows exactly what he needs to do. He finds himself in the position of Margaret Thatcher in 1978 and Tony Blair in 1996, two...

It is just over two years since Ed Miliband greeted the election of François Hollande with the words ‘the tide is turning against an austerity approach’. The new French president, he said, offered a ‘different way forward’ and praised his determination to create a...

The pre-election conference season can herald victory or spell defeat for political parties. Paul Richards examines the lessons of history The party’s conferences have often been a case study in how to lose votes and alienate voters. Before Labour’s worst-ever defeat...

Ed Miliband's commitment to a wide-ranging dialogue about the constitutional future of our country is vital. The challenges that this country and others now face - climate change, widening economic inequality, our response to our ageing population - are so great that...