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Ed Miliband Articles

Tell it again, Ed

This time last year, David Cameron was mocking Ed Miliband for advocating ‘predistribution’. Ed argued for a move away from an approach to low pay based purely on top-ups through the tax and welfare systems towards one in which welfare becomes less necessary as...
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Notes on a crisis

Parliament did not vote against military action in Syria Ben Bradshaw —As I write, the world appears to have stepped back from the brink over Syria. The ‘offer’ from Russia, ‘agreed’ to by Bashar al-Assad, to hand over his chemical weapons paused what had felt like an...
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Young Labour women as pioneers

We won’t win over young women voters in 2015 unless we employ the skills of our talented young women activists. Developing young women within the Labour party is vital to mobilising young women more widely. Speaking on the opening panel at Progress’ Winning with Women...
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The spectre of the low-wage economy

I have an interest in what you are about to read. Yes I am standing as Labour’s parliamentary candidate for the constituency, but, in addition to this, Burton is my home town. Burton is where I went to school, where I learnt about the local industries, where my family...
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