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The Labour Party gets tough on immigration, in policy as well as rhetoric

It looks as if Labour really are preparing to walk the walk on immigration. Last week Ed Miliband delivered a speech which – while measured in tone and delivery – laid out some of the hardest policy...

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On immigration, Labour must tackle the roots of fear

Never mind that Ed Miliband's static political party broadcast on immigration appeared to have been shot by the makers of Dixon of Dock Green. The message, and the tone, were broadly right. For sure,...

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Britain's closed for business: on immigration, we've cut off our nose to...

After Ed Miliband’s well-managed and well received policy announcement last month on the mansion tax and the 10p tax rate, normal service has this morning been resumed. Yvette Cooper struggled...

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Evening Briefing: Miliband and Balls split over HS2

From the @TelePolitics Evening Briefing. Sign up! TENSION AT THE TOP There was a cross-party consensus on HS2 until about 12.30pm today. At that point, Ed Balls said this: "The question is not just...

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Evening Briefing: The Lefty's not for turning

From the @TelePolitics Evening Briefing. Sign up! ACTION HERO The tremors were still being felt today after Ed Miliband's momentous – and avowedly socialist – speech to Labour Party conference. But as...

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Sorry, Ed Miliband, but the revelations about the Co-op aren't 'smears'....

Is this the best Labour's high command can do? So far, Ed Miliband's only response to the revelations about the ex-Co-op Bank chairman has been to accuse David Cameron of "smears". Yvette Cooper, whose...

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Euan Blair for Parliament? Labour is more inbred than the North Korean politburo

Can you guess what became of the son of Harold Wilson? He became a train driver. The boy who grew up in Number 10 – child of the 123rd most powerful politician in the entire world – chose a life of...

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Labour's answer to worries about immigration appears to be 'Have a cup of...

David Cameron tried insulting them, then he sought to imitate them. Ed Miliband thought it best to ignore them. Now Yvette Cooper thinks she may have the secret to beating Ukip: inviting them over for...

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Is this the next leader of the Labour Party?

Remember “boring, snoring Rachel Reeves”? Last September, Labour’s welfare spokesman was – in her own words – “humiliated” by Newsnight editor Ian Katz, when he mocked her scrupulously on-message...

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If Ed Miliband falls under a bus, who will replace him?

Ben Riley-Smith’s report in the Telegraph on Monday about Labour MPs urging Alan Johnson to launch a leadership bid has really set the cat amongst the bacon sandwiches. My understanding is that Johnson...

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