Labour
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At this stage of the electoral cycle, the party needs to be performing much better to justify hopes of a majority in 2015.
UKIP won the day, but not because of Europe, a Tory MP may well defect and parliament will be hung after 2015.
The party has already made 42 gains and is averaging 26 per cent of the vote in those areas where it stood.
Lib Dems pushed into seventh place as Labour wins in David Miliband's old constituency.
Tight budgets will demand imagination and innovation in the way public services are run.
The party needs to win back most or all of the four councils it lost in 2009 and make significant gains in the Midlands battlegrounds.
The Labour leader is meant to be capturing the mood of the country as it turns away from the Tories. Instead, he’s picking up Ukip’s moody leftovers.
Ivan Lewis says the move to end aid will leave a "bitter taste", comparing it to the Tories' decision to oppose sanctions on apartheid South Africa.
The Labour leader should explain why borrowing for growth is the economically responsible course.
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