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Ed Miliband delivers his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference.
Ed Miliband's Labour conference speech: full text
By New Statesman - 02 October 18:19

"We must be a One Nation party to become a One Nation government, to build a One Nation Britain."

Labour leader Ed Miliband delivers his speech to delegates.
Miliband at his best and at his boldest
By George Eaton - 02 October 16:42

The Labour leader delivered his most confident and effective speech to date.

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Shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne. Photograph: Getty Images.
Labour begins to turn against universal benefits
By George Eaton - 02 October 11:30

Welfare spokesman Liam Byrne says that benefits to the elderly will need to be "looked at".

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Labour Party leader Ed Miliband speaks at his party's annual conference.
Miliband's education plan for "the forgotten 50 per cent"
By George Eaton - 02 October 6:44

Labour leader promises new vocational qualification and implicitly contrasts his schooling with Cameron's.

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Ed Miliband with Nick Clegg. Photograph: Getty Images.
Labour should ease up on the Lib Dem baiting
By Kevin Meagher - 01 October 16:37

Too many in the party are unable to accept that the age of majoritarian politics may be behind us.

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Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm, who has died at the age of 95.
Ed Miliband pays tribute to Eric Hobsbawm
By George Eaton - 01 October 15:34

Labour leader says Hobsbawm was an "extraordinary historian" and "a great friend of my family".

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Labour leader Ed Miliband with Ed Balls. Photograph: Getty Images.
Labour is positioning itself as the truly patriotic party
By George Eaton - 01 October 14:46

Ed Balls's invocation of 1945 and the slogan "rebuilding Britain" exemplify Labour's new patriotism.

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Shadow chancellor Ed Balls. Photograph: Getty Images.
Ed Balls's Labour conference speech: full text
By New Statesman - 01 October 14:00

Shadow chancellor says Labour must "recapture the spirit" of 1945.

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Conservative donor and former deputy party chairman Lord Ashcroft.
Lord Ashcroft attacks Conservative poster as "juvenile"
By George Eaton - 01 October 10:33

Tory donor denounces anti-Labour poster as a "silly stunt".

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Ed Miliband waits to speak at the annual Labour Party conference in Manchester.
The next step in building a Labour majority
By Andrew Harrop - 01 October 7:36

The party must set out a handful of big, signature proposals that exemplify how and why it would govern.

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