Ed Miliband’s constitutional proposals are more popular than you’d think

New research shows that Miliband's approach to constitutional reform is more popular than the right-wing press would have you believe. He must be louder about it.

By Daniel Kenealy

(Photo By These polls suggest he's pointing towards victory. (Photo:Getty))

On the day after voters in Scotland rejected independence both David Cameron and Ed Miliband set out plans to change how England is governed. The Prime Minister linked further powers for Scotland to the issue of English Votes for English Laws (EVEL). Miliband called for a Constitutional Convention, comprising members of the public and representatives of civic society, to consider the broader issue of how the UK is governed.

Since then William Hague has brought forward a proposal to implement EVEL, with the Liberal Democrats offering their own variant. Labour has not backed the Hague proposals and, having offered up a weaker version of EVEL towards the end of 2014, seems content to let the issue move out of the spotlight.