Ed Miliband

Posted at 13:29 22 Dec 2020
Wedding industry 'left out in the cold'
Cancelled or postponed ceremonies have cost the industry more than £430m, Labour estimates.
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Posted at 10:47 13 Dec 2020
Marr and Miliband clash over Brexit deal and fishing
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Video caption: Brexit deal: Andrew Marr and Ed Miliband clash over fishing rights
Labour's Ed Miliband told Andrew Mar no deal would be "a disastrous outcome for the country".
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Posted at 17:12 10 Dec 2020
Brexit bill in 'ping-pong' as MPs reject changes
MPs and peers are at loggerheads over plans to regulate trade between the four nations of the UK.
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Posted at 21:30 10 Oct 2020
Concern mounts at Covid shutdown 'ripple effect'
The Labour Party and business groups fear workers will fall through gaps in the expanded support scheme.
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Posted at 16:47 14 Sep 2020
Miliband: Opposition to bill not just from Remainers
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Video caption: Brexit: Ed Miliband on Johnson and Internal Market Bill
Opposition to the Internal Market Bill was not an argument of Leave versus Remain but “an argument about right versus wrong”, Ed Miliband tells MPs.
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Posted at 10:54 14 Sep 2020
Miliband: ‘Hard to know why they are doing it’
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Video caption: Brexit: Ed Miliband on government breaking international law
The government handling of trade talks “rides rather roughshod” and risks “upending” devolution settlements, former Labour leader has said.
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Posted at 16:16 28 Jun 2020
Labour left-wingers not facing 'purge' - Miliband
The party's former leader supports the sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey over a row about anti-Semitism.
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Posted at 11:17 28 Jun 2020
Ed Miliband: 'It was right to sack Rebecca Long-Bailey'
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Video caption: Andrew Marr spoke to the Shadow Business Secretary Ed Miliband
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Posted at 9:55 28 Jun 2020
Ed Miliband: 'I believe Keir took the right decision'
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Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband appeared on The Andrew Marr show to defend Labour leaders decision to sack Rebecca Long Bailey.
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Posted at 20:22 18 Jun 2020
Analysis: Labour's electoral mountain
By Iain Watson
Political correspondent, BBC News
A review into the party's performance at the polls says woes did not start and end with Jeremy Corbyn.
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Posted at 11:30 5 Jun 2020
Virgin bailout 'could help green economy' - Miliband
Labour's shadow business secretary wants bolder action to kick-start a "green recovery" post-Covid.
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Posted at 16:20 6 Apr 2020
Ed Miliband returns to Labour top team
The former party leader is appointed shadow business secretary by Sir Keir Starmer.
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Posted at 14:12 6 Apr 2020
Yorkshire MPs announced in Shadow Cabinet
Three Yorkshire MPs have been appointed in new Labour Party leader Keir Starmer's Shadow Cabinet.
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Mr Starmer, who was announced as the new leader at the weekend, revealed his new team today.
Wentworth and Dearne's John Healey MP has been appointed as Shadow Defence Secretary.
Doncaster North MP Ed Miliband has been appointed as Shadow Business, Energy and Industrial Secretary.
And, Louise Haigh MP, who represents Sheffield Heeley, has been given Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary on an interim basis.
Leaving the shadow cabinet are:
- Tracy Brabin MP - Batley and Spen
- Richard Burgon MP - Leeds East
- Rachael Maskell MP - York Central
- Jon Trickett MP - Hemsworth
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Posted at 9:25 23 Dec 2019
Ed Miliband to join review of Labour poll failure
The commission aims to "map out a route back to power" after this month's general election defeat.
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Posted at 3:08 13 Dec 2019
BreakingDoncaster North: Labour hold
Former Labour party leader Ed Miliband has been re-elected as MP for Doncaster North with a majority of 2,370 votes.
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Posted at 19:02 5 Sep 2019
When Britain’s political families don’t see eye-to-eye
By George Bowden
BBC News
As Jo Johnson quits his brother's government, does it ever work out well for relatives on the frontline of politics?
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Posted at 9:00 12 Jun 2019
Miliband defends costs of 2050 emissions target
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Video caption: The former Labour leader says the UK's target to cut emissions makes economic sense
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Posted at 16:55 22 May 2019
Politicians and the perils of projectiles
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Cats, shoes, eggs and milkshakes - why people throw things at politicians.
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Posted at 16:59 14 May 2019
The politics of a kitchen photo-op
By Emma Harrison
BBC News
Housing Secretary James Brokenshire is facing a roasting after being pictured in front of his four ovens.
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Posted at 7:41 30 Apr 2019
Climate change: 'UK should be on 'war footing'
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Video caption: The former Labour leader says the government needs to take climate change more seriously
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