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The return of ‘Ruthless Ed’?
Ed Miliband has wielded the axe against one of the first frontbenchers to declare for him. Some Ed M fans feel there are too many David M supporters in senior positions who are not true believers in the Ed M cause.
Former Italian Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud – but the ban is not enforced straight away.
Ed Miliband has wielded the axe against one of the first frontbenchers to declare for him. Some Ed M fans feel there are too many David M supporters in senior positions who are not true believers in the Ed M cause.
Ed Miliband tells party workers Labour needs to change if it is to win the next general election – and it can only do that by becoming more responsive to the public’s concerns.
Ed Miliband plans to scrap elections to Labour’s shadow cabinet, enabling him to strengthen his hold on the Labour party by picking his own front bench.
As Alan Johnson leaves – and Ed Balls arrives as the new Shadow Chancellor, what does it all mean for the Labour Party? Peter McHugh has some thoughts on the matter.
Watch Channel 4 News for the latest on the new Labour Shadow Cabinet, the effort to free 33 miners trapped underground in Chile, and a Cumbrian museum’s appeal for more time to save a Roman mask.
Ed Miliband appoints Alan Johnson as Shadow Chancellor – and Johnson tells Channel 4 News that Labour will oppose changes to child benefit and the erosion of “the precious principle of universality”.
Ed Miliband’s choice of Alan Johnson as his new Shadow Chancellor was “both unexpected and inspired”, writes Labour’s former communications chief, Lance Price.
As David Miliband bows out of frontline politics, Gaby Hinsliff looks at what is awaiting the former Labour leadership hopeful, and whether his departure is good news for his younger brother.
Ed Miliband tells Nick Brown to quit as Labour’s Chief Whip
David Miliband tells Channel 4 News he is quitting front-line politics but will stay as an MP. Gary Gibbon looks at the repercussions for the Shadow Cabinet.
After suffering a narrow defeat to his brother in the Labour leadership contest, David Miliband is to announce plans for his future amid speculation he will walk away from the shadow cabinet.
Our Political Editor, Gary Gibbon, reports on the prospects for Labour’s NEXT election – for members of Ed Miliband’s Shadow Cabinet.
Labour leader Ed Miliband gave “at best half an answer” on what kind of leader he will be in a confident, but safe, debut speech, writes former Labour communications chief Lance Price.
Labour’s new leader, Ed Miliband, pledges to lead a “new generation” which will “relish” the chance to take on David Cameron. Political editor Gary Gibbon says the speech did not sink – or fly.