Labour Party leader in Carlisle

The Labour Leader, Ed Miliband, has been in Cumbria today.

He held a special question and answer session with people in Carlisle.

The city is one of the party's top targets at the next election.

Hannah McNulty has this report:

Ed Miliband has started answering questions from the public.

The first three have been about the current retirement age, the spiralling cost of heating bills and the debate surrounding the bedroom tax.

Ed Miliband is holding a One Nation question and answer session.

He told the audience at Carlisle Youth Zone that the session is being held to "break down barriers and to go out to you and say 'How do we change?'.

Ed Miliband has arrived in Carlisle where he will hold a question and answer session in the city as part of Labour’s 'One Nation' series of events.