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Prescott: Miliband looks like he is 'preparing for coalition'

Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has urged Ed Miliband to be bolder, claiming it looks as though the Labour leader has resigned himself to not winning the 2015 election outright.

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Miliband: We can change country with big reform not spending

Ed Miliband has defended his plans to increase spending without any extra borrowing.

Speaking to ITV News Political Editor Tom Bradby the Labour leader said:

We can raise the minimum wage to £8, it actually saves money on the benefits bill. We can properly fund our NHS, £2.5 billion more by raising taxes on some of the richest in our society... We can make changes to apprenticeships using business and actually using money better than we spend it at the moment.

I don't buy the argument that we can't change our country because we're not spending lots more. I think we can change our country with big reform not big spending.

– Ed Miliband

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