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Miliband stands by Tory peer HSBC tax claims

Labour leader Ed Miliband called on Prime Minister David Cameron to "say what steps he is going to take to find out about the tax avoidance activities of Lord Fink".

Miliband told journalists, "Lord Fink challenged me to stand by what I said. I do".

Lord Fink admitted taking "vanilla" measures to reduce his liabilities a day after threatening to sue the Labour leader for accusing him of tax avoidance.

HSBC's Geneva office is currently facing allegations that staff encouraged customers to dodge tax.

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ITV News poll shows backing for Miliband over business

A poll for ITV News by ComRes shows people think Ed Miliband is on the side of families. Credit: Hannah McKay/PA

Ed Miliband has been given a boost in relation to some of his recent disputes with business leaders with nearly half of Britons saying he is on the side of the ordinary person according to a new ComRes poll for ITV News.

However, when it comes to the economy David Cameron and the Conservatives are still more trusted than the Labour leader and his party.

The poll found that 49% of Britons think Miliband’s recent disagreements with business leaders including the head of Boots Stefano Pessina show that he is on the side of ordinary people, while 27% think the spats show he is a danger to the British economy.

Only 22% of people trust the Conservatives to stand up to big business but 30% think Labour is most likely to.

However, 36% of people asked think Miliband is a danger to the British economy while 38% think he is not.

Below are some other key findings from the poll:

25%
Think Ed Miliband can be trusted to see the country through the current economic situation
39%
Think David Cameron can be trusted to see the country through the current economic situation
24%
Trust Labour to promote economic growth
36%
Trust the Conservatives to promote UK economic growth

ComRes interviewed 2,003 British adults online between February 6th-8th 2015 on behalf of ITV News and the poll was conducted before the recent row over tax avoidance.

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