Miliband to focus on local polls

Labour leader Ed Miliband has said his party will work for the whole of the country not just 'the wealthy few,' in an attack on the Conservative's at the launch of his local government strategy ahead of the local elections on 3rd May.

Ed Miliband has spoken of how he would tackle the NHS:

Ed Miliband has said that it is not complicated to solve youth unemployment, on bankers

"Tax those bankers bonuses and use the money to guarantee jobs for our young people. Guarantee jobs for every young person out of work for more than year.

We'll pay the wages from the money raised from those bankers bonuses, the employer provides the training and the young people have to take work."

Ed Miliband has begun to outline his local government strategy in Birmingham. The Labour leader said ; "Labour is changing so that we can change the country. On living standards, on jobs, on the NHS and on crime." On living standards he said;

Ed Miliband is expected to announce a Labour pledge to make tackling vandalism and anti-social behaviour a priority. He will also highlight efforts by Labour councils to set up work programmes and promise to protect 6,000 nurses from Government cuts.

Labour leader Ed Miliband will today launch his party's local election campaign.

He is expected to accuse the government of abandoning middle Britain in favour of the wealthy few.

Labour will govern forthe whole country "not just the wealthy few" according to leader EdMiliband who today launches the party’s local election campaign in England.

Labour's still reeling after their shock defeat in the Bradford West by-election atthe hands of George Galloway last week.

The local elections will take place on 3 May.