Ed Miliband declares 'I am ready' to be PM at manifesto launch
Labour leader Ed Miliband has said he is ready to be Prime Minister as the party unveiled its election manifesto which included a pledge to cut the deficit every year.
Miliband: Labour can be trusted with Britain's economy
Ed Miliband insisted Labour could be trusted with Britain's economy today as he launched his party's election manifesto.
Mr Miliband promised to cut the deficit "as soon as possible", without setting an "arbitrary date", and not to borrow any money to fund policy pledges.
As ITV News Political Correspondent Carl Dinnen reports, Mr Miliband "hopes this will be the moment that changes the election - when Labour becomes the party of fiscal responsibility":
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