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| Eastleigh by-election: Miliband restates 10p tax pledge | Eastleigh by-election: Miliband restates 10p tax pledge |
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| The Eastleigh by-election will be the "living standards election", Labour leader Ed Miliband has said. | The Eastleigh by-election will be the "living standards election", Labour leader Ed Miliband has said. |
| Speaking in support of his party's candidate John O'Farrell, Mr Miliband said Labour would reintroduce a 10p tax rate paid for by a "mansion tax". | Speaking in support of his party's candidate John O'Farrell, Mr Miliband said Labour would reintroduce a 10p tax rate paid for by a "mansion tax". |
| Prime Minister David Cameron, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and UKIP's Nigel Farage have all visited Eastleigh. | Prime Minister David Cameron, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and UKIP's Nigel Farage have all visited Eastleigh. |
| The by-election comes after Lib Dem Chris Huhne resigned having admitted perverting the course of justice. | The by-election comes after Lib Dem Chris Huhne resigned having admitted perverting the course of justice. |
| The full list of candidates was confirmed on Wednesday. | The full list of candidates was confirmed on Wednesday. |
| 'Real change' | 'Real change' |
| Labour wants a mansion tax on £2m properties and for the proceeds of the levy to be used to re-introduce a 10p rate of tax. | Labour wants a mansion tax on £2m properties and for the proceeds of the levy to be used to re-introduce a 10p rate of tax. |
| Mr Miliband said: "The people of Eastleigh know that John O'Farrell, if elected on 28 February, will... represent change. They know he'll fight the government. | |
| "They know he'll support a mansion tax and the return of the 10p tax rate. | "They know he'll support a mansion tax and the return of the 10p tax rate. |
| "They know that the choice they face on 28 February is between two candidates from the government and a One Nation Labour candidate in John O' Farrell who, if elected, will support real change." | |
| But a Downing Street spokesman called the mansion tax a "stunning admission of economic incompetence". | |
| "The losers from Labour's 10p tax fiasco have become winners under this government," he added. | |
| Lib Dem Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander said Labour were "late to the party" on the need to reduce the tax burden on the lowest paid. | |
| The Eastleigh by-election was set in motion when Chris Huhne stepped down as an MP on 1 February. | |
| He had admitted charges against him over claims his ex-wife Vicky Pryce took speeding points for him a decade ago. | |
| Huhne, a former financial journalist and MEP, had been the MP for Eastleigh since 2005. He had a majority of nearly 4,000. | |
| The by-election will take place on 28 February. | |
| The final list of candidates in alphabetical order is: | The final list of candidates in alphabetical order is: |
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