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Ed Miliband: 'New settlement' needed to overhaul Britain | Ed Miliband: 'New settlement' needed to overhaul Britain |
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Labour leader Ed Miliband is to call for a "new settlement" to heal economic and social divisions in Britain. | Labour leader Ed Miliband is to call for a "new settlement" to heal economic and social divisions in Britain. |
Mr Miliband is to tell the Scottish Labour conference people need a new start, comparable to the change offered by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. | Mr Miliband is to tell the Scottish Labour conference people need a new start, comparable to the change offered by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. |
Delegates in Inverness this weekend will hear the Labour leader's offer will combine "proper rights to work with a real responsibility to do so". | Delegates in Inverness this weekend will hear the Labour leader's offer will combine "proper rights to work with a real responsibility to do so". |
He will also launch a vigorous attack on the SNP's policy of independence. | He will also launch a vigorous attack on the SNP's policy of independence. |
In the week of Lady Thatcher's funeral, Mr Miliband is to argue she gained power because voters wanted change. | In the week of Lady Thatcher's funeral, Mr Miliband is to argue she gained power because voters wanted change. |
The Labour leader will tell delegates that the same circumstances prevail today, that people are hungry for reform - fed up with failed economic policies and mistaken welfare changes. | The Labour leader will tell delegates that the same circumstances prevail today, that people are hungry for reform - fed up with failed economic policies and mistaken welfare changes. |
He is also to argue that independence is a divisive policy, remote from the economic and social concerns of the Scottish people. | He is also to argue that independence is a divisive policy, remote from the economic and social concerns of the Scottish people. |
The day before Mr Miliband's speech, Scottish Labour announced details of a commission which said there was a "strong case for devolving income tax in full" to the Scottish Parliament. | The day before Mr Miliband's speech, Scottish Labour announced details of a commission which said there was a "strong case for devolving income tax in full" to the Scottish Parliament. |
Labour's commission, which includes MPs, MEPs, union members and academic advisers, said there was a case for devolving income tax but there are big caveats. | Labour's commission, which includes MPs, MEPs, union members and academic advisers, said there was a case for devolving income tax but there are big caveats. |
But it will shun any plan if it looks like cutting Scotland's money or undermining the Barnett formula which settles budget changes. | But it will shun any plan if it looks like cutting Scotland's money or undermining the Barnett formula which settles budget changes. |
That reflects concern among some Labour MPs that a full transfer of income tax is a step too far. | That reflects concern among some Labour MPs that a full transfer of income tax is a step too far. |
In an interview on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont was asked about disquiet over the commission's work. | In an interview on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont was asked about disquiet over the commission's work. |
She said: "People across the party in Scotland see these proposals as radical and they may be concerned about them. | |
"What I have said is let's have a debate - we all want devolution to work, we all want accountability within the Scottish Parliament and we all want to make sure that that parliament uses that power to protect people." | "What I have said is let's have a debate - we all want devolution to work, we all want accountability within the Scottish Parliament and we all want to make sure that that parliament uses that power to protect people." |