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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 has called for a "new settlement" to heal economic and social divisions in Britain. | |
Mr Miliband has told the Scottish Labour conference people need a new start, comparable to the change offered by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. | |
Delegates in Inverness heard the Labour leader's offer would combine "proper rights to work with a real responsibility to do so". | |
He also launched a vigorous attack on the SNP's policy of independence. | |
In the week of Lady Thatcher's funeral, Mr Miliband argued she gained power because voters wanted change. | |
The Labour leader told delegates that the same circumstances prevail today, that people are hungry for reform - fed up with failed economic policies and mistaken welfare changes. | |
He also argued that independence was 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. |