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Labour leader Ed Miliband's briefing notes for Prime Minister's Questions have been revealed after being left in toilets in the House of Commons. Ed Miliband's briefing notes for Prime Minister's Questions - revealing his planned lines of attack against David Cameron - have been revealed.
The notes contain a number of lines on the Falkirk constituency row and the role of the Unite union, which dominated exchanges with David Cameron. The notes are understood to have been accidentally left in a House of Commons toilet by a junior aide.
Mr Cameron said trade unions had "taken control" of Labour but Mr Miliband accused the PM of "double standards". They suggest the Labour leader was braced for attacks on Labour's relationship with the unions.
Unite boss Len McCluskey has accused the PM of a "cheap political stunt". A row about the alleged influence of the Unite union on candidate selection dominated this week's session.
Labour sources have not denied the notes - left near the division lobby in the House of Commons - are genuine. Labour sources have not denied the notes - left near the division lobby in the House of Commons - are genuine. It is understood they were left in the toilet by Jonathan Reynolds, who is Mr Miliband's parliamentary private secretary.
'Working for me''Working for me'
They include pre-prepared lines on Tom Watson, campaign organiser for the Labour arty, one of whose assistants was a candidate in the Falkirk selection contest. The notes include pre-prepared lines on Tom Watson, campaign organiser for the Labour party, one of whose assistants was a candidate in a controversial candidate selection process in Falkirk.
The notes include lines: "I'll take Tom Watson over Andy Coulson any day and I'd far rather have Tom Watson working for me who led the campaign on the phone hacking scandal than have brought Andy Coulson into the heart of Downing Street." The notes, which cover two and half sides of A4 paper, are divided into different headings.
In Wednesday's clash, Mr Cameron said Unite leader Len McCluskey "wrote the questions" for the opposition leader and dictated policy on issues like education and health. They include the lines: "I'll take Tom Watson over Andy Coulson any day and I'd far rather have Tom Watson working for me who led the campaign on the phone hacking scandal than have brought Andy Coulson into the heart of Downing Street."
But Mr Miliband said he would not be "lectured on ethics" and accused the prime minister of "double standards". Mr Miliband went on to raise Mr Coulson, the PM's former director of communications who is facing charges of phone hacking and bribing public officials during his former career as a journalist, in Wednesday's clash.
Unite is at the centre of a row over Labour's candidate choice in Falkirk. But he did not mention Mr Watson - a former close ally of Gordon Brown who is Labour's deputy chairman - and also omitted the line in the notes saying the party was "taking action" over the Falkirk affair.
Labour's National Executive Committee has taken control of the process to choose a candidate for the 2015 election from the local party after allegations of interference by Unite, the UK's largest union. Unite, the UK's largest union, is at the centre of a row over the selection of a new Labour candidate to fight the next election in the Scottish constituency.
An internal Labour report has found evidence of unions packing local membership lists but this has not been made public. Labour's National Executive Committee has taken control of the process from the local party after allegations of interference by Unite and as yet unpublished Labour report has found evidence of unions packing local membership lists.
Labour insist Mr Miliband has moved swiftly and decisively to order an inquiry into Falkirk within hours of allegations being raised, but senior figures have called for the report into the affair to be published and warned it risks damaging the party.Labour insist Mr Miliband has moved swiftly and decisively to order an inquiry into Falkirk within hours of allegations being raised, but senior figures have called for the report into the affair to be published and warned it risks damaging the party.
'Union script''Union script'
Unite has threatened legal action against Labour, saying it has been a victim of a "smear campaign" and an attempt by the party to impose a candidate from Westminster. Mr Cameron seized on the issue at the weekly session of PM's questions, challenging Mr Miliband on his links with the trade unions and claiming "we have a situation in this country where we have got one of our political parties where it has become apparent votes are being bought, people are being signed up without consent".
Mr Cameron seized on the issue at the weekly session of PM's questions, claiming "we have a situation in this country where we have got one of our political parties where it has become apparent votes are being bought, people are being signed up without consent". Mr Cameron said Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey, who backed Ed Miliband in the 2010 Labour leadership contest, "wrote the questions" for the opposition leader and dictated policy on issues like education and health.
He suggested this was "all done" by Mr McCluskey.
He used a question from Mr Miliband on primary schools places and free schools to attack Labour's links with the unions and Unite in particular - which is the party's largest donor and backed Mr Miliband in the 2010 party leadership race.
"He is taking his script from the trade unions, who don't like choice, don't like new schools, don't like free schools," he said."He is taking his script from the trade unions, who don't like choice, don't like new schools, don't like free schools," he said.
"They want to control everything. What we know is that one organisation they have got control of. We see it in black and white - they have taken control of the Labour Party.""They want to control everything. What we know is that one organisation they have got control of. We see it in black and white - they have taken control of the Labour Party."
'Double standards' In response, Mr Miliband said he was happy to debate the issue of ethics, claiming Mr Cameron had had "dinners for donors in Downing Street, given a tax cut to his Christmas card list and brought Andy Coulson into the heart of Downing Street".
In response, Mr Miliband did not refer to the situation in Falkirk but said he was happy to have a general debate on ethics in politics with Mr Cameron.
"This is a prime minister who had dinners for donors in Downing Street, he gave a tax cut to his Christmas card list and brought Andy Coulson into the heart of Downing Street," he said.
"The idea that he is lecturing us on ethics takes double standards to a whole new level.""The idea that he is lecturing us on ethics takes double standards to a whole new level."
At a court appearance last month, Mr Coulson - the PM's former director of communications - pleaded not guilty to phone hacking and bribing public officials during his former career as a journalist with News International. 'In contempt'
Mr Cameron mentioned the Falkirk row and Labour's links with unions in a number of responses to Labour MPs' questions. Unite has threatened legal action against Labour, saying it has been a victim of a "smear campaign" and an attempt by the party to impose a candidate from Westminster.
At one point, during a question about Unite and unions from a Tory backbencher, Speaker John Bercow intervened to say it was not a matter for the prime minister and his question was a "complete waste of time". Mr McCluskey, who was elected to a second term as Unite leader earlier this year, said Mr Cameron appeared to have an "obsession" with him but had "nothing to say" on the real issues facing people.
"He also reminded the millions of trade unionists in this country that they are not welcome in the Conservative party, and indeed that they hold trade union members in contempt."
He added: "There can be absolutely no question about who runs the Labour Party. It is Ed Miliband and he has my full support.
"Yes, there may be issues we disagree on -that is allowed in a democratic party - but Unite is fully behind Ed Miliband."
Labour sources have said the party intends to go ahead with the selection of a candidate before the end of the summer and a wider review of membership procedures is expected to report within a matter of weeks.Labour sources have said the party intends to go ahead with the selection of a candidate before the end of the summer and a wider review of membership procedures is expected to report within a matter of weeks.
Mr McCluskey was elected to a second term as Unite leader earlier this year. The union has 1.42 million workers across both the public and private sector and has campaigned against spending cuts and the freeze on public sector pay.