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Ed Miliband insists deficit is 'priority' despite forgetting it in speech Ed Miliband insists deficit is 'priority' despite forgetting it in speech
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Ed Miliband has admitted missing out a passage on the UK's financial deficit in his Labour Party conference speech.Ed Miliband has admitted missing out a passage on the UK's financial deficit in his Labour Party conference speech.
In a round of media interviews he said "one of the perils" of delivering a speech without a script was "not remembering every detail".In a round of media interviews he said "one of the perils" of delivering a speech without a script was "not remembering every detail".
But he insisted that he had set out how Labour would tackle the economy and immigration, despite bits on both in the full script being being left out.But he insisted that he had set out how Labour would tackle the economy and immigration, despite bits on both in the full script being being left out.
Chancellor George Osborne said omitting the deficit was "extraordinary".Chancellor George Osborne said omitting the deficit was "extraordinary".
Mr Osborne tweeted after the speech: "Ed Miliband didn't mention the deficit once. Extraordinary. If you can't fix the economy you can't fund the NHS."Mr Osborne tweeted after the speech: "Ed Miliband didn't mention the deficit once. Extraordinary. If you can't fix the economy you can't fund the NHS."
A pre-prepared text of the speech later emerged which included passages on a promise to "deal with our nation's debts" and another on immigration which Mr Miliband did not include in his conference speech in Manchester.A pre-prepared text of the speech later emerged which included passages on a promise to "deal with our nation's debts" and another on immigration which Mr Miliband did not include in his conference speech in Manchester.
Shadow health minister Liz Kendall said: "It was an hour-long speech and things always change in the delivery. The Labour leader told the BBC he "did not deliberately" drop the passages on the deficit and immigration, admitting the latter was "one section of the speech which I did not use".
He said he preferred not to give pre-prepared speeches as he believed people wanted to hear "directly" from him and it was the "style that worked for him",
But he insisted that he had made clear that there would be no new borrowing to fund a £2.5bn cash injection into the NHS and Labour had already set out to plans to raise money through hiking the top rate of income tax and freezing child benefit.
'Deficit signals'
"Nobody should doubt our seriousness about tackling the deficit," he told Radio 4's Today programme, adding that shadow chancellor Ed Balls had set out a "clear plan" on Monday.
"We have already sent signals on the action we will take. It is tough and it is difficult."
Reflecting on the speech, shadow health minister Liz Kendall said: "It was an hour-long speech and things always change in the delivery.
"I don't think anybody in the shadow cabinet is under any illusions about the scale of the challenge we face with the deficit, how we need to live within our means as a country, how we need to balance the books.""I don't think anybody in the shadow cabinet is under any illusions about the scale of the challenge we face with the deficit, how we need to live within our means as a country, how we need to balance the books."
She pointed out shadow chancellor Ed Balls had set out a range of Labour economic policies in his speech on Monday.She pointed out shadow chancellor Ed Balls had set out a range of Labour economic policies in his speech on Monday.
On Wednesday Labour is to give more details of its plan for the NHS, after Miliband's pledge to "save and transform" it.On Wednesday Labour is to give more details of its plan for the NHS, after Miliband's pledge to "save and transform" it.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham will explain what a £2.5bn annual funding boost will mean for patients.Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham will explain what a £2.5bn annual funding boost will mean for patients.
Mr Miliband, whose autocue-free speech lasted more than an hour, said his government would provide for 20,000 more nurses, 8,000 more GPs, 5,000 more care workers and 3,000 more midwives by 2020.Mr Miliband, whose autocue-free speech lasted more than an hour, said his government would provide for 20,000 more nurses, 8,000 more GPs, 5,000 more care workers and 3,000 more midwives by 2020.
He said the "time to care" fund would be paid for by:He said the "time to care" fund would be paid for by:
But BBC health correspondent Nick Triggle said it was "not yet clear" what Labour's £2.5bn pledge would mean for the NHS.But BBC health correspondent Nick Triggle said it was "not yet clear" what Labour's £2.5bn pledge would mean for the NHS.
"The coalition government has actually increased the budget by a similar amount in cash terms, but that only equates to 0.1% rises each year in real terms once you factor in inflation," he said."The coalition government has actually increased the budget by a similar amount in cash terms, but that only equates to 0.1% rises each year in real terms once you factor in inflation," he said.
Setting out his 10-year plan to build a "world-class Britain" at the Manchester conference, Mr Miliband promised to raise the minimum wage by £1.50 an hour by 2020 and give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote.Setting out his 10-year plan to build a "world-class Britain" at the Manchester conference, Mr Miliband promised to raise the minimum wage by £1.50 an hour by 2020 and give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote.
He also said Britain under Labour would be building 200,000 homes a year by 2020, and by 2025 he wanted as many young people taking apprenticeships as currently go to university.He also said Britain under Labour would be building 200,000 homes a year by 2020, and by 2025 he wanted as many young people taking apprenticeships as currently go to university.