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General election 2015: Ed Miliband to pledge higher living standards General election 2015: Miliband to unveil five key election pledges
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Ed Miliband will promise higher living standards for working families when he unveils Labour's election pledge card.Ed Miliband will promise higher living standards for working families when he unveils Labour's election pledge card.
At a rally in Birmingham later he will set out his fifth and final pledge, based on policies expected to include a rise in the living wage and extending free child care.At a rally in Birmingham later he will set out his fifth and final pledge, based on policies expected to include a rise in the living wage and extending free child care.
He is expected to say the changes are fundamental for economic recovery.He is expected to say the changes are fundamental for economic recovery.
The labour leader has already promised controls on immigration and a "rescue plan" for the NHS in previous pledges.The labour leader has already promised controls on immigration and a "rescue plan" for the NHS in previous pledges.
He is expected to say: "Today we set out how we can replace a failed, tired, government for the few with a government that is truly for all the people of Britain. He is expected to say: "Today we set out how we can replace a failed, tired government for the few with a government that is truly for all the people of Britain.
"It is based on a different idea of how we succeed, a different idea of how we live together, a different idea of the kind of country we can become - because the choice at this election is not simply between parties and leaders, but between different visions of our country." 'Clear choice'
Mr Miliband will insist that none of Labour's manifesto commitments will need additional borrowing. He will say: "I do not simply say that we should judge our nation's success by the success of working people. I say that only by working people succeeding can we succeed as a country.
He will say: "Whenever we have prospered, whenever we have succeeded, it is not because we have been driven by the success of a few at the top but by the success of working families." "And it is an idea embodied in our pledges, written through each like a stick of rock."
Labour has previously insisted it will focus on issues not personalities during the general election campaign. The pledge card was a cornerstone of Labour's 1997 general election campaign under Tony Blair, with the party's five key promises condensed into a pocket-sized format.
Mr Miliband will say the public has a "clear choice" at the election between "different visions" for Britain's future.
He will also insist that none of Labour's manifesto commitments will need additional borrowing.
The party's pledge card sets out five promises to voters:The party's pledge card sets out five promises to voters:
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said the policies behind the latest pledge "are very familiar" including giving the energy regulator more power to cut fuel bills. His speech is separate from the party's manifesto launch, which comes next month.
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said the policies behind the latest pledge "are very familiar" including giving the energy regulator more power to cut fuel bills and extending free childcare to 25 hours a week.
"He'll tell supporters the deficit has remained stubbornly high because falling living standards have led to lower tax revenues," he said."He'll tell supporters the deficit has remained stubbornly high because falling living standards have led to lower tax revenues," he said.
"But polls still suggest that the Conservatives are trusted far more than Labour with the nation's finances.""But polls still suggest that the Conservatives are trusted far more than Labour with the nation's finances."
Mr Miliband stepped up his campaigning this week by carrying out a BBC television interview at home with his wife Justine.Mr Miliband stepped up his campaigning this week by carrying out a BBC television interview at home with his wife Justine.
But he was criticised after it emerged from the filming that he has two kitchens in the £2m house in north London.But he was criticised after it emerged from the filming that he has two kitchens in the £2m house in north London.
The story has led to critics branding him "Two Kitchens Ed" - a play on the "Two Jags" nickname given to Labour's John Prescott over his apparent fondness for official luxury cars when he was deputy prime minister.The story has led to critics branding him "Two Kitchens Ed" - a play on the "Two Jags" nickname given to Labour's John Prescott over his apparent fondness for official luxury cars when he was deputy prime minister.