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General election 2015: Miliband to unveil five key election pledges Ed Miliband unveils five key Labour 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 has promised higher living standards for working families as he set out Labour's five key pledges in a pre-election rally.
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. Speaking in Birmingham, the Labour leader set out the pledges based on policies including a rise in the living wage and extending free child care.
He is expected to say the changes are fundamental for economic recovery. He said the proposed changes were fundamental for economic recovery.
The labour leader has already promised controls on immigration and a "rescue plan" for the NHS in previous pledges. Mr Miliband 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.
'Clear choice''Clear choice'
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 addressed about 1,500 party activists at the rally, which was held with 54 days to go until the general election on 7 May.
"And it is an idea embodied in our pledges, written through each like a stick of rock." Labour party members were told: "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."
Mr Miliband said the choice at the forthcoming general election was "not simply between parties and leaders, but different visions of our country".
He added: "We say that a country where only the rich and powerful are better off is a country that is failing."
He said: "Today I urge the British people to choose optimism, to choose a country for the many, to choose the good of all, to choose hope - and to recognise that when working people succeed, nothing can stop us as a country."
He promised to improve living standards for working families through a series of policies such as an energy price freeze, a ban on "exploitative" zero-hour contracts and providing families with 25 hours of free childcare a week.
Mr Miliband also promised 20,000 more nurses, 8,000 more doctors, 5,000 more care workers and 3,000 more midwives, all paid for through a mansion tax.
He added: "The rescue of the NHS will be the proudest achievement of the next Labour government."
Labour's pledge card detailed by Mr Miliband on Saturday sets out five promises to voters:
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.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. Mr Miliband insisted that none of Labour's manifesto commitments will need additional borrowing.
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:
His speech is separate from the party's manifesto launch, which comes next month.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. BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said the speech had been "heavy on rhetoric and slogans rather than new policy announcements".
"He'll tell supporters the deficit has remained stubbornly high because falling living standards have led to lower tax revenues," he said. Our correspondent said: "The repeated aim was to draw what Ed Miliband saw as the contrast between a future Labour government and a Conservative one.
"But polls still suggest that the Conservatives are trusted far more than Labour with the nation's finances." "'The Britain I believe in is one where the security for working people is the bedrock of a successful economy and a decent society' he said.
Mr Miliband stepped up his campaigning this week by carrying out a BBC television interview at home with his wife Justine. "But he made no reference whatsoever to Scotland where opinion polls suggest the SNP could cost Labour dozens of seats."
But he was criticised after it emerged from the filming that he has two kitchens in the £2m house in north London. Mr Miliband stepped up his campaigning earlier this week by carrying out a BBC television interview at home with his wife Justine.
But there was a media furore after it emerged from the filming that he has two kitchens in his £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.