A Manchester councillor says local activism will be Labour’s ‘secret weapon’ in the run-up to the general election as the party prepare to hold ‘four million conversations’.

A Manchester councillor revealed her pride at being a working class, single mum representing her community, as she stood on stage alongside the potential Prime Minister Ed Miliband at his defiant speech in Salford yesterday

Ed Miliband vowed to go door-to-door holding ‘four million conversations’ with the working people of Britain to win Labour’s ‘once-in-a-generation fight’ against the Conservative Party.

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MM took to the streets of Manchester to find out what Mancunians thought the St George flag symbolised.

Ed Miliband is the victim of smear campaign to stop him becoming Prime Minister because he has been brave enough to take on ‘vested interests’, according to Leigh’s MP.

Ukip’s immigration spokesman branded the move ‘political point-scoring’ as Mr Miliband hit the campaign trail in Rochester hoping to follow up the by-election victory in Heywood and Middleton early this month

The commitment to signing up to the scheme means everybody working at the club, whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors, receive a minimum hourly wage of £7.65

Excluding the Green Party from televised debates while including Nigel Farage and Ukip would be ‘dangerous for democracy’, the party’s parliamentary candidate for Manchester, Lucy Bannister, has warned

Despite Labour retaining their Heywood and Middleton seat last night, it was Ukip who came away from the by-election stronger after a closely-fought race.

Harriet Harman insists that Labour’s plan to freeze energy prices will fire up faith in Ed Miliband’s future Prime Minister bid.