Last night, the Labour Leader, Ed Miliband addressed a few hundred Labour members, supporters, current & former MPs from across the region at the East Midlands Labour Gala Dinner. It was hosted by Leicester West MP, Liz Kendall at the Walkers Stadium in Leicester.

Ed was clear that the Tory led Government policies were definitely not working but were most definitely hurting people the length and breadth of the country. This was becoming very clear with inflation rising rapidly, borrowing going up to one of its highest levels since the 90s, rising unemployment, cuts to frontline services and growth forecast to be lower than the Government’s own predictions.

We were returning to the politics of the 80s with sections of society pitted against each other and as Ed made clear that Labour would be a Party of the mainstream.

Ed was also in Leicester to support the local election candidates, the Labour Mayoral candidate, Sir Peter Soulsby and the Labour Leicester South Candidate, Jonathan Ashworth. There was a great mood of optimism but also a determination to make the upcoming elections a referendum on the Tories and especially the Libdems. Ed noted the significance of Nick Clegg being in Leicester just before the General Election last year and making promises about student tuition fees and then completely abandoning them once in power with the Tories.

Ed Miliband promised to be at the TUC March in London today and planned to address the ordinary people from across the country who were coming together to send the message to the Tory led Government that there was an alternative.

Whilst in Leicester, Ed also visited a local family in Aylestone to hear how the cuts were affecting one local family. Read the story as reported by the Leicester Mercury.

Tags: Ed Miliband, Labour, Leicester

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