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Ed Balls says he will fight on
Balls vows to ‘fight on’

By politics.co.uk staff Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls has shrugged off speculation that he could quit the race. It had been reported at the weekend that Mr Balls, who trails David and Ed Miliband in terms of union endorsements and formal Labour party nominations, might decide to step down from the contest. He had failed… Read more »

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Gillian Duffy was outraged after Gordon Brown called her a 'bigot'
David Miliband wins over Gillian Duffy

By politics.co.uk staff David Miliband is a “really nice man”, the grandmother who ruined Gordon Brown’s general election campaign has said. Gillian Duffy, whose outrage after being called a ‘bigot’ by the former prime minister ended Labour’s hopes of winning the 2010 election, demonstrated her enduring political clout by endorsing Mr Miliband for the Labour… Read more »