Five reasons for Ed Miliband to be cheerful

Ed Miliband enters his conference week in terrible shape, but there is still lots for him to be cheerful about.

Labour pledges to scrap the bedroom tax

Ed Miliband will promise tomorrow to scrap the “hated bedroom tax” if he becomes prime minister.

Jeremy Clarkson considers standing against Ed Miliband

Jeremy Clarkson is considering standing against Ed Miliband at the next general election, it has emerged.

New poll low puts Miliband in poor company

Ed Miliband’s personal ratings have hit their lowest ever point, virtually matching those of failed Conservative leaders Iain Duncan Smith and William Hague for the first time.

PMQs as-it-happened

Follow all the twists and turns of Ed Miliband and David Cameron’s clash at prime minister’s questions (PMQs) with our dedicated live blog.

Comment: Miliband’s union battle will be about spending, not funding

Ed Miliband’s big union battle will be over what the next Labour government would spend, not party funding arrangements.

Ed Miliband’s TUC speech in full

Ed Miliband is delivering his speech to the TUC’s conference in Bournemouth – at a critical time for the relationship between the Labour party and the unions. Here’s the script in full.

Miliband pushes ahead with union reform proposals

Ed Miliband today pledged to push through his controversial reforms to Labour’s links with the unions, saying that the “bigger risk” was to keep things as they are.

Miliband unmoving as union funding clash nears

Ed Miliband will face down trade union bosses tomorrow in a speech set to be among the most challenging of his career, despite Unite being cleared of trying to fix the selection of Labour’s next Falkirk MP.

The Week in Review: Dead Elvis

Ed Miliband, Syria, GMB, lobbying bill, David Cameron