Ed Miliband in vow over families

Ed Miliband has promised a Labour government would stand up to the “powerful” and deliver higher living standards for working families as he set out the party’s General Election promises at a spring rally.

Unveiling Labour’s election pledge card in Birmingham, the Labour leader painted a bleak picture of a future Conservative government.

He insisted that Britain’s economic prosperity rests on the success of the many and told voters they faced a choice on May 7 between fear and hope.

Mr Miliband said: “The Tories say they want an election about leadership. Well, be my guest. Let me tell you what leadership is it is about having strong, consistent ideas to change the country.”