Miliband: "Some sectors can afford to pay higher wages" and gas prices will be frozen

He said the minimum wage had lost in value since it was first introduced and had to be adjusted with some sectors being able to afford higher wages than others. Financial services, particularly the banks, were already paying higher wages than other firms in some cases and would continue to do so under a Labour government he pledged. Miliband (pictured) told delegates at the Labour conference in Brighton: "The minimum wage has been falling in value and we've got to do something about it. There are some sectors which can actually afford to pay higher wages and some of them are -  [for i...