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The national minimum wage will be "strengthened" should Labour get to power following the next election, Labour leader Ed Miliband has pledged.

David Cameron is "strong at standing up to the weak, but weak at standing up to the strong," Labour leader Ed Miliband said today.

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has warned the government's Help to Buy scheme will make it harder for would-be first-time buyers to get onto the housing ladder.

Labour will reverse a planned rise in business rates for small firms if it wins the next election, party leader Ed Miliband is expected to say today.

Labour would scrap tax relief for the UK's richest pensioners if the party wins at the next General Election, shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said.

A ‘mansion tax' on all homes worth more than £2m would cost the owners as much as £36,000 a year on average, according to Whitehall analysis.

State pensions will face a cap under Labour should the party win the next election, shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said.

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Financial services will never rebuild trust with consumers or affect a change in the sector unless custodial sentences are imposed on those guilty of criminal wrongdoing, Chuka Umunna, shadow business secretary has said.