Ed Miliband wants changes to Labour's union links

The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has set out plans for a fundamental change in the party's financial relationship with the unions following the row with Unite over the selection of a parliamentary candidate in Falkirk.

He wants to end the system where members of unions affiliated to Labour automatically pay fees to the party.

The Labour leader said union members must make a "deliberate" choice to back the party.