Miliband: 2015 election will not be defined by UK's place in EU

Campaigning at the 2015 general election will not be dominated by debate on the UK's position in the EU, Labour leader Ed Miliband has said.

Addressing party activists and journalists at an event in Thurrock, Essex, the opposition leader said: "Personally, I believe the biggest issue at the next election will not be whether we should leave the EU.

"They will be about the things I've talked about: the cost-of-living crisis, how you reconnect hard work and family finances, the NHS, education; those fundamental issues that will define the future of this country."