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Labour's policy agenda was "thoroughly pro-business" but this didn't always come through during the election campaign, Chuka Umunna says. Ed Miliband was "too hard on himself" over what was a "collective failure" not to put this across, he adds.

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Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna says Ed Miliband "grew in stature" during the general election campaign. The "right lessons" must be learned from Labour's defeat, he insists. The party must marry "compassion" and helping people's "ambition", Mr Umunna adds.

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Conservative MP Eric Pickles has said that the Greek debt talks with its EU and IMF creditors show that the UK needs a different relationship with eurozone countries, and the European Union.

Trade unions must not be allowed to cause "abuse" in the contest for the next Labour leader, Lord Mandelson says. He says there must be validation of those taking part in voting, especially those who are affiliated but not full party members, a change which is happening under reforms brought in by Ed Miliband.

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Not all Labour's public spending was "wholly wise", but this didn't cause the banking crisis, Lord Mandelson says.

Lord Mandelson likens Labour's task in winning an election to that it faced in the 1980s.The party's campaign ignored the middle of society, he adds. People "have aspirations", he says, adding that if these are not addressed, "why on earth should they vote for us".

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Next up on Marr is former Labour Business Secretary Lord Mandelson pays tribute to Ed Miliband for his "passionate" campaign. But he adds that the "awful, shocking" thing about the election is that Labour could've won. The party "discarded" the New Labour project, he adds and was told in 2010 to "wave our fists" at the Tories, in an "experiment" carried out by the leadership.

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Nicola Sturgeon says she can control her party, despite a surge in the number of SNP members.

The general election campaign was not about Scottish independence, Nicola Sturgeon says. She promises to try to unite Scotland following the divisions of the referendum campaign.

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Where will upcoming £30bn cuts over less than three years fall? Does local government face more cuts to funding, ex local government secretary Eric Pickles is asked:

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says it's essential to ensure Scotland gets a "good deal" over funding during any negotiations over fiscal autonomy. She promises her party will play a "constructive" role at Westminster. She says Mr Cameron will have to go beyond the Smith Commission proposals.

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Scotland doesn't want austerity to continue, says Nicola Sturgeon. It's likely that the SNP will be the "principal opposition" to the Conservatives, with Labour reassessing its future and looking for a new leader, she adds.

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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, whose SNP now has 56 MPs, says David Cameron "cannot act now as if it's business as usual in Scotland".

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Scotland would be "in permanent deficit" if it had sole control over its taxation and spending, says senior Conservative MP David Davis. This is a "turning point in history" when it comes to constitutional affairs, he adds.

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The internal disputes over Europe under John Major won't be repeated because the planned EU referendum will get the issue into the open, Tory MP David Davis says. He says he'd be in favour of staying in, if the UK gets more veto power on key issues.

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Conservative MP David Davis, who lost to David Cameron in the 2005 party leadership contest, says the PM must talk to his backbenchers to head off possible rebellions, given his small parliamentary majority. But Mr Cameron is in a better position than before, as he's "free" of the Lib Dems.

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Former communities secretary Eric Pickles has said he is waiting to hear whether he has been given a place in David Cameron's new Cabinet. "I wait by my phone, it's entirely up to the great man," he tells Pienaar's Politics. "Such a victory, he can do what he wants."

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Lib Dem commentator Olly Grender says David Cameron will face a struggle "even worse than under John Major" over Europe. The Conservatives have promised an "in-out" EU referendum before the end of 2017.

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George Osborne as first minister of state has pretty much been anointed as David Cameron's successor, George Parker, political editor of the Financial Times tells Pienaar's Politics. 

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Any Blairite-style leader might have problems with a Parliamentary Labour Party to the left of that position, Helen Lewis, deputy editor of the New Statesman, warns.