Summary

  • Leader Ed Miliband's 65-minute speech promises more NHS staff, part-funded by a "mansion tax" and charges on tobacco companies

  • He also promised a "better future" for working people, by raising the minimum wage, building more homes and creating more apprenticeships

  • Earlier speeches covered transport and the environment

  1. Stand uppublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Here's Elizabeth - an apprentice Ed Miliband met yesterday.

    Elizabeth, an apprentice
  2. Halfwaypublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Ed Miliband has been speaking for 40 minutes. Another 40 to go, according to Labour Party briefings.

  3. Contractspublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Businesses will only get government contracts if they provide apprenticeships to young people, Ed Miliband says to applause.

  4. Apprenticeshipspublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Ed Miliband says a plan is needed for jobs, wages and working families. Asking an apprentice called Elizabeth to stand up, he says his fourth national goal is that, by 2025, as many young people will be leaving school to do an apprenticeship as go to university.

  5. Nigel Fletcher, Ex-Tory adviserpublished at 15:09 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Ex-Tory adviser Nigel Fletcher tweets:, external This isn't actually a bad stump speech - just not sure it's a humdinger of a pre-election conference speech. #Lab14

  6. Tax avoiders to fund NHSpublished at 15:08 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Labour's own press release says that tax avoiders and high earners will pay for extra NHS funding. Ed Miliband promises that a Labour government would raise £2.5bn a year.

  7. Get involvedpublished at 15:07 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    David Gilbert in Colchester: I would like to know how Labour plan to not penalise people who have inherited properties or have had their property for many many years and its value has increased to above £2m. These people are not necessarily massively wealthy but could be taxed merely because their home has naturally increased in value. It's a tax for the sake of of taxing someone.

  8. Green goalspublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    By 2025 Britain would become a world leader in green technology, says Ed Miliband, with five million homes insulated over the next 10 years.

  9. Frontbench supportpublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Applause for Ed Miliband from his shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, and the party's deputy leader, Harriet Harman

    Shadow chancellor Ed Balls and Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman
  10. Self-employedpublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Ed Miliband says 5.5 million people are self-employed - and Labour would fight for equal rights for them.

  11. Bankspublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Outlining his next goal, Ed Miliband says banks need to be reformed. It is time powers were transferred from Whitehall to towns and businesses, he argues.

  12. BBC's Nick Robinsonpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Nick Robinson tweets:, external Labour NHS fund paid for by mansion tax, 3 city tax avoidance measures & tax on tobacco firms

  13. Receptionpublished at 15:03 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    A round of applause as Ed Miliband raises the prospect of David Cameron's Conservative Party being kicked out of office at the next election. The crowd likes that.

    Crowd applauding
  14. Pay pledgepublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    The first national goal is halving the number of people on low pay, says Ed Miliband. The minimum wage will go up by £1.50, he adds.

  15. Work payspublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    "Our plan starts with rewarding hard work again," says Mr Miliband.

  16. 10-year planpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Ed Miliband outlines his six-point plan over 10 years. He says people are fed up with promises made as soon as a party gains power. It is called "doing a Nick Clegg," he says to laughter.

  17. Get involvedpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Roy Pounder in Richmond, Surrey: How many £2m houses are there in the UK? Can they really generate a massive recurrent revenue for a Labour government?

  18. Get involvedpublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Sam, Northants: I live at home with my parents with about £500 left in the bank. I'm in the process of starting my own business. So is Ed Miliband saying that after doing all the right things and working hard when I finally become successful I should get punished? This whole 'tax the rich' policy is smacking the ambition out of the country.

  19. BBC's Laura Kuenssbergpublished at 14:59 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Laura Kuenssberg tweets:, external Can't help thinking when politicians, whoever they are, point out that they meet normal humans it reveals precisely the problem

  20. Ready to serve?published at 14:59 British Summer Time 23 September 2014

    Ed Miliband says he wants to give David Cameron the time to play tennis with Russian oligarchs by sending him into opposition.