Opposition to proposed spending cuts must be "responsible", Labour leadership candidate Ed Miliband said. At a leadership hustings at the TUC Congress Mr Miliband said he did not support calls by some union figures for a campaign of civil disobedience. Rival candidate David Miliband, seen as the front-runner in the contest, said Labour needed to win the political argument against the budget squeeze. Ed Balls, Andy Burnham and Diane Abbott also took part in the event. It was the last hustings of the four-month, five-way campaign, with the outcome of the leadership election being announced at the party's conference later this month. Making their pitches to union delegates - a key...
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