ED MILIBAND yesterday welcomed plans for a new research centre to “promote public service as a noble vocation” in tribute to the life and work of former Labour leader John Smith.

Plans for the John Smith Centre for Public Service at the University of Glasgow are being made public today on the 20th anniversary of his death. 

Current Labour leader Mr Miliband said: “John’s legacy lives on today, from the minimum wage to the creation of the Scottish Parliament.