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Miliband: We will fight to end the cost-of-living crisis
Miliband pledges a crusade for better living standards and higher wages

Labour leader Ed Miliband pledged a crusade for better living standards and higher wages yesterday.

In a speech at London's Battersea Power Station, Mr Miliband tore into service providers, money lenders and tight-fisted employers for their rampant profiteering.

But with a double-edged sword, he espoused the belief that capitalist markets can "work for working people."

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