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'Ditch austerity and choose socialism,' Labour Party activists urge Miliband
Pursuing cuts 'will lead to electoral defeat'

Labour Party democracy campaigners warned Ed Miliband at the weekend that bold policies are needed to face a fierce new economic storm threatening Britain.

Continuing to embrace cuts and austerity risks electoral disaster, declared activists attending the AGM of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD).

But leading leftwingers were divided over the Labour leader’s performance and how to rebuild trade union influence in the party following his attack on the union link.

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