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Miliband attacked for 'neoliberal' services speech
Campaigners furious at Labour leader's call for public sector spending cuts

PUBLIC ownership campaigners condemned a “gobbledygook” speech by Labour leader Ed Miliband as a foolish leap toward neoliberal ideas yesterday.

Mr Miliband delivered a rambling speech calling for “people-powered” public services.

He attacked the “old-style, top-down central control” of public services, but failed to call for extension of public ownership to gas, electricity or the railways.

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