Labour wants the general election to be defined by living standards and the NHS. But with immigration rising in salience (some polls show voters now regard it as the most important issue facing the county), and David Cameron planning a major speech on the subject before Christmas, it recognises that it needs a response.
Ed Miliband’s speech in Rochester and Strood today, ahead of the by-election on 20 November, offered the clearest account yet of how his party would approach this area. In his address to voters he emphasised that “our plan to make this country work for your family also includes addressing immigration” and that he had “changed” Labour’s approach. He went on to outline a five-point plan that would be contained in a bill in the party’s first Queen’s Speech.
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