Ed Miliband adds sixth pledge on housing
He’s in the middle of a Q&A with journalists now and is being asked about the 5000 small businesses who signed a letter in the Telegraph this morning backing David Cameron’s economic policy.
He says the Conservative claim they will create 2 million new jobs is “plucked out of the air”. He wants to create jobs, he says, but he wants to create high paying jobs. He doesn’t match the pledge.
A very sweet sounding boy in the audience takes the mic. “This is loud!” Then he asks whether Mr Miliband thinks David Cameron is “chicken” for not debating him.
Another child asks: “What did want to do when you were seven?”
Ed Miliband wanted to be a bus conductor because he wanted to “turn around the ticket machine” on the old style London buses. David Cameron has previously said that he wanted to be a lorry driver.
He’s asked what he would say to house building companies who have lost value this morning on the back of this policy. He says his policy is better for house owners and house buyers.
