Friday 20 December 2013  Miliband to talk tough on economy
Labour leader Ed Miliband is to unveil an alternative Queen's
Speech  Ed Miliband will accuse the coalition of economic
failure as he unveils an alternative Queen's Speech.  On the
local election campaign trail in Newcastle-under-Lyme, the
Labour leader will say Britain is "going backwards" and
ministers have run out of ideas.  Mr Miliband is to say that if
he was in power next week the monarch would be announcing
legislation to guarantee jobs for long-term unemployed,
introduce a 10p tax rate and crack down on train fares and
energy costs. There would also be a Bill designed to prevent
employers illegally exploiting migrants to undercut British
workers' wages.  Mr Miliband will condemn the Government's
record, saying real wages are down £1,700 since the general
election, and a million young people are unemployed.  "This
Government's had its chance. It has failed," he will say. "Three
years of failure: low growth, falling living standards and more
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