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| Labour deputy race gathers pace | Labour deputy race gathers pace |
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| David Miliband says he is not planning to be a contender for Labour's deputy leadership - but Welsh Secretary Peter Hain says he will go for the job. | David Miliband says he is not planning to be a contender for Labour's deputy leadership - but Welsh Secretary Peter Hain says he will go for the job. |
| Mr Miliband told BBC News: "I am not a runner nor a rider for any of the jobs that are being speculated about." | Mr Miliband told BBC News: "I am not a runner nor a rider for any of the jobs that are being speculated about." |
| The former Downing Street policy chief was speaking at the TUC conference. | |
| Meanwhile Mr Hain told the BBC: "I can confirm that I do intend to stand for the deputy leadership... when that contest happens next year." | |
| Mr Prescott is expected to quit his job at the same time as the prime minister. | Mr Prescott is expected to quit his job at the same time as the prime minister. |
| Both Mr Hain and Mr Miliband say Gordon Brown should be the next leader. | Both Mr Hain and Mr Miliband say Gordon Brown should be the next leader. |
| Loyalty pledge | Loyalty pledge |
| Mr Hain has reportedly been wooing the trade unions, which will have one third of the votes in the deputy leadership contest. | Mr Hain has reportedly been wooing the trade unions, which will have one third of the votes in the deputy leadership contest. |
| Peter Hain has apparently being courting union chiefs | Peter Hain has apparently being courting union chiefs |
| He said: "I believe that one of the job descriptions of the deputy leader is loyalty and I am proud to have been loyal to Tony Blair even in difficult times, as I will be to Gordon Brown, that other towering figure of our government." | |
| Mr Miliband used his platform speech at the TUC to argue that trade unions have a key role to play in tackling climate change. | Mr Miliband used his platform speech at the TUC to argue that trade unions have a key role to play in tackling climate change. |
| He said: "The trade unions were absolutely central to economic and social improvement in the 20th Century. | He said: "The trade unions were absolutely central to economic and social improvement in the 20th Century. |
| "My message to them today is they can be at the heart of environmental improvement in the 21st." | "My message to them today is they can be at the heart of environmental improvement in the 21st." |
| Plea for help | Plea for help |
| Mr Miliband likened the fight against climate change to the struggle to halt child labour 100 years ago, except this time it was natural resources which were being exploited. | Mr Miliband likened the fight against climate change to the struggle to halt child labour 100 years ago, except this time it was natural resources which were being exploited. |
| He said union members were between them responsible for 30m tonnes of carbon emissions a year. | He said union members were between them responsible for 30m tonnes of carbon emissions a year. |
| "I want to plead with you that climate change is not an add on to your agenda, it is central to it," Mr Miliband told delegates. | "I want to plead with you that climate change is not an add on to your agenda, it is central to it," Mr Miliband told delegates. |
| "You are concerned with the lives and quality of life of ordinary working people and they will be the first and are being the first to be hit by climate change." | "You are concerned with the lives and quality of life of ordinary working people and they will be the first and are being the first to be hit by climate change." |
| Price fears | Price fears |
| The environment secretary faced questions about the effect of rising fuel prices for those living in poverty. | The environment secretary faced questions about the effect of rising fuel prices for those living in poverty. |
| One delegate blamed the privatisation of UK energy companies, asking whether markets were really the right way to ensure energy stability. | One delegate blamed the privatisation of UK energy companies, asking whether markets were really the right way to ensure energy stability. |
| Mr Miliband countered that oil prices were not set in the UK but were a global issue. | Mr Miliband countered that oil prices were not set in the UK but were a global issue. |
| The high prices made renewable sources of energy more competitive, he said, but the obvious down side was that they made life more expensive, especially for those in fuel poverty. | The high prices made renewable sources of energy more competitive, he said, but the obvious down side was that they made life more expensive, especially for those in fuel poverty. |
| He said the answer was to increase energy efficiency programmes. And the winter fuel allowance for pensioners, introduced in 1998, was now coming into its own. | He said the answer was to increase energy efficiency programmes. And the winter fuel allowance for pensioners, introduced in 1998, was now coming into its own. |
| Turbine complaints | Turbine complaints |
| Mr Miliband also underlined the need for new planning rules to overcome objections to wind power turbines - as promised in the government's recent energy review. | Mr Miliband also underlined the need for new planning rules to overcome objections to wind power turbines - as promised in the government's recent energy review. |
| He said turbines which could produce 20% of the UK's energy supply were "stuck in the planning system". | He said turbines which could produce 20% of the UK's energy supply were "stuck in the planning system". |
| "You cannot be for renewable energy and against wind power," he said. | "You cannot be for renewable energy and against wind power," he said. |
| "It just doesn't make sense. We have got to make sure we have a planning system that serves the majority interest, not the minority interest." | "It just doesn't make sense. We have got to make sure we have a planning system that serves the majority interest, not the minority interest." |