this is one reason labour mps have jitters about ed miliband.rvernment is unp but the opposition doesn't seem to be popular. rochester is a seat that labor held until 2010. not even labor are predicting that labor will win the seat back. it is not good for ed miliband. >> rob kadant -- rob hutton of bloomberg news. you can see a full list of candidates in the rochester by election on screen right now. e andll about farag cameron. results expected on the early hours of friday. let's keep the conversation going on this. david, thanks for joining us this morning. big question for you guys coming into this, noise or news? >> i think the by election itself is noise. with byis replete elections with results that lead to nothing in general elections. this highlights the fact that heading into the general polls aren may, the very split, three or four ways in terms of party. there are shades of the scotland referendum here and the markets are not really focusing that hard on the uncertainty around the general election. it is very significant. >> we have

please welcome david miliband. ( cheers and applause ) mr.nk you so much for being here. >> good to be here. >> stephen: cheers as we say. >> cheers. >> stephen: where everybody knows your name. you're the fommer british secretary. you're my first cabinet secretary to come over here. thank you. it's an honor. >> thank you very much. >> stephen: who put you in the job? >> the prime minister was gordon brown at the time. >> stephen: good guy? >> good guy. >> stephen: that's like our secretary of state. >> you don't have to say mr. secretary. >> stephen: i don't have to say it. you have to say madam secretary when hillary clinton is here. you're c.e.o. of the rescue committee and you recently returned from west africa. and the incubation for ebola my understanding is 21 days. how many days ago did you return from liberia? >> 20. ( laughter ) we'll shake hands again. >> stephen: no, no. all right. uhm-- why hasn't governor cuomo clapped you in iron and stuffed you in a hefty bag and hung you off the george washington bridge? are you communicable

ed miliband. >> this is a target that he pledged to me. this is what they say.his is not just about missed targets. thousands of patients are being failed. they are missing their cancer target. he is missing his cancer targets, and he is missing his a and e targets. let me put it to him in terms that he might be capable of answering. on his visit to rochester and strood, has he had time to explain to people why over the last three months nearly 4,000 people waited more than four hours for a and e, and more than 700 people waited more than four hours on trolleys? >> i will tell them what is happening in the nhs. the number of nurses is up by 2,500 under this government, and the number of doctors is up by 8,000 under this government. millions more patients are being treated, all because we put in the extra money that labour said was irresponsible. now, he made a point about wales. let me just give him the facts. the last time a and e targets were met in wales was march 2008. the last time the urgent cancer treatment target was met in wales was 2008. what is the di

ed miliband. >> andy bean edge of this fundamental question that matters to business and families. he used to say he would never be for leaving european union. that was his position two years ago. all i'm asking him, i want to say in your opinion. he can't even answer the question. that was his position been. i will just ask him to repeat the same words as he is then that he would never campaign to leave the european union. yes or no? >> what is -- i want britain to stay and reformed european union. but we need the reform. we have a plan. he has no plan. we set it's time to get out. what did they say? nothing. we say you've got to safeguard the single market. what did they say? nothing. we say the got reform immigration but what do they say? nothing. absolutely feeble. that's why, that's why, mr. speaker, he faces a crisis in his leadership because he's got nothing to say about the deficit, nothing to say about the economy, nothing to say about welfare and nothing to say about europe. and the whole country can see they have a nothing leader in the opposition. [shouting] >> i do hav

miliband in one particular area. the poll over the weekend suggested 34% of people who voted labor at the last election believe mr. miliband is up to the job of prime minister. only a month ago that was 51%. what has led to the collapse over the last month? >> i'm not sure i accept collapse. everyone in politics know the polls go up and down but what matters is how people vote. and the last time we had a general election in may 2010, since then we have had different local and regional elections. and the labor party has been whipping back support and people are casting their votes. with the local counselors here in the u.k., we have put on over 2,000 new counselors importantly in those parts of the u.k. where we need to win back support to win. so that's very much what is at the forefront of my mind, but look, i make no bones about it. none of us do. this is going to be one of the closest elections in a generation in the u.k. we are living in quite unchartered times. in fact, across europe we see many of the establish

wednesday in the british house of commons, minister david cameron took questions from ed miliband about immigration reviews. other questions focused on u.k.-european union relations and british troops coming home from afghanistan. this is 35 minutes. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings today. >> ian lucas. >> as i walked to parliament this morning passing increasing numbers of people who are sleeping on victoria street pavement, i reflected that this government are the first since the 1920's to a presided over the real terms on average wages for their people. is this record of failure really the best this prime minister can offer the united kingdom? >> what we have actually seen under this government is a record fall in the number of unemployed people over the last year. also, he might want to make reference to the fact that this morning, the office for national statistics has pro

british opposition party leader ed miliband mourns the threats to leave the eu are a clear and presentanger to the u.k. when he speaks today at the confederation of british industry's conference. caroline hyde is at the event with more. this is a top theme today. how serious is the threat? caroline will join us shortly. -- onoing to get back to this particular theme. this is firmly on the political agenda. right at the top. the u.k.'s relationship with the eu. i don't see it on the market's radar. when does this really start to hit home that this is a serious issue and the u.k. could face of vote on the european union membership? >> as you say, i don't think it is priced in. that worries us. when we look at growth in the u.k., you see the number of people who come to work here from europe, yet we are still talking about immigration policy when we should be thinking about growth, i think that is a real issue. it will be long-term bad for the u.k. if we do have some kind of exit. >> when i look at the growth story from europe, we have the inflation report on wednesday, how do they go abo

. >> ed miliband. [shouting] >> glad to see they are still cheering on friday, mr. speaker. joined the prime minister in paying tribute to the rabbi whose murder in the horrific terrorist attack in jerusalem, and the other victims. this was an appalling act and all of my sympathies are with their families and friends. >> here, here. >> mr. speaker, can be transferred to what is so in favor of the bedroom tax and so against the mansion tax? >> first of all i make this prediction. the people behind it will still be cheering him on friday. [shouting] the point about -- the point about -- [shouting] >> when it comes -- when it comes to the views of close colleagues, it is worth listing with the new shadow cabinet minister in charge of election, honorable lady sit next to the shadow chancellor said about the leader. said this, there's a wider concern in the public about whether he's got the leadership qualities to lead his own party. let alone the country but i knew it more than a labour movement. i just didn't know they were that high up. the point about the spare room subsidy i

ed miliband. >> andy bean edge of this fundamental question that matters to business and families. he used to say he would never be for leaving european union. that was his position two years ago. all i'm asking him, i want to say in your opinion. he can't even answer the question. that was his position been. i will just ask him to repeat the same words as he is then that he would never campaign to leave the european union. yes or no? >> what is -- i want britain to stay and reformed european union. but we need the reform. we have a plan. he has no plan. we set it's time to get out. what did they say? nothing. we say you've got to safeguard the single market. what did they say? nothing. we say the got reform immigration but what do they say? nothing. absolutely feeble. that's why, that's why, mr. speaker, he faces a crisis in his leadership because he's got nothing to say about the deficit, nothing to say about the economy, nothing to say about welfare and nothing to say about europe. and the whole country can see they have a nothing leader in the opposition. [shouting] >> i do hav

ed miliband has a lot of issues to deal with. what happens tomorrow that affects the labour party. >> tomorrow is good for the labour party because the at onrvative loses their seed europe, which is principally a problem. by labor untilld 2010. labor gets it back tomorrow and they have a candidate. it suggests they are nowhere near and ed miliband can see it. party withopposition the unpopular government and not winning back the seat it held? that is the big question and goes to the heart of the problem. they are not turn into labor. you have the headline and the thing that drives voters to it is immigration. and we have the european union. on immigration, labor is uncomfortable. >> to say the least. >> they do not quite know how to deal with it temperamentally. the party is in favor of immigration. in the heartland seats, they are not. you are starting to see it make moves to say that they would stop people from claiming benefits and that sort of thing. the thing that drives people and immigrants is work. they come here for jobs

ed miliband?>> let's see if they're still cheering on friday, mr. speaker. i join the prime minister. i join the prime minister in paying tribute to rabbi abraham goldberg who was murdered in the horrific terrorist attack in jerusalem and the other victims. this was an appalling act and all of my sympathies are with their families and friends. mr. speaker, can the prime minister tell us why he's so in favor of the bedroom tax but so against the mansion tax? >> first of all, i make this prediction. the people behind me will still be cheering him on friday. the point about -- the point about -- when it comes to the -- when it comes to the views of -- when it comes to the views of close colleagues, it is worth listening what the new shadow cabinet member in charge of the election, the honorable lady sitting next to the shadow chancellor said about the leader, said this, there's a wider concern in the public whether he has the leadership qualities to lead his own party, let alone the country. the poin

the person who looks really insecure is ed miliband.he labour party looks like it has a tenuous hold on its own base. ukip is doing a master strategy. it has captured the concerns of the voting base and it is now going after the labour voting base. >> which kennedy road the most? -- which can it erode the most? seewe are going to start to this. do you think they take more away then theur conservatives? >> no one can calculate. it takes away from the models. what ukip is going is broadening its base. think, exactly right, this momentum against the conservatives is starting to level off. but its momentum against labour is starting to gain ground. mightk that is why ukip really be the game changer. all the predictions even a few months ago, people were talking about 20. when you are looking at the lib-dems falling to 20 or 30, ukip could be an equal gain maker with the liberal democrats. tt could be a contes between fmp and ukip. has movede by ukip the conservative party leadership increasingly towards the eurosceptics. shiftsee similar ki

. -- ed miliband. >> it is the by election in rochester. fear of paralyzed by another back edge rebellion. labour opposition day. we will help him get it through. >> mr. speaker, there is only one problem with his second question, which is we are going to have a vote. we are going to have it before the rochester by election. his questions have just collapsed. >> mr. speaker, all i can say -- all i can say is i look forward to working -- walking through the lobby together to vote for the european arrest warrant, two parties working together in the national interest, or maybe, mr. backbenchers, his 1.5 parties working together in the national interest. diding from the home office the ring two home office incompetence, can the prime minister explained dash cam the prime minister explain why the number of asylum applicants awaiting a decision has risen by over 70% in the last year? the european arrest warrant, this is an important issue. what we have achieved is the biggest transfer of power from brussels that to britain as we adopted over 100

on the other side of it, ed miliband fighting for his own future, for his political leadership, the labouro come out and say how fantastic the eu is and how we should stay in the eu. really setting up for the election next year and business and the economy and the european union really at the top of the agenda ahead of that. >> cameron will speak later on in the day. president obama could be speaking at apec soon. politics all over everything that is happening, it seems. >> this weekend, we celebrated 25 years of the reunification of germany. divisions faced with a with the u.k. and catalonia wanting out of spain. >> people wanted to voice their displeasure for the status quo. you should not read our guests were saying too much into it. >> thank you very much. "on the move" is up next. jon ferro will be with you with that program. ♪ >> welcome to "on the move." i am jonathan ferro at bloomberg european headquarters in the city of london, just moments away from the start of european trading. welcome back to bloomberg. us get straight to our morning no. the fall of the burning -- of the berl

. >> ed miliband. [shouting] >> glad to see they are still cheering on friday, mr. speaker. i joined the prime minister in paying tribute to the rabbi whose murder in the horrific terrorist attack in jerusalem, and the other victims. this was an appalling act and all of my sympathies are with their families and friends. >> here, here. >> mr. speaker, can be transferred to what is so in favor of the bedroom tax and so against the mansion tax? >> first of all i make this prediction. the people behind it will still be cheering him on friday. [shouting] the point about -- the point about -- [shouting] >> when it comes -- when it comes to the views of close colleagues, it is worth listing with the new shadow cabinet minister in charge of election, honorable lady sit next to the shadow chancellor said about the leader. said this, there's a wider concern in the public about whether he's got the leadership qualities to lead his own party. let alone the country but i knew it more than a labour movement. i just didn't know they were that high up. the point about the spare room subsidy

. >> you're getting into bed and waking up with the miliband, that is the message from prime ministern but the message from his acceptance speech last night, that is not a dig at the conservative hearty that is a dig at labor. >> if you look at the shares of voting in the election last night, labor's share of the vote drops almost as much as the conservative vote so the idea kip takes three votes in the conservative so was and everyone is labored it does not pan out. election it the may is hugely uncertain. it amazes me, you see mario draghi speaking of stimulus and growth and they all need you cap 's reason to want out of the u e and then you have the prime minister with strong growth at home and he has completely failed to translate that. even when the economy starts growing, people don't get the feel precise, that is fairly typical. the economy is somewhere around 3.5% bigger. inh a gdp growing it was 2008. >> population growth does help apparently. thank you to philip shah, chief economist. back in two. ♪ is reportedlynt considering an ipo next year. why are they considering the a

as labour represents those responsible at the top of the public sector, it is not ed miliband, but ukipents the concerns of most working men and women. >> mark reckless there, who is now the second ukip mp. >>> all this week, we've been profiling five nominees. yaya toure won the award last year and he's had a pretty good time of 2014 as well, winning the english premier league title and the league cup with manchester city. he's been speak about his nomination this time around to our reporter john bennett. >> it's fantastic. this trophy, specially for the african player who's doing very well in his respective league. a couple are doing very well. there's been a lot of football last year and this year. between that, we had the world cup. i think liverpool was in great form. beating all the teams. they beat us in anfield. i think last year was a fantastic league, you know i mean? and at that point, to win the league. it was unbelievable because every player, even the fans as well enjoyed. i've been working a lot, because i would wake up earlier in the morning, training every morning just

. >> ed miliband. [shouting] >> mr. speaker and was appalled by the abuse of people with learning disabilities. it is a basic obligation of a civilized society to treat the most vulnerable with respect and dignity. couple years ago the cub said the aim of the people into the community about the assessment and treatment units. today's report shows that hasn't happened. happened. can we did it across the house we affirm this? >> we should reaffirm that came anyone who watched the taliban program like me would have been shocked about the way people with learning disabilities are treated, everybody knows this is been a problem for years and decades not for a few months that we've got to do more to get people out of hospitals and into loving and caring homes in the community. the commitment to get all the people out of hospitals has been that and they've come up with good ideas for how we bring together the health service and local authorities to make sure that people with learning disabilities are treated with respect. >> m

. >> one of the things that came through, what leadership is is miliband having his own set of problemsn one of the things that you say is that the other parties have all gone in the wrong direction and they're all moving toward this immigrant immigration debate when in actual fact they have been led down a blind alley, 10% of the national polls and that the other party should focus on the 90% and not get lost on this immigration issue. certainly he would be beneficial for the conservatives to focus on the economic results of the government and the u.k. is doing considerably well especially compared because of the results of the country we have less than 6% unemployment it would be a dream for the country in your area, we have a growth rate which has not gone up at all. the best both rate since the 80's, and what you are achieving in terms of economics which is what voter poll research shows. you're focusing or chasing the ukip on immigration. is conservative party divided and so the risk is split. you're also winning more seats because you are cash -- capturing new voters but triggerin