. >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, everyone -- mr.eaker, everyone was appalled by the abuse of people with learning disabilities at winterbourne view. it is a basic obligation of a civilized society to treat everyone, particularly the most vulnerable, with respect and dignity. now, a couple of years ago, the government set the aim of moving people into the community and out of these assessment and treatment units. today's report shows that that has not happened. can we today, across the house, reaffirm this aim? >> we should absolutely reaffirm that aim. anyone who watched the television program on winterbourne view, like me, would have been absolutely shocked at the way in which people with learning disabilities are treated. everybody knows that that has been a problem for years and decades, not for a few months, and that we have to do more to get people out of hospitals and into loving and caring homes in the community. the reason that we commissioned this report from sir stephen bubb, and it is an excellent report, is that the comm

. >> edward miliband. i want to join the prime minister in paying tribute to those murdered in the appalling massacre in pakistan. even as we have become accustomed to tragic events, this slaughter of innocent children in their classrooms has shocked the world. we stand in solidarity with the grieving families and the people of pakistan, and in the fight against terrorism. i also join the prime minister in condemning the sickening terrorist attack in sydney, and our condolences go to the families of those who died and to the australian people. i also, like, the prime minister, pay tribute this christmas to all our troops serving around the world. they do our country proud and they show the utmost courage and bravery. the independent office of budget responsibility, established by the chancellor to give independent expert advice, claims that his plans take total public spending to its lowest share of national income in 80 years. why does he believe the obr has joined the bbc in a conspiracy against the cons

ed miliband back to the campaign . though yet been against action in syria 13 months before. >> mr.aker, let's be clear about what this is. isil is murdering muslims. those who say that it is an attack on islam, let me say this. i understand the anxiety including communities in britain, but the truth is entirely different. muslims themselves are saying it, leading scholars wrote this, and i quote, "isil is perpetuating the worst crimes." it is a war against all humanity. nobody is in doubt that it is a difficult mission and it will take time but there is evidence that the u.s. action is having the effect of holding back isil. prior to this action, isil was advancing. it is a choice to act or not to act. >> most mps spoke in favor of action against isis, but not all. >> every matter will be made worse. extremism will spread further and deeper around the world, just like happened as a result of the last iraq or. the people outside can see it, that the fools in here, who draw big salaries and big expenses, cannot or will not see it. saudi arabia has 700 warplanes. get them to bomb. tur

worry waiting for that miliband speech. it's going to be something that is going to be critical.. we just got that. we're waiting to stand up. the emphasis here is the -- miliband needs to reconnect with business, and it's been a very difficult relationship thus far, but there's a real sense within the labour party, particularly with other people, the business is going to be critical. the reason for that is that they feel that they've got an opportunity to reconnect over the issue of an e.u. referendum. the conservative party here more broadly are looking at that referendum potentially taking place. if they were to win the next general election, the labour party is saying they will not do that. they will have a referendum if we see a treaty change, but that's not necessarily the case at this stage. labour sees the opportunity to reconnect with business, and that is what the leader of the opposition is going to be talking about when he lays out the economic plan. he wants to reconnect with business. here is our plan, here is how we're going to deal with the deficit, and here's how

do you really think miliband and balls are that are placed? at least as well placed. the perception about what went wrong in 2008 is a historical. at the time there may have been too little regulation but that was not the message the conservative party was given. there were mistakes made by the labour party and all the government. the thrust of the procedures the labour party was pursuing at the time was a general consensus. >> the conservative party seems to be more vigilant in wanting to reduce the deficit. the labour party says we will reduce the current deficit. in the next parliament, the conservatives are more v vigilant. we want to do it by 2017, 2018, 2019. are you, as a business owner and aret labour party donor, you happy for the deficit to continue rising? possibly for the 2020's, which is looking likely if there was a labour government. about thelicies deficit are misconceived. the problem is it is largely a mirror of the balance of payments deficit we have got. until you have got the balance of payments under control, you will nev

. >> ed miliband [shouting] >> mr. speaker, i join the prime minister in paying tribute to the british embassy staff killed in the appalling terrorist attack in kabul last week. it's a reminder of the danger that embassy staff and military personnel face on a daily basis. all of our thoughts are with the family and friends of those who died. >> here, here. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister said earlier this year and i quote, will be tied to the politicians that makes the promises and then it says oh, sorry, i didn't really mean it. [laughter] can he recall anytime he might have done that? >> let me tell him, let me tell him the promises we've kept. we promise to get the economy growing. it's the fastest growing in the g7. we promise to get unemployment down. we have created 1.8 million new jobs. we promised to make britain a great place to start a business. there are 760,000 more businesses in this country. this government is a government that has made its commitments, kept its commitments and as result we the plan th

. >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, i join the prime minister in paying tribute to the british embassy staff killed in the attack in kabul last week. it is a reminder of the danger that embassy staff and delivery personnel still in afghanistan face on a daily basis and our thoughts are with the family and friends of those who died. "therime in us or year, politician that makes big promises and then says, oh, sorry, i did not really mean." have you recalled anytime he might have done that? >> let me tell you the promises we kept. we promised to get the economy growing. it is the fastest-growing. we promised to get unemployment down. we created 1.8 million new jobs. we promised to make britain a great place to start a business. there are 760,000 more businesses in this country. this government is a government that has made its commitment, kept its commitment, and as a result, we have a plan that is working. think of it, he might have broken a big promise quite recently. the tens ofdown to thousands. no ifs, ands,

. >> ed miliband. >> he's been spent four years thing we spent too much and now he is saying we spent. is he saying they are wrong and the proportion of national income? >> it's a percentage of national income will be roughly the same as it was in 1999 after two years of a labour government. the fact is this, i think that after seven years of economic growth we should be having a surplus. we should be fixing the roof when the sun is shining. is the labour leader, is the labour leader really saying that he doesn't think we should run a surplus ever? is that what you are saying? >> ed miliband. >> if he is just a little bit patient in four months time he will get to our sequester and i will get two hours. now let's talk. he knows what has happened. he knows what has happened is that the mask slipped in the statement. he has been revealed for who he really is. let's talk about the scale of the cuts to get to the 1930s vision. there are over 50 billion pounds more than the entire mom on spent on school half of what we have spent on the nhs and significantly more than in his parliament. if

[shouting] >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, i want to join the prime minister in paying tribute to those murdered in the appalling massacre in pakistan. even as we become accustomed to tragic events, this slaughter of innocent children in the classrooms has shocked the world. we stand in solidarity with the grieving families and the people of pakistan, and in the fight against terrorism. i also joined in condemning the terrorist attack in sydney and our condolences go to the families of those who died. and to the australian people. i also, like the prime minister, pay tribute to all our troops serving around the world. they do our country proud and they showed the utmost courage and bravery. mr. speaker, the in the pendants office for budget responsibility established by the chancellor gave independent expert advice saying that his plans, and i quote, take total public spending to lowest share of national income in 80 years. why does he believe the obr has joined the bbc in a conspiracy against the conservative party?

minister david cameron in the uk said the scenes unfolding were horrifying and the opposition leader ed milibandse in condemnation there. also the young voice in pakistan in particular taking to social media. >> yes. there's been a mass i outpoive outpouring of grief. there's also been a lot of people saying they stand in solidarity with the people of peshawar and that all pakistanis are united against these kind of attacks. >> the pictures that you're watching on your screen at the moment have come into us here in the bbc newsroom which are showing the aftermath of that school attack. these are the pictures that are coming in in the last few minutes, showing the scene outside of that school in peshawar. as you can see, a heavy police presence diverting the traffic. this is still an ongoing situation, with the whole area surrounding that school for a number of meters, completely cordoned off. we are still hearing the reports of gunfire and a military operation taking place. >>> we are going to bring in now a conservative member of the british parliament, who served as a political adviser to the

the prime minister questions the labor leader ed miliband holding on david cameron's difficulties. >> the renegotiation with the european union's got to get 27 countries to agree them. how many has he got so far? >> what we have is a set of things that we want to sort out in europe. we want to sort out safeguards for the single market. we want to get out of the union, we want reform and and of immigration. >> used to say he would never be for leaving the european union. european union. that was his position two years ago. all i'm asking, i want to stay in the european union and he can't even answer the question. dallas has positioned them. he is the same words as he used them that he would never campaign to lead the european union. yes or no? >> i answer that question the last time around. what is interesting, i want britain to stay in a reformed european union that we need to reform. we have a plan. he has no plan. we say it's time to get out of the union pier what do they say? nothing. we say you have to safeguard the single market. what did they say? nothing. we say enough to refor

. >> david miliband you are doing the lords work. for coming in. >> by the way, while we were having this serious conversation, the australians have continued to celebrate 2015. you can see the fireworks. these are live pictures, by the way. still going on celebrating 2015. david, by the way, will be pushing the button. >> you are dropping the ball. >> that is maybe an unfortunate phrase. [laughter] i have been practicing. >> practice well. all right, the whole country is counting on you, david. will be back in two minutes on -- we will be back in two minutes on "in the loop." ♪ >> it is new year's eve, and we're going to take a moment to reflect and confess there are trends that have defied critics and naysayers. before we make new year's resolutions, let's clear the air with what we learned about media and technology in 2014. joining us is our cohost michael wolf former yahoo! board member and former president of enemy -- mtv networks. peter let me -- michael, let me confess what i got first. not that i doubted netflix's growth, bu

. >>> okay, we're back with david miliband, the president and ceo of the international rescue committeetional rescue committee has resettled 62,000 cubans into america over the last 50 years. people who have been freeing oppression in cuba. but my reflection is a slightly different one. people seem to be saying because you've got diplomatic relations with a country, you've got to roll back on your criticism of the country. my experience is actually different. in a way, not having diplomatic relations can actually get in the way of really hard, tough talking. so i can see this actually opening up a dialogue about the human rights and other situation inside the country and i'm much more frank. >> let's move from cuba to syria. obviously one of your chief concerns. a continuing humanitarian nightmare. that has been eclipsed a bit in the news by what's been happening with isis. what the humanitarian situation on the ground? >> 2014 has been the year when new wars started in iraq and south sudan and the old wars carried on. not just syria but somalia, congo, et cetera. in syria, there is a n