'Let Nick Clegg be' says Ed MIliband

Ed MILIBAND was last night due to appeal for Labour voters to pass up the temptation to damage Nick Clegg and support reform of the electoral system.

The Alternative Vote referendum should not be reduced to a verdict on the Deputy Prime Minister's "broken promises", Mr Miliband was set to insist.

The intervention, in a speech to the Labour Yes campaign in Westminster, comes just days after the party leader told Mr Clegg he was so unpopular he should lie low in the run-up to the 5 May poll.

Mr Miliband was set to say he wanted a Yes result because "politicians should never feel insulated from those they represent".

"AV isn't perfect, but it would help to restore the balance in favour of voters."