Ed Miliband: Public do not trust politicians

LABOUR leader Ed Miliband has warned of a “crisis of politics” as he acknowledged that all politicians need to do more to win back people’s trust.

Speaking in Harlow, Essex, where his party seized control in last week’s council elections, he said he wanted to “reach out” to the more than two-thirds of voters who did not cast their ballot.

Mr Miliband said: “I want to reach out and understand why you don’t trust any politicians, why you don’t believe any of us can answer the questions that you are facing in your life.

“I think there is a crisis of politics in this country, there is a crisis of people thinking ‘I’m not going to engage with politics, you’re all the same, you all break your promises’.”

He insisted his party could “make a difference”, adding: “We can offer people change.”