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• Leading Conservatives now realise that their leader is desperately out of touch - Umunna

  Chuka Umunna MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, commenting on reports of David Davis’ interview with Prospect magazine, said:

• First we lose out to France over fast jets and now we lose out to South Korea over Royal Navy tankers - Murphy

  Jim Murphy MP, Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary, commenting on news today that the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) tankers contract will go to Daewoo, said:

• The Prime Minister is completely out of touch with pressures on families - Dromey

  Jack Dromey MP, Labour's Shadow Housing Minister, today called on the Prime Minister to correct his statement to the House in January where he claimed that rents were falling in

• Ministers must drop their blind spot on road safety if 80mph speed limits are to be approved - Maria Eagle

  Labour will back a change to variable speed limits, allowing them to increase to 80mph as well as decrease below 70mph as currently permitted, as a safer alternative to the

• Marie Colvin was an inspiration to women in her profession - Ed Miliband

  Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, said:

• Labour launches Shadow Defence Review

  Today Labour publishes ‘21st Century Defence’, a consultation paper, to launch the Labour Party Shadow Defence Review. Labour will review the threats the UK faces, assessing the Government’s defence policy

• Energy companies must respond to the confusing array of tariffs - Flint

  Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, commenting on SSE’S announcement on their range of energy tariffs, said:

• Labour calls on Lib Dem MPs to support NHS risk register fight in Commons today

  Call comes as Lib Dem activists table Spring Conference motion calling for section of Health Bill to be scrapped Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, speaking ahead of Labour’s

• Evidence, not dogma: a smart way to raise education standards - Twigg

  Stephen Twigg MP, Labour's Shadow Education Secretary, in a speech today to Progress, said: