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Ed's finally reforming Labour. So why are the unions happy?

A new voting system could be Miliband's legacy. It could also backfire disastrously

8 February 2014

9:00 AM

8 February 2014

9:00 AM

Ed Miliband has his legacy. Or, at least, what he hopes will be the first part of it. He has succeeded in scrapping the system by which he was elected Labour leader. Gone is the electoral college split three ways between MPs, trade unions and ordinary party members. It has been replaced by a one-member, one-vote system.

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