Anger as Ed Miliband heads Labour election inquest

Former leader will lead ‘cross-factional commission’ into December defeat

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A series of Labour figures have responded with anger and derision to the news that Ed Miliband will spearhead the review into why the party lost the general election.

Labour Together, which is running a “cross-factional commission” into the party’s worst election showing since 1935, will assess what went wrong in the December poll.

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