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Labour badly mishandled the issue of immigration in government, Ed Miliband is expected to say.
In a speech later, Mr Miliband will say his party “got it wrong” when it allowed uncontrolled immigration from new EU states in 2004.
Mr Miliband will also say his party ignored those who didn’t benefit from the big increases in immigration.
A future Labour government, he will claim, would limit labour market access to workers from new EU states.
Following Labour’s defeat at the 2010 general election, a number of candidates in the Labour leadership race – including Ed Miliband – cited immigration as an area where Labour had failed to connect with voters.
Mr Miliband, who has since said the party lost trust on the issue, is expected to spell out his views further in a speech at the IPPR think-tank.
