CABINET Office minister Ed Miliband visited Ipswich today to launch Labour's campaign in May's council elections.Mr Miliband visited the Cobham Road recreation ground to see how government-backed regeneration programmes, together with the introduction of police community support officers, had transformed an area which had previously been a magnet for anti-social behaviour.
CABINET Office minister Ed Miliband visited Ipswich today to launch Labour's campaign in May's council elections.
Mr Miliband visited the Cobham Road recreation ground to see how government-backed regeneration programmes, together with the introduction of police community support officers, had transformed an area which had previously been a magnet for anti-social behaviour.
He urged people to vote on local issues in May's elections - not just regarding them as an opinion poll on the national government's performance.
He said: “When we came into power in 1997 there were no police community support officers. Now they are doing a valuable job in areas like this.
“It is Labour initiatives which are improving people's quality of life - and we have to make people aware of that in May's elections.”
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