Lord Mandelson comments prompt backlash from Labour figures

Labour has been convulsed with in-fighting after Lord Mandelson criticised Ed Miliband’s new policies such as the plan to freeze energy prices for 20 months after the election.

The influential peer, who was one of the founders of New Labour, told the Guardian that the public perception of Labour was ?in danger of being taken backwards?.

He urged the leadership to return to his ?industrial activism? approach to working with companies.

But Caroline Flint, the shadow energy minister, defended the energy freeze ? the most controversial element of Labour?s new package of policies.

Ms Flint, who is seen as one of the few Blairites in the shadow cabinet, also took issue with

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Source: http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2013/09/lord-mandelson-comments-prompt-backlash-from-labour-figures/

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