Miliband slams Osborne over green economy U-turns

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Following green economy omission from keynote speech, Labour leader uses Q&A session to talk up commitment to the environment

Ed Miliband today sought to make up for the omission of environmental issues from yesterday's widely praised conference speech, arguing that a Labour government would step up support for the green economy....

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