Ed Miliband refuses to back John McDonnell's Bill
John McDonnell MP's Private Member's Bill, which would have stopped courts ruling out strike ballots on small technicalities, was defeated in Parliament on 22 October. Ed Miliband, when standing for Labour leader, volunteered in a statement to the unions that he would back moves to stop judges invalidating strike ballots on the basis of minor errors. But Ed Miliband's front bench refused to back McDonnell's Bill, and would not mobilise enough Labour MPs to attend the House of Commons to get the Bill on to its next stage. Labour shadow minister Nia Griffith refused to support Mr McDonnell's...