Labour 'Will Fight For Working Families'

Ed Miliband has vowed to show Labour is "back" as the party of hard-working families, ahead of its annual conference in Liverpool.

The Labour leader , elected a year ago this weekend, said the party would reveal how it planned to take on the vested interests holding back hard-pressed families.

Arriving in Liverpool, he said that included tackling train firms "overcharging" people and energy companies "ripping them off".

"What I'm interested in doing this week and what I'm determined to do is show to Britain's hard-working families that Labour is back as the party of them," he said.

"Because they are families who are worried about the economy, are seeing their living standards squeezed, and are worried about their kids.

"We are going to take on interests, however powerful, that are holding them back.

"Today, we are talking about how we are going to take on train companies which are overcharging them for fares and energy companies that are ripping them off."

Meanwhile, a survey has suggested nearly three quarters of voters believe Mr Miliband's Labour is "not fit for Government".

A YouGov poll for The Sun found 68% of people said the opposition party needed to make "major changes to their policies and beliefs" to be fit to govern.

The poll also cast a shadow on the current leader's abilities, with 5% believing he is a natural leader and 4% saying he is good in a crisis.

Less than one in 10 people described him as decisive and strong, but 24% believed he is in touch with ordinary people - more than twice the figure for Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron .

The statistics revealed only 12% believe Mr Miliband has improved Labour, down from 36% last year.

Six out of 10 said they thought political party has still not "faced up to the damage they did to the British economy".