Miliband: 'I Forgot To Mention The Deficit'

Ed Miliband is facing criticism after he forgot to mention the deficit during his 66-minute speech to the Labour Party conference.

In his last party conference speech before the General Election, the Labour leader set out his intention to put the NHS at the heart of the party's plan for the next 10 years.

However, speaking without notes, he left out entirely a passage on reducing the country's £75bn deficit.

The Labour leader told Sky News: "I cannot simply memorise a whole speech ..."

Ed Miliband's speech has been widely criticised

He said he learnt the basis of the speech but then added other things as he went along. He added: "I could have done it with autocue but I think what people want is somebody who will come and talk to them directly."

But he said he did not consider the speech had been a failure because he had delivered a message full of substance.

George Osborne tweeted immediately after the speech, which was overshadowed halfway through by Barack Obama's press conference on airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, to point out the omission.

A pre-prepared version of Mr Miliband's speech briefed to journalists and posted on Labour.org.uk on Tuesday afternoon contained a section on reducing Britain's deficit, however it was left out of his delivery.

The Labour faithful clap Mr Miliband out

He was also criticised by Conservative MP Harry Smith, who said: "Ed Miliband has let the cat out of the bag – he has no plan to deal with the deficit and no plan for the economy."

A Labour source explained it had been a slip and told Sky News: "This was a long speech and some things changed in delivery. He made clear no plans for additional borrowing."

Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said Mr Miliband "failed to offer any serious plan to grow the economy".

He added: "Labour simply don't have a long-term economic plan to secure a better future for Britain. Our country, our children and our grandchildren would be worse off under Ed Miliband's weak leadership."

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls had made reducing the deficit the centrepiece of his speech on Monday.

Speaking without notes, Mr Miliband outlined his six national goals:

:: To reward people for hard work - raising the national minimum wage to half the number of people on low pay

:: To tackle the cost of living crisis and make sure wages increased with economic growth, breaking up banks and taking power from Whitehall

:: Britain to create a million jobs in green industries - helping to tackle global climate change

:: Making sure as many school leavers go on to apprenticeships as go to university. Companies who employ foreign workers will be expected to offer apprenticeships too, and those who want Government contracts will need to provide apprenticeships

:: Making the dream of home-ownership a reality by building more homes and making sure 400,000 first-time buyers a year get on property ladder

:: Save the NHS - provide a "truly 21st century health service" using the proceeds of a mansion tax on homes above £2m and a tax on tobacco firms

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