far and too fast the Conservative-led government is putting front line services at risk. We are seeing new school buildings cancelled, NHS waiting lists increased Sure Start Centres at risk and frontline police officers and PCSOs cut. And on the economy the government is getting us into a vicious circle. Their policy choices have slowed growth and led to higher unemployment: making it harder to get the deficit down. More people out of work, on benefit rather than paying taxes, will make the deficit worse not better. Indeed, George Osborne is now set to borrow 46 billion more than he was expecting to last autumn because growth is slower and unemployment is higher -- a damning indictment on his economic plans. That's why Ed Miliband and Ed Balls are right to stay firmly focused on opposing this government's mistakes, talking about the future and developing the policies to build a stronger fairer Britain. Comments are closed Latest 23.00: According to the excellent Helen Pidd (who is becoming something of a by-election superstar for the Guardian), Nigel Farage is throwing in the towel for UKIP in Rotherham. She's just tweeted: Just seen Nigel Farage at the Rotherham byelection count. Says: "labour will win -- but not by much. UKIP a massive second. Tories nowhere" 22.51: Nigel Farage is tweeting that UKIP are in second place on postal votes. I won't get into electoral law here, but let's just [...] No-one can say that Ed Miliband is not brave. His decision to