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Ed Miliband has been filmed giving a homeless man £10 after being pointed towards a cash machine by a group of teenagers.

The former Labour leader , apparently travelling alone, came across a man, apparently in his thirties, outside Kentish Town tube station in London.

He was spotted leaving the station by Rob Braban, 18, and a group of friends, who had bought the rough sleeper some snacks and water.

In the video, Mr Miliband is seen stopping to talk to the man and asking about his circumstances.

The homeless man explained to Mr Miliband that he's usually based in Camden and Kentish Town, and can sometimes scrape together enough money to spend the night in a nearby hostel.

Mr Miliband asked: "Where were you before you became homeless?"

The homeless man said last year the company he worked became insolvent and he was made redundant. As a result he lost his rented home, and he told Mr Miliband he has no family.

During their chat, the Doncaster MP looked through his wallet, and scrabbled through his pockets looking for money to give the homeless man.

When he found none, Mr Braben told him there's a cashpoint over the road.

The video shows Mr Miliband crossing the road to the Sainsbury's Local to get some money, before returning and pressing a crumpled £10 note into the homeless man's hand.

The video shows Mr Braben saying: "You're a good man, Ed."

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Ahead of May's general election, Mr Miliband took fire being photographed apparently giving a 2p piece to a beggar at the side of the road.

It later emerged that although the camera only caught the 2p, it was the last of a number of coins he put in the homeless woman's cup.

Mr Braban later put the video on his Facebook page, adding: "Having already helped out this guy by buying him some water/ small bits of food, when Ed Milliband walked past we simply had to ask if he could contribute...

"I think Ed is setting a good example here for other MPs and human beings to follow. Please like and share this around to show that common decency goes along way."

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