Ed Miliband denies crisis of confidence in him

Ed Miliband has denied there is a crisis of confidence in him as he insisted it was a "huge privilege" to lead his party.

The Labour leader has faced days of intense speculation about his future, with deep unrest among the ranks of backbench MPs and claims that some of his top team are plotting against him.

But he attempted to brush off the reports, saying he agreed that "you shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers".