Shadow minister gives speech on child aspiration, as Labour leadership rivals Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper focus on engaging with ‘the disillusioned’

Leadership favourite tells business figures he wants to counter perception party is ‘soft on people who want something for nothing’ and doesn’t celebrate enterpise

Re-election hurdle is ruled out as new shadow chancellor attacks Ed Miliband’s energy price policy

Cooper in bid to distance herself from Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall as candidates intensify campaigns in the runup to summer hustings

In a statement with other supporters, the shadow business secretary says Kendall has been ‘courageous in challenging conventional wisdom’

Labour lost the election because it failed to show a grasp of markets and consumers, but the shadow chancellor says he has plans to change all that