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Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain.

And it seems to me in that experience may lie at least some of the clues for policy development perhaps constitutional changes as well that Labour will need to make at the national level too.

If we can modernise the workforce, make them better qualified, have this framework of qualifications, then I think they have a very good case for more money.

What I've said in the past is that I want the Labour Party to approach this matter on the basis of unity.

We are implementing an in-depth reform on labor market, not to reduce rights for workers but to provide more visibility and more efficiency to investors and employers because it's the key for job creation.

In these difficult times, when tough decisions are required, the differences between Labour and the Tories are becoming much clearer. One party believes in intervention to reduce social and economic costs and the other believes in market forces and letting things take their course.

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.

So our problem is not Labour, it is us, is making us attractive enough to gain disillusioned Labour support and to compete effectively with the Lib Dems for those loose votes.