Ed Miliband: the Blair/Brown approach will not be enough to meet economic challenges "My Labour Party is not going to bow to the outdated idea that says that government cannot help, that there are no choices to be made," he said. My Labour Party is going to show that we can deliver fairness even when there's less money around. Labour sources strongly denied that the speech was a relaunch of his leadership in the face of falling poll ratings and mounting criticism of his performance. But earlier Mr Miliband brushed aside claims by his former adviser, Lord Glasman, that his leadership was "all crap" - dismissing such attacks as "noises off." He said a Labour government would achieve fairness through reforming the economy to reward long-term wealth creation, acting against vested interests which "squeeze" the living standards of ordinary families and "making choices that favour the hard-working majority." As an example of his approach, he said that while a Labour government might not be able to reverse cuts to the winter fuel allowance, it would act to ensure the energy companies gave a fair deal to the elderly. "The tariffs are so complicated at the moment that 80% of people are overpaying for their gas and electricity," he said. Offering different products is a good thing. But if those products end up taking advantage of older people, that is wrong. So I'll give the energy companies a simple rule. By all means put different products out there and for different kinds of consumers. But we will ensure you give pensioners over 75 the lowest tariff on offer. You make it happen, or we'll put it into law. Earlier today Mr Miliband, who has come under increasing pressure for his style of leadership in recent weeks, said the race to the next election "is not run" and that he had a "very strong inner belief" that he will win. He rejected the idea that he was "too ugly" to become Prime Minister and denied he had an image problem. He also refuted suggestions that he is lacking in direction and specific ideas to tackle the economic crisis as "noises off" and said he was in favour of a cap on benefits, keeping the winter fuel allowance and forcing energy firms to offer the elderly the cheapest deals.