Only Labour can make good on 'we're all in it together' claim, says Ed Miliband The party leader said the coalition could no longer lay claim to the mantra after cutting the 50p top rate of income tax and "picking a fight over petrol" that provoked panic at the pumps. He insisted Labour would show "what that phrase really means in these tough times" by making different choices. On the campaign trail in Southampton, Mr Miliband said: "I think it was this spirit the Government was getting at when they took office, saying we are all in it together. I think they were on to something but while their words were good, they have failed in deed. That's not 'we're all in it together'. He added: "This Government can no longer say 'we are all in this together'. But we will show what that phrase really means in these tough times with different choices, different priorities, different values. Mr Miliband also claimed British voters are yearning for old-fashioned values like solidarity. He insisted the principles his father Ralph, a left-wing academic, held dear were still relevant now as he continued his local election campaign tour. It sounds old-fashioned but I think it speaks to our time, to what people are yearning for. At a question-and-answer session with party members and the heads of local groups, he talked of his fears about NHS reform and the unfairness of the Budget, which he said had "obscured the economic failure" of the Government. He also said politicians must keep their promises and added that it was better to promise less and deliver more than the other way around.