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Ed Miliband has pledged that his Labour party would give people the right to vote from the age of 16, to a standing ovation from the Brighton conference floor.

He outlined a tough stance on land-grabbing developers, telling them they must "use or lose" the land they own. And he promised that Labour will tackle the housing crisis with 200,000 more homes a year and freeze gas and electricity prices until 2017, if voted into power.

Keeping schools open for breakfast clubs and afterschool clubs, free nursery care and a promise to "strengthen" the minimum wage were key pledges aimed at attracting parents and workers

The manifesto commitment to a change in voting age was first signalled a month ago by Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan, who argued it would reinvigorate politics to get teens involved at a younger age.

Today, it was confirmed. "Let's give the vote to 16 and 17-year-olds and make them part of our democracy," Miliband said, a pledge with a rousing reception in Brighton but mixed reaction on social media