Ed Miliband last night admitted his decision to knife brother David in the Labour leadership race led to a worse deterioration in their relationship than he expected . Mr Miliband stood against his brother , the former Foreign Secretary who had been favourite to succeed Gordon Brown in 2010 , and clinched an unexpected victory thanks to the backing of trade union leaders . David Miliband refused a job in the shadow Cabinet and subsequently quit as an MP , forging a new life in the US as a charity boss . Scroll down for video . Ed Miliband last night admitted his decision to knife brother David in the Labour leadership race led to a worse deterioration in their relationship than he expected . ( Above , Ed , as leader of the party , with his brother in 2010 ) Mr Miliband stood against his brother , who had been favourite to succeed Gordon Brown in 2010 , and clinched an unexpected victory thanks to the backing of trade union leaders . Ed insisted their current relationship was a 'massive amount better than it was ' but declined to speculate about whether his brother would ever take a job in a future Labour government . Of his decision to run , Ed Miliband told the Guardian : ' I knew it was a big decision at the time , but it was an even bigger decision . 'It had bigger ramifications for my family , and for my relationship with David , than I had anticipated . ' Discussing their current relationship , he insisted it was a 'massive , massive amount better than it was ' , but declined to speculate about whether his brother would ever take a job in a future Labour government . Mr Miliband also discussed his concerns about the pressures of his job on family life . He said of his sons , Daniel and Sam , five and four respectively : 'Daniel did say yesterday , `` You 're always on the phone . '' That 's what I worry about . I do n't want to be an absent dad . That 's a challenge in this job and it 's a challenge if I 'm Prime Minister . ' David Miliband refused a job in the shadow Cabinet and subsequently quit as an MP , forging a new life in the US as a charity boss . However , Mr Miliband 's wife Justine is expected to start to feature in Labour 's election campaign from next week . The Labour leader admitted he was angry with himself for forgetting to mention the deficit when delivering his party conference speech last year . 'Well , quite rightly I kicked myself . But I 'm pretty resilient , ' he said . Mr Miliband risked angering the dwindling band of Blairite Labour MPs by attacking New Labour 's record . 'On inequality , I 've moved Labour on from where New Labour would have been . I care about the gap between the rich and the poor , ' he said . David Cameron will today bang the drum for the economic revival achieved by the Coalition as he says voters face a ‘ massive , generation-defining choice ’ at the election . He will point out that 1,000 jobs have been created every day since the Government came to power and that Britain grew faster in 2014 than any other major economy .
Ed stood against his brother , the ex-Foreign Secretary who was favourite to succeed Gordon Brown , in 2010 . He clinched unexpected victory thanks to backing of trade union leaders . Discussing their current relationship , Ed said it was a 'massive , massive amount better than it was ' He declined to speculate about whether his brother would ever take a job in a future Labour government . Ed added that he did n't want to be an 'absent dad ' to his four sons .