The Labour party has upset its own MPs after selling mugs promising a control on immigration . The £5 souvenirs were supposed to drum up cash for the party 's election fighting fund . But they have sparked a storm of criticism , with prominent backbencher Diane Abbott branding them 'shameful ' . Ed Miliband 's promise to control immigration has been used as an unlikely slogan for a £5 red mug on sale on the Labour website . Labour released five mugs to coincide with the Launch of Ed Miliband 's five election pledges . Each red mug , sold through the party 's website , has one of the pledges written in white . But the one promising 'controls on immigration ' has uspet some of the party faithful . Ms Abbott wrote on Twitter : 'This shameful mug is an embarrassment . 'But real problem is that immigration controls are one of our 5 pledges at all . ' At 5pm on Sunday there were 267 of the mugs still available , according to the Labour website . The other pledges are : ' A Strong Economic Foundation ' , 'Higher Living Standards For Working Families ' , 'An NHS With The Time To Care , ' and ' A Country Where The Next Generation Can Do Better ' . At 5pm on Sunday there were 267 of the mugs still available , according to the Labour website . Labour MP Diane Abbott , a former frontbencher in Mr Miliband 's health team , condemned the mugs - and policy- as 'shameful ' A Labour spokesman said : 'Labour has five election pledges . This is one of the election pledges . ' Mr Miliband was tackled on immigration last week as he appeared on the first TV contest of the election campaign . Told that the last Labour government 's figures on the numbers expected to come to Britain were 'farcical ' , he admitted : 'Yes , they were wrong . I think that we benefit from our diversity , immigrants over the years have made a big contribution to our country but we do need proper controls . But he refused to set a limit on the number of people he thought could live in Britain before it was full . ' I 'm not going to get into your hypotheticals , ' he told interviewer Jeremy Paxman on the Sky News/Channel 4 programme . Challenged about his ability to take difficult decisions , Mr Miliband shot back : But am I tough enough ? Hell yes , I 'm tough enough . ' The 'hell yes ' slogan has also been seized on by the Labour party , which has had it printed on t-shirts for sale to raise money for campaign coffers . Challenged about his ability to take difficult decisions , Mr Miliband shot back : 'Am I tough enough ? Hell yes , I 'm tough enough . ' The slogan has been put on t-shirts now being sold by the Labour party . David Cameron has come under fire after promising 'no ifs , no buts ' to cut net migration to below 100,000 . But latest figures released last week show that a total of 298,000 more people arrived in Britain than left in the year to September , as the numbers arriving from the rest of the EU hit a record high . A record 624,000 arrived in Britain in a year , up from 530,000 in the previous 12 months . At the same time , 327,000 left , a figure which has barely changed since 2010 . Some senior Tories urged Mr Cameron to ditch the pledge , but he has vowed to repeat it for the general election this year too . He told the Sunday Telegraph : 'Britain is facing quite a lot of pressure because the level of migration has been too high for too long . You see that on school places , and you see that in some places on the health service . ' I can absolutely say to people who are concerned about this , ' I hear you , I hear your concern , I get your message . He insisted he sticks to his pledge : 'you can call it an ambition , you can call it a target . That is what I want to achieve . '
£5 red mugs feature the party 's five pledges for the general election . ' Controls on immigration ' mug condemned as 'shameful ' by Diane Abbott . Party also selling t-shirts with Ed Miliband 's unlikely ' o to EU membership'slogan, which is a reference to his opposition to Britain leaving Europe.