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Future immigration from within the European Union needs to be more tightly controlled, Labour leadership contender Ed Balls has said.

Writing in the Observer, he said "too many" British workers had been affected by migration policies under Labour.

He called for temporary controls on the number of workers from Romania and Bulgaria to be extended.

He also criticised the coalition government for failing to address concerns about unskilled EU labour.

In a BBC Politics Show interview later, Mr Balls is also expected to urge more debate about policy in the contest. - BBC