A row in Britain between Labour leader Ed Miliband and the Daily Mail shows no signs of abating as a senior executive at the newspaper defended the publication of an article attacking the politician's Marxist father.

The result of the Labour leadership contest in the UK will be announced at about 4.30pm today.

VOTING for a new leader of the Labour party is set to begin today, with brothers David and Ed Miliband seen as front runners in an election overshadowed by the party’s controversial previous leaders Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.