ED Miliband is expected to visit Worcester today after Labour made gains in the city.

The party picked up three new councillors but failed to overtake the Conservatives as the biggest party.

However, the results meant the Conservatives have lost overall control of Worcester city council and it is not yet known which parties will run the council.

Mr Miliband has been in Birmingham this morning and expected to come to the city.

A senior Labour source said the leader wanted to show he recognised the need to reach out to voters who have yet to place their trust in him.

The source said: "He will also go to Worcester, which Labour did not win, to show people who did not vote for us or did not vote at all that Labour can change people's lives for the better."

The new council will have 17 Tory members, 15 Labour, two Lib Dems and one Green.