All eyes will be on David Miliband as he takes to the stage at the Labour Party conference amid intense speculation about his future.
The vanquished Labour leadership hopeful has been keeping a low profile and weighing his options since his younger brother Ed was crowned as Gordon Brown's successor on Saturday evening.
But he is set to appear on the conference platform in Manchester in his role as shadow foreign secretary.
Delegates will be hoping he signals his intention to serve as a shadow minister and help get Labour re-elected, but the subject for discussion is supposed to be foreign affairs and he may steer clear of his personal plans.
He joked with journalists on Sunday night that they would be "very focused" on the appearance, which will take the form of a question and answer session rather than a traditional keynote speech.
But he added: "This conference is not about jobs for me, this is about a new future for the Labour Party."
Mr Miliband has been considering his future, and whether to stand for election to the shadow cabinet, with his wife Louise.
He said during the leadership election campaign that he would be prepared to serve under his brother, who until Saturday had always been his junior in politics, but he has not confirmed that he will since Ed emerged victorious. He has until 5pm on Wednesday to put himself forward for the shadow cabinet.
Shadow work and pensions secretary Yvette Cooper - who backed husband Ed Balls for the leadership and has herself been tipped as a possible candidate for shadow chancellor - said she hoped David Miliband would take a place in his brother's top team.
Ms Cooper said Labour would "hugely benefit" if the shadow foreign secretary decided to remain in frontline politics. I think he ran a really strong campaign and I think we would hugely benefit from him in Labour's senior team."
All eyes will be on David Miliband as he takes to the stage at the Labour Party conference amid intense speculation about his future.
The vanquished Labour leadership hopeful has been keeping a low profile and weighing his options since his younger brother Ed was crowned as Gordon Brown's successor on Saturday evening.
But he is set to appear on the conference platform in Manchester in his role as shadow foreign secretary.
Delegates will be hoping he signals his intention to serve as a shadow minister and help get Labour re-elected, but the subject for discussion is supposed to be foreign affairs and he may steer clear of his personal plans.
He joked with journalists on Sunday night that they would be "very focused" on the appearance, which will take the form of a question and answer session rather than a traditional keynote speech.
But he added: "This conference is not about jobs for me, this is about a new future for the Labour Party."
Mr Miliband has been considering his future, and whether to stand for election to the shadow cabinet, with his wife Louise.
He said during the leadership election campaign that he would be prepared to serve under his brother, who until Saturday had always been his junior in politics, but he has not confirmed that he will since Ed emerged victorious. He has until 5pm on Wednesday to put himself forward for the shadow cabinet.
Shadow work and pensions secretary Yvette Cooper - who backed husband Ed Balls for the leadership and has herself been tipped as a possible candidate for shadow chancellor - said she hoped David Miliband would take a place in his brother's top team.
Ms Cooper said Labour would "hugely benefit" if the shadow foreign secretary decided to remain in frontline politics. I think he ran a really strong campaign and I think we would hugely benefit from him in Labour's senior team."