Gary Gibbon
Ed Balls went (briefly) to Eton, the place Tory policy is made
Gordon Brown may taunt the Tories for inventing policy on the “playing fields of Eton”, but his Schools Secretary Ed Balls also spend time at the public school.
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FactCheck: Ed Balls tackles the banking beast
The claim “George Osborne has actually delivered a tax cut for the banks compared to last year, even after today’s announcement.” Ed Balls MP, responding to the Chancellors’ increased bank levy, February 8, 2011
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Ed Balls: fighting to win Labour leadership
Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to Ed Balls, who says the contest has been a “liberation” from which he has no intention of quitting.
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Gary Gibbon
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Javid ‘frontrunner’ to succeed May: Spectator journalist Katy Balls
Politicians might still be on holiday, but politics most definitely isn’t, with plenty of Cabinet ministers trying to grab their share of the headlines amid continuing talk of a challenge to Theresa May, while Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn is refusing to bow to pressure from members to support a second referendum on Brexit. Grace Blakely, from the New…
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Ikea meatballs in UK ‘contained horsemeat’
Swedish-style meatballs sold by Ikea in countries including Britain contained horsemeat but have since been withdrawn from sale, the company admits.
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AAA credit downgrade: Osborne v Balls
Austerity versus borrowing? Plan A versus plan B? Osborne versus Balls? In light of Moody’s decision to downgrade the UK’s AAA credit rating, who is right about the best way forward for the economy?
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Balls pledges new cash for affordable homes
The shadow chancellor Ed Balls tells the Labour Party conference he has a “clear and costed programme” to kick start the economy and get the country back to work.
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Miliband and Balls: inevitable Ed-ache for Labour?
As Alan Johnson leaves his post as Shadow Chancellor and Ed Balls replaces him, political commentator Lance Price ponders the compatibility of the Brownite and Labour leader Ed Miliband.
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Gary Gibbon
Balls on the attempted leadership coup
(UPDATED: now with video of Ed Balls interview.) To the QE2 centre in Westminster where Gordon Brown sat on a platform flanked by Ed Balls and Peter Mandelson, a lecturn either side of them. I thought the PM might be about to chair a debate between the two consorts, but alas not. It was an international education conference (which…
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Gary Gibbon
It was Mandelson who Balls it up for Ed
New rumour is that Gordon Brown didn’t actually decide to keep Alistair Darling in place until this morning and that an early morning conversation with Peter Mandelson swung it. That won’t do much for Mandelson/Balls relations, which had been patched up since Lord Mandelson’s return to government. Ed Balls will be feeling frustrated that his…
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Gary Gibbon
Balls! How Gordon’s dream ended
Alistair Darling saw the Prime Minister last night for a long conversation and made it plain he didn’t think he should be thrown out of the Chancellorship. The chancellor was offered a number of jobs but turned them all down. I believe Mr Darling left still not entirely clear whether he had won his right…
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‘International student economy in UK worth 42 billion’, says vice-chancellor of Leeds Beckett University
We spoke to Professor Peter Slee, the vice-chancellor of Leeds Beckett University.
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Omagh: three arrested after senior police officer shot in front of son
Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell is described as being “critical but stable” in hospital.
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Dame Vivienne Westwood: Fashion icon dies aged 81
Tributes have been paid to the fashion icon Dame Vivienne Westwood who has died aged 81.
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Atomic Kittens number one hit ‘Whole Again’ reworked paying tribute to England manager Gareth Southgate
It is perhaps an unlikely song to accompany Englands’ run to the Euro 2020 final on Sunday.
