SCHOOLS Secretary Ed Balls was accused of "cowardice" after Westminster amended sex education legislation following opposition from religious groups.

by Jon Lansman, from Left Futures There have been two important outcomes from the debate over the last few months: Ed Miliband has come from behind to win support for change in the party. And Ed Balls has, in beginning to turn public opinion on the deficit back towards Labour, demonstrated his unique qualification to be

Ed Balls, the new shadow chancellor, yesterday moved to change his position on cutting the deficit to avoid an immediate showdown with Ed Miliband.

36 secret documents seen by The Telegraph detail the role played by Balls in plot to topple Tony Blair.

How can we possibly present a coherent message when our cabinet presents such a contradictory message? If anyone wonders why Labour is in such dire straits then look at the disconnect Ed balls displays between public statements and true belief. At conference Ed Balls has popped up with a newfound conversion to the values of regulating the financial markets. ED BALLS SEPT 21 2008 said :   ...

A SCHOOL has suspended two teachers after claims that teenage pupils on a cultural trip to the Far East ended up watching a live sex show in Bangkok. Umm, isn’t that what Ed Balls wants?

During the leadership campaign Ed Balls has demonstrated his willingness to march to the beat of a different drum against the mainstream consensus over the need for spending cuts. However, neither the party membership nor the public seem to have warmed to him. But Ed Balls can do human. Here he is drumming with his pen pall

Given that Ed Balls’ strategy has backfired on his party so far, with Labour ten points behind the Tories on economic credibility, something has to change. Either the policies, or the shadow chancellor. Read between the lines of Balls’ speech today, and you can see a man backtracking – and trying to hold on to his job. Even when Balls tells porkies, he does so with imagination an...

Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, said in response to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook update:

Ed Balls has let the cat out of the bag, the Tories are pleading with him not to frighten the horses ie us "The economy is going to define our politics in this region and in Britain in the next year, the next five years, the next 10 and even the next 15 years. "These are seismic events that are going to change the political landscape. "I think that this is a financial crisis more extreme and more ...