from August 2010 I am very grateful to Bloomberg for giving me the opportunity to come here this morning to respond to the bullish speech given from this same platform by George Osborne 10 days ago. That speech is the clearest articulation of the Cameron-Clegg Coalition strategy for this parliament. In it, their Chancellor repeated his claim that

Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, has written to George Osborne MP over his claims this morning on health spending.

Saturday’s Guardian has an interview with Ed Balls: Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, has moved to challenge accusations that Labour is not credible on the economy by telling the public sector unions that he endorses George Osborne’s public sector pay freeze until the end of the parliament, and that he accepts every spending cut… “My

In a keynote speech today (Friday) Ed Balls will say Labour needs to urgently make the case for a credible economic alternative to the coalition’s "deflationary cuts" which risk a double-dip recession. In his speech – which is being held at Bloomberg, where ten days ago George Osborne accused Labour of being ‘deficit deniers’ – Ed Balls will accuse David Cameron and G...

Labour's Ed Balls dismisses the International Monetary Fund's backing for Chancellor George Osborne's deficit reduction strategy as "hoping for the best".

The Chancellor jokes that Ed Balls' record on the economy is equivalent to the job done by Eric Pickles' personal trainer.

Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, said in response to speeches by Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, and George Osborne this morning:

Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, has today written to George Osborne calling on the Government to deliver fairness in pay restraint.

Chancellor George Osborne gets a pleasant surprise to see his opponent Ed Balls dressed as Father Christmas.

Make a note, CoffeeHousers: Labour won’t be fighting a class war against the Tories, after all.  That’s what Ed Balls tells us in this morning’s Times – so it must be true, mustn’t it?  Erm, well, perhaps not.  This is how the Schools Secretary continues: “‘David Cameron’s and George Osborne’s vulnerability is not their schools o...