Miliband dismisses talk of Balls rift as “silly emails in offices”

After yesterday’s revelation that senior Labour (and Miliband) staffer Torsten Henricson-Bell had described Ed Balls’ messaging as a “nightmare” in an email that was accidentally leaked to the press, Ed Miliband has this morning moved to quash rumours that there is a rift between him and the Shadow Chancellor. Speaking on Daybreak this morning, Miliband said:

“It’s fair to say that people send silly emails in offices and this was one of them. Ed and I are working really well together, I’m really proud to have him as the Shadow Chancellor working alongside me. He’s somebody who I think has been right in his criticism of the Government’s economic policy and he’s also leading the way on this cost of living crisis that we’ve been talking about. So, as I say, people send silly emails in offices but that’s all it is.”

Undoubtedly Miliband will need to say likewise on Wednesday, when PMQs returns…