WATCH: What would Labour do in government? Ed Balls explains…
What would Labour do in government? It was slightly overlooked at conference (with the focus on HS2 and…
Ed Balls
Ed Balls has had a tough week – but today he was on top form
Ed Balls arrived on conference floor after a furious morning of media interviews. He’d been buffeted by attempts…
Balls wants the OBR to cost Labour’s manifesto – but petty Tories say no
It’s economy day at Labour Party conference, and Ed Balls plans to tell conference that he wants the…
Labour backs national infrastructure body
A report out today argues that Britain is 40 years behind the rest of the world when it…
Rachel Reeves: Wages are £1,500 lower under Cameron’s government
Wages are £1,500 lower on average than they were under Labour, according to Shadow Chief Secretary to the…
Labour should be congratulating Osborne today, not attacking him
Today’s GDP growth of 0.6% (so widely predicted over the weekend it’s hard not to believe it was…
Ed Balls’ critique of Osbornomics is right – but is it too late?
There has been some furious and not particularly subtle briefing over the past week, suggesting that growth for…
Labour seeks to amend Banking Bill to introduce new criminal offence of “reckless misconduct in banking”
Labour has tabled a series of amendments to the Banking Bill – including on deferring bonuses and a new…
The worst of both worlds
A brief from Merrill Lynch, one of the world’s leading financial management companies, in 2011 began: “Recessions don’t…
Responses to the CSR
Mark Ferguson: Today’s parliamentary “festivities” started with Ed Miliband trying to strangle the Comprehensive Spending Review at birth,…
