Archive for the ‘Shadow Chancellor Blog’ Category
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2013- 19/05/2013 Labour’s five steps to tackle tax avoidance – my New Statesman article with Catherine McKinnell MP
- 12/05/2013 The Queen’s Speech ducks the long-term economic challenges – my Independent on Sunday article
- 12/05/2013 Interview on Sky News’ Murnaghan programme
- 25/04/2013 Lacklustre figures show economy back to where it was 6 months ago and continue picture of flatlining since spending review
- 22/04/2013 My article for G2 on the 2013 London Marathon
- 19/04/2013 Response to downgrade of UK credit rating by Fitch
- 19/04/2013 Learning the right lessons from the Thatcher era – my Tribune column
- 16/04/2013 Response to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook
- 06/04/2013 Labour launches poster on David Cameron’s tax cut for millionaires
- 04/04/2013 George Osborne’s comments today are the cynical act of a desperate Chancellor
- 02/04/2013 Millions on low and middle incomes hit while millionaires get tax cut – response to George Osborne’s speech
- 01/04/2013 Why I’m running the London Marathon again this year
- 31/03/2013 Families are £891 worse off in new tax year, new figures show
- 21/03/2013 Britain deserves better than more of the same failing policies – my Budget verdict in the Daily Mirror
- 17/03/2013 Transcript of interview on The Andrew Marr Show
- 13/03/2013 It’s not too late to go for growth – my pre-Budget article for the Evening Standard
- 12/03/2013 This is a spending review David Cameron and George Osborne never wanted or expected to happen
- 11/03/2013 George Osborne is continuing to duck the radical banking reform we need
- 10/03/2013 Transcript of interview on Sky News’ Murnaghan programme
- 07/03/2013 Families, pensioners and businesses across Britain will wonder what planet David Cameron is on
- 05/03/2013 In the absence of action in Britain, George Osborne is on weak ground opposing sensible proposals on bank bonuses
- 05/03/2013 Speech to the EEF Annual Conference
- 26/02/2013 Tory Millionaires Day
- 25/02/2013 Daily Mirror article: the medicine has to change, before the patient gets any sicker
- 22/02/2013 Response to Britain’s credit rating downgrade
- 22/02/2013 This government’s dither and short-termism will hurt us all in the long-term – My Tribune column
- 21/02/2013 The Bank of England is losing patience with this Chancellor
- 14/02/2013 Labour’s plans for a fairer tax system – my Evening Standard article
- 08/02/2013 The government’s failing plan is doing long-term damage – my Tribune column
- 31/01/2013 There is now a clear case for a British Investment Bank – Telegraph article with Chuka Umunna
- 30/01/2013 The government has to ensure fairness and reform our banks – my Daily Mirror article
- 25/01/2013 My response to today’s GDP figures
- 24/01/2013 Cameron and Osborne must finally heed the IMF’s advice
- 17/01/2013 Britain’s fragile economy needs reform in Europe, not an exit – my Guardian article
- 13/01/2013 We need action to end the era of tax secrecy – Huffington Post blog
- 05/01/2013 The government’s assault on millions of working families next week
- 04/01/2013 Britain needs real welfare reform that is tough, fair and that works – my Politics Home article
- 21/12/2012 My response to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards’ first report
- 09/12/2012 Striving working families pay the price for Tory economic failure – my article for The Sun
- 09/12/2012 Interview with Sky News’ Murnaghan programme
- 06/12/2012 My Labour List blog on the Autumn Statement
- 05/12/2012 House of Commons response to the Autumn Statement
- 03/12/2012 The Chancellor needs the courage for a new strategy – my Evening Standard article
- 02/12/2012 My Sunday Mirror article on the autumn statement
- 25/11/2012 Time for urgent action to tackle tax avoidance – my Huffington Post blog
- 14/11/2012 Sobering report from Bank of England shows why this is time for action not complacency
- 09/11/2012 Postpone the fuel duty rise to help families and struggling economy – my Politics Home article
- 02/11/2012 Three tests for the autumn statement – my Tribune column
- 31/10/2012 EU budget vote is a humiliating defeat for David Cameron
- 29/10/2012 The EU Budget needs radical reform and a real terms cut – my Times article with Douglas Alexander
- 25/10/2012 Response to today’s GDP figures
- 15/10/2012 Despite new IMF advice George Osborne is still in denial – my Guardian article
- 10/10/2012 Realising the promise of a generation – Ed Balls & Vernon Coaker write in the Belfast Telegraph
- 09/10/2012 Downgraded IMF forecasts are another damaging blow to government’s economic credibility
- 05/10/2012 Let’s recapture the spirit, values and national purpose of 1945 – my Tribune column
- 01/10/2012 Speech to the Labour Party Annual Conference 2012
- 11/09/2012 Speech to TUC Annual Congress
- 09/09/2012 Transcript of Ed’s interview on The Andrew Marr Show
- 08/09/2012 Vince Cable must know plan A isn’t working – so let’s work together on new ideas to get economy moving – my Sunday Mirror article
- 29/07/2012 The Tory & Lib Dem plan has failed – Britain needs a new direction – my Sun article
- 26/07/2012 Deepening recession shows why Cameron & Osborne need to change course – my Daily Mirror article
- 25/07/2012 Ill-judged plan has turned Britain’s recovery into a flatlining economy and now a deep and deepening recession
- 13/07/2012 Why we need root and branch reform of our banks to restore public trust – my Tribune column
- 05/07/2012 The case for an independent judicial inquiry into the culture of banking – Evening Standard article
- 03/07/2012 Why are the government afraid of an open, public, forensic judicial inquiry? Sky News interview transcript
- 30/06/2012 Review of LIBOR arrangements is overdue, but it does not go far enough
- 29/06/2012 We need a proper independent inquiry into the culture of banking – my BBC News interview
- 26/06/2012 The fastest u-turn in history
- 26/06/2012 With the economy in recession, the Chancellor should stop August’s fuel duty rise – my Sun article
- 18/06/2012 My Evening Standard article: austerity has failed in Europe — we must all now go for growth
- 14/06/2012 BoE Governor is now recognising what Chancellor refuses to – urgent action is needed to stimulate the economy
- 14/06/2012 House of Commons speech on the banking reform White Paper
- 14/06/2012 Today’s figures show Labour lifted over 1 million children out of poverty
- 09/06/2012 George Osborne will fool nobody with his desperate excuses
- 31/05/2012 Response to the u-turn on the charity tax
- 29/05/2012 Why I’m out4marriage
- 24/05/2012 Response to revised GDP figures
- 22/05/2012 Response to the IMF’s report on the UK economy
- 22/05/2012 Being interviewed by George – the Kidz Board chairman for Whizz-Kidz
- 20/05/2012 Transcript of interview with Sky News’ Murnaghan programme
- 20/05/2012 Norwich City: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Club – my book review for the Eastern Daily Press
- 18/05/2012 Osborne’s economic strategy has failed on all three promises – my Tribune column
- 15/05/2012 Response to EU growth figures
- 13/05/2012 We agree about Europe – my joint Guardian article with Lord Mandelson
- 06/05/2012 Sunday Politics interview with Andrew Neil
- 04/05/2012 Local election results – transcript of BBC interview with David Dimbleby
- 29/04/2012 Murnaghan interview on the recession, Jeremy Hunt and local elections
- 27/04/2012 More balanced approach means US economy is growing, while Britain is back in recession
- 26/04/2012 A recession made in Downing Street – my Daily Mirror article
- 25/04/2012 Cameron and Osborne’s failed policies have plunged us back into recession
- 23/04/2012 My London Marathon diary for The Guardian’s G2 – part 3
- 23/04/2012 My FT article: give new Governor a better chance of success by fixing flaws in Bank of England reform Bill
- 21/04/2012 If forecasts come true, economy would barely have grown over last six months
- 21/04/2012 Why I’m running the London Marathon for two great causes – my Mirror article
- 20/04/2012 The IMF cannot and should not become the de facto central bank of the euro area
- 19/04/2012 Labour to vote against ‘granny tax’
- 17/04/2012 My Daybreak interview on charity tax & London Marathon
- 16/04/2012 My London Marathon diary for The Guardian’s G2 – part 2
- 09/04/2012 My London Marathon diary for The Guardian’s G2 – part 1
- 08/04/2012 Labour will call a Commons vote on the ‘granny tax’ – my Sun article
- 05/04/2012 Families with children to lose £511 per year from tomorrow, new IFS figures show
- 29/03/2012 Sponsor two great charities I am running the London Marathon for
- 28/03/2012 Revised growth figures show UK economy has flatlined since the spending review
- 26/03/2012 The Budget failed the fairness test and the jobs & growth test – my Daily Mail article
- 25/03/2012 Interview with Andrew Neil on the Sunday Politics
- 22/03/2012 Millions were asked to pay more so millionaires can pay less – my Daily Mirror article
- 21/03/2012 BBC News interview on the Budget
- 18/03/2012 Ed’s Pre-Budget interview on the Andrew Marr Show
- 18/03/2012 Sunday Mirror article on Labour’s Budget priorities – jobs and people on middle & low incomes
- 15/03/2012 Speech to the British Chambers of Commerce Annual Conference 2012
- 14/03/2012 Newsnight interview transcript on Fitch announcement
- 12/03/2012 The tests for next week’s Budget
- 09/03/2012 Labour’s priorities for the Budget – my interview with the BBC’s Nick Robinson
- 04/03/2012 Transcript of interview with Sky News’ Murnaghan programme
- 04/03/2012 We need a Budget for jobs and to stop a bombshell for the squeezed middle – Politics Home article
- 26/02/2012 George Osborne is finally agreeing with principled position Labour took on IMF funding last summer
- 24/02/2012 Today’s revised growth figures show Britain grew even less than we thought in 2011
- 24/02/2012 Why the government needs to start putting jobs first – my Tribune column
- 19/02/2012 The eurozone and the case for fair tax cuts to boost growth – Andrew Marr Show transcript
- 18/02/2012 Fair tax cuts for families must be at the heart of a Budget for jobs and growth – my Sunday Times article
- 15/02/2012 My Daily Mirror article: Tory economic plans are all pain and no gain
- 14/02/2012 Response to Moody’s statement on the UK
- 09/02/2012 Quantitative easing cannot offset the contractionary effects of tax rises and spending cuts that go too far and too fast
- 02/02/2012 What needs to be done in the eurozone – Ed Balls in today’s Independent
- 27/01/2012 Today’s US growth figures
- 26/01/2012 The Tory economic plan isn’t working, but it doesn’t have to be this way – my Daily Mirror article
- 25/01/2012 Growth figures are a damning indictment of David Cameron & George Osborne’s failed economic plan
- 24/01/2012 Response to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook update
- 18/01/2012 Newsnight interview on how Labour will have to clear up George Osborne’s economic mess
- 15/01/2012 Cameron & Osborne should change course and put jobs first – my Sunday Mirror article
- 14/01/2012 Today programme interview on economic policy and why jobs must come before higher pay
- 14/01/2012 2012 Fabian Society Annual Conference speech
- 14/01/2012 Jobs must be our priority – my Labour List blog
- 10/01/2012 The World at One interview on Ed Miliband’s speech
- 21/12/2011 My interview in today’s Independent on the challenges for Labour in 2012
- 15/12/2011 Why every child should learn about how to manage money – my article for MoneySavingExpert.Com
- 14/12/2011 Sky News interview with Adam Boulton on unemployment figures and the eurozone crisis
- 12/12/2011 Ed’s interview in the Financial Times on the EU summit
- 09/12/2011 David Cameron has chosen isolation when he should have been building alliances to solve the eurozone crisis
- 09/12/2011 The eurozone crisis makes the case for changing course in Britain even stronger – my Tribune column
- 05/12/2011 Labour must regain trust on the economy, but not by backing a failed Tory plan – Ed’s article in tomorrow’s Times
- 01/12/2011 “It does not have to be this way” – extracts of speech to CBI Wales Annual Dinner
- 29/11/2011 My response to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
- 29/11/2011 Daily Mirror article: today we find out that the government’s reckless gamble with our economy has backfired
- 27/11/2011 Andrew Marr Show interview transcript
- 21/11/2011 Today programme interview on housing, growth and Labour’s jobs plan
- 20/11/2011 Business wants action not excuses from the government – my Huffington Post UK blog
- 20/11/2011 Growing support across business for measures in Labour’s five point plan for jobs – Sky News interview
- 16/11/2011 Ed’s BBC interview on today’s jobs figures: if we don’t act on youth unemployment, our country will pay a very long-term price
- 15/11/2011 EU growth figures show only Greece, Portugal & Cyprus have grown more slowly than UK over the last year
- 15/11/2011 Daily Politics interview with Andrew Neil
- 13/11/2011 Politics Show interview on Labour’s five point jobs plan, eurozone crisis and executive pay
- 12/11/2011 Labour MPs will use this week’s recess to show there is a better way – a five point plan for jobs
- 11/11/2011 Vision and pragmatism is the way to win – my Tribune column
- 11/11/2011 Interview with Radio 5 Live’s Nicky Campbell on the eurozone and business calls for a stimulus
- 10/11/2011 Clear about what the IMF’s job is, and what it isn’t – my letter in today’s Financial Times
- 04/11/2011 BBC interview on the G20 summit
- 04/11/2011 The role of the IMF – interview with Radio 4’s The World at One
- 03/11/2011 The G20 summit and funding for the IMF
- 01/11/2011 2011 Aneurin Bevan Memorial Lecture – A visionary pragmatist: why Bevan is a Labour hero
- 01/11/2011 The British economy has been flatlining for the past 12 months
- 30/10/2011 Transcript of interview with Sky News’ Murnaghan programme
- 27/10/2011 Sky News interview on US growth figures and the eurozone agreement
- 27/10/2011 Independent article on the need for a global ‘new deal’
- 27/10/2011 Interview on US breakfast show “Morning Joe”
- 21/10/2011 Daily Politics interview on the eurozone crisis
- 20/10/2011 The economy a year since the spending review – interview on The World at One
- 14/10/2011 My Tribune column on Labour’s jobs plan
- 12/10/2011 Opposition Day debate on jobs and growth speech
- 09/10/2011 Politics Show interview transcript
- 09/10/2011 Tory austerity plan is hurting but not working – my Sunday Mirror article
- 06/10/2011 Cameron & Osborne are now betting on a bail out from the Bank of England
- 05/10/2011 Revised growth figures should set alarm bells ringing in Downing Street
- 26/09/2011 2011 Labour Party Conference speech
- 20/09/2011 IMF forecasts are deeply concerning for both the UK and world economy
- 16/09/2011 BBC News interview on the eurozone crisis and George Osborne’s speech
- 16/09/2011 The reckless thing for George Osborne to do is to plough on regardless – my Tribune column
- 14/09/2011 Newsnight interview transcript
- 12/09/2011 The Independent Commission on Banking’s final report
- 09/09/2011 Banking reform must not be kicked into the long grass – my Labour List article
- 09/09/2011 Response to speeches by the head of the IMF & the Chancellor
- 08/09/2011 Response to the OECD’s Economic Outlook
- 08/09/2011 Today Programme interview on the global economy and the need for a plan B
- 06/09/2011 Only Portugal and Romania have grown more slowly than UK in last year
- 04/09/2011 We need internationalist spirit – and a plan for global growth – my column in the Observer for Bill Keegan’s ‘in my view’ slot
- 26/08/2011 Response to Ben Bernanke’s speech at Jackson Hole
- 16/08/2011 Slowdown of European economies is a serious cause for concern
- 12/08/2011 My response to the Chancellor’s statement today
- 07/08/2011 We need leadership and a plan for growth – my Sunday Mirror article
- 06/08/2011 Deficit plans are only credible if they have political agreement and deliver on what they promise
- 05/08/2011 Where is Britain’s leadership in this global economic storm? My Comment is Free article
- 02/08/2011 Ed Balls’ statement in response to today’s Supreme Court decision
- 26/07/2011 Economy has been recklessly choked off by George Osborne
- 24/07/2011 Transcript of interview with Sky News’ Murnaghan programme
- 23/07/2011 Politics Home blog: George Osborne has left Britain’s economy exposed to the elements
- 23/07/2011 Isolationism in Europe betrays Britain’s national interest – my Independent on Sunday article
- 22/07/2011 Why the Eurozone crisis matters for Britain – my Mirror article
- 22/07/2011 George Osborne has already undermined the economic recovery – my column in Tribune
- 20/07/2011 Transcript of Newsnight interview on the Eurozone crisis
- 08/07/2011 Ed Balls interview with Sky News on News of the World and Cameron & Osborne’s judgement
- 28/06/2011 ONS figures confirm economy has flatlined over last six months
- 24/06/2011 Don’t repeat the ERM mistake – my Tribune column
- 22/06/2011 Labour List article: Opposition Day Debate on the June 2010 Budget one year on
- 19/06/2011 Andrew Marr Show interview transcript
- 18/06/2011 Sunday Mirror article on the economy, strikes and public sector pensions
- 17/06/2011 Statement on former constituency office in Normanton
- 16/06/2011 London School of Economics lecture
- 13/06/2011 George Osborne is letting the rest of the world race ahead – my article in today’s Daily Mirror
- 10/06/2011 Statement on Daily Telegraph reports
- 06/06/2011 My speech to the 2011 GMB Congress
- 06/06/2011 Ed Balls responds to IMF statement and George Osborne’s Today progamme interview
- 05/06/2011 Transcript of Ed Balls’ interview with Sky News’ Murnaghan programme
- 04/06/2011 ‘Britain’s Lost Talent’ – Ed’s article in tomorrow’s News of the World
- 27/05/2011 Tribune column on the banks
- 27/05/2011 Statement by Ed Balls MP on today’s Appeal Court judgement
- 25/05/2011 George Osborne should “listen to wise advice” as OECD deputy says government should reconsider pace of cuts
- 25/05/2011 Growth figures and downgraded OECD forecasts confirm UK economy has entered a more difficult phase
- 23/05/2011 Bank lending figures for small businesses are disappointing
- 17/05/2011 Speech to the Journalists’ Charity annual lunch
- 13/05/2011 EU growth figures show UK has gone from fast lane to slow lane since Osborne’s spending review & VAT rise
- 11/05/2011 My speech to the Institute of Directors Conference
- 06/05/2011 Britain is paying the price in lost jobs and lost growth – my Tribune column
- 27/04/2011 The economy has flatlined since the autumn – my response to today’s growth figures
- 20/04/2011 My Guardian article: George Osborne is looking increasingly out of his depth
- 11/04/2011 The Independent Commission on Banking’s interim report
- 10/04/2011 Banking reforms and the NHS – Politics Show interview transcript
- 09/04/2011 The three tests for George Osborne on banking reform – LabourList article
- 08/04/2011 BBC interview on Portugal bailout
- 07/04/2011 Ed Balls’ Sky News interview on Portugal and austerity
- 06/04/2011 A Black Wednesday for millions of families – my Labour Uncut article
- 02/04/2011 Ed Balls responds to OBR predictions of rising household debt
- 01/04/2011 Tribune column: don’t let the Tories re-write history – ours or their own
- 28/03/2011 Cuts without growth won’t fix the deficit – my Daily Mail article
- 24/03/2011 My Budget response broadcast
- 23/03/2011 Don’t get fooled again – my article in today’s Daily Mirror
- 20/03/2011 The tests for George Osborne’s Budget – my Independent on Sunday article
- 20/03/2011 Andrew Marr Show interview transcript
- 16/03/2011 Today’s unemployment figures and OECD report
- 14/03/2011 Labour calls for Budget to put jobs and growth first
- 13/03/2011 Ed’s interview on Sky News’ Murnaghan programme
- 12/03/2011 Ministers should not be using cover of flimsy growth strategy to strip away rights of workers
- 12/03/2011 Interviews with The Guardian, Daily Record and The Scotsman
- 07/03/2011 Ed’s article for The House Magazine
- 06/03/2011 George Osborne is the real enemy of enterprise and growth in Britain today
- 05/03/2011 Cameron & Osborne are trying to take us back to the 1980s – extracts from Ed’s speech today
- 04/03/2011 Rising world oil prices, but Osborne is making same mistakes of 1979 – Ed’s column in Tribune
- 28/02/2011 George Osborne should reverse the VAT rise on fuel – my article in The Sun
- 27/02/2011 Interview with The Politics Show on fuel prices and the economy
- 27/02/2011 ‘The King’s Speech must win for proving a stammer is nothing to be ashamed of’ – my Mail on Sunday article
- 25/02/2011 ‘George Osborne should change course before it’s too late’ – Ed Balls responds to revised GDP figures
- 18/02/2011 Ed’s interview with the Financial Times
- 09/02/2011 The get-out clause in the Project Merlin deal with the banks
- 06/02/2011 On bank bonuses George Osborne has been all talk and no action
- 04/02/2011 George Osborne the Gambler – Ed Balls column in Tribune
- 01/02/2011 Larry Summers and other economic news today
- 30/01/2011 Transcript of Ed Balls interview on The Andrew Marr Show
- 30/01/2011 Tory HQ just don’t get it – Angela Eagle responds to Matthew Hancock MP
- 30/01/2011 George Osborne is in denial – my Independent on Sunday article
- 30/01/2011 The Chancellor needs a plan B – my article in The People
- 25/01/2011 Concerning growth figures show Britain’s economic recovery has now ground to a halt
- 24/01/2011 Myth-buster – article in today’s Daily Mirror
- 22/01/2011 After Cameron & Osborne’s reckless gamble, 2011 is a critical year for British economy
- 19/01/2011 Ed Balls’ letter to the PM on proscribing Hizb ut-Tahrir
- 14/01/2011 My Tribune column – after Oldham, let’s take the fight to the Tories
- 11/01/2011 Counter-terror review process has ‘descended into a shambles’ says Ed Balls
- 11/01/2011 14,500 police jobs already set to go as cuts start to bite
- 10/01/2011 Jim Gamble right to speak out on government’s risky plans for our child protection centre
- 07/01/2011 Oldham by-election, policing in Birmingham & my Daily Mirror interview
- 06/01/2011 Interview with The World at One on control orders
- 06/01/2011 The government’s review of counter-terrorism powers
- 22/12/2010 Sir Paul Stephenson right to air concerns about funding cuts to Met Police, says Ed Balls
- 13/12/2010 Home Secretary failed to stand up for the police – Ed Balls responds to police funding announcement
- 12/12/2010 Prisoners could end up voting for police chiefs under government plans, Ed Balls warns
- 12/12/2010 Transcript of Ed’s interview on Sunday Live with Adam Boulton
- 10/12/2010 Ed Balls statement on yesterday’s events in central London
- 10/12/2010 Tribune column: Point out Lib Dem broken promises, but never let Cameron & Tories off the hook
- 08/12/2010 Letter to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary on Ministers’ use of police availability figures
- 05/12/2010 Government should listen to cross-party plea on police cuts
- 01/12/2010 Police Reform Bill risks politicising the police at huge cost to the taxpayer
- 28/11/2010 5,200 border agency staff to be axed
- 25/11/2010 Ed welcomes government u-turn on domestic violence powers
- 23/11/2010 Volunteers manning police stations ‘could soon become the norm’
- 22/11/2010 2,200 police jobs set to go in West Midlands
- 21/11/2010 Police Minister’s claim that “there is no such link” between police numbers and crime levels is “astonishing”, says Vernon Coaker
- 21/11/2010 Ed’s interviews with Andrew Marr and the Sunday Telegraph
- 21/11/2010 Police forces shut door to new recruits, new survey shows
- 15/11/2010 Greater Manchester police put in impossible position by government’s police cuts
- 12/11/2010 Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ is a big con – my Tribune column this month
- 11/11/2010 Response to Police Minister’s statement on public disorder at student rally
- 04/11/2010 Tory-Lib Dem government is putting chief constables in an impossible position
- 02/11/2010 Stretching the thin blue line to breaking point – my Guardian article today
- 30/10/2010 Statement on device at East Midlands airport
- 27/10/2010 Ed Balls warns on 8% police cuts in Olympics year
- 22/10/2010 Early signs of impending cuts to Police Community Support Officers are very concerning, says Ed Balls
- 22/10/2010 Prevention is better than cure – my column in this week’s Tribune
- 21/10/2010 Ed Balls welcomes fall in crime under Labour, but warns on 20% cuts to police
- 20/10/2010 Ed Balls attacks reckless cuts to police and the fight against crime
- 12/10/2010 Home Secretary must think again on child protection centre
- 29/09/2010 Ed Balls’ speech to 2010 Labour Party Conference
- 27/09/2010 Labour’s alternative to the coalition – Ed’s Guardian article today
- 25/09/2010 Our task now is to unite behind Ed Miliband – my email to members and supporters
- 24/09/2010 Ed Balls comments on leaks that School Support Staff Negotiating Body is to be scrapped
- 23/09/2010 Irish GDP figures are a stark warning to coalition government, says Ed Balls
- 21/09/2010 The final push
- 20/09/2010 Lib Dem conference vote is another blow for the coalition’s unpopular, flawed and deeply unfair school reforms
- 19/09/2010 Clegg & Teather have some explaining to do on unfair & flawed school reforms
- 17/09/2010 My message to LabourList readers
- 16/09/2010 The urgent task of winning the economic argument – my column in Tribune
- 16/09/2010 Concerning retail sales figures underline risks coalition is taking with the economy
- 16/09/2010 Join the campaign for a Labour Diversity Fund
- 14/09/2010 Changing the admissions code won’t make up for Gove’s cuts
- 12/09/2010 Government’s own assessment shows school building cuts hit the poorest hardest
- 12/09/2010 The TUC is right to warn of dangers of cuts – we must win the argument for an alternative
- 11/09/2010 Gove must explain how he decided which schools would go ahead
- 11/09/2010 Ed Balls responds to reports that coalition is to ditch Labour’s pledge to end hospital parking charges
- 11/09/2010 My Co-operative manifesto
- 10/09/2010 Keep the Post Public – Ed responds to the Hooper Report on the future of the Royal Mail
- 09/09/2010 Tour blog: on the road in the South West
- 09/09/2010 Coalition is steering economy into more dangerous waters, Ed Balls warns Nick Clegg
- 08/09/2010 Ed’s answers to LGBT Labour’s Q&A
- 07/09/2010 My reply to Danny Alexander’s letter to Labour leadership contenders on the Spending Review
- 06/09/2010 Another embarrassing day for Michael Gove
- 06/09/2010 My response to the Home Secretary’s statement on the phone-hacking scandal
- 05/09/2010 New analysis by Ed Balls shows Gove’s Academies favour better off schools
- 04/09/2010 Ed’s final email to all Labour Party members
- 04/09/2010 Ed Balls welcomes Tory Deputy Group leader in Sandwell’s defection to Labour over BSF cuts
- 03/09/2010 Fresh embarrassment for Michael Gove as free schools plan flops
- 03/09/2010 Campaigning in Cardiff to Keep the Post Public
- 03/09/2010 ‘We should build our way to economic recovery’, says Ed Balls on construction order figures
- 02/09/2010 Ed Balls calls for new ‘right to work’ with jobs plan to boost economy
- 01/09/2010 Ed gets on the phones in his campaign office
- 01/09/2010 A further embarrassment for Michael Gove – Ed Balls on Academy numbers published today
- 31/08/2010 Ed Balls launches housing campaign
- 31/08/2010 Ed to set out £6billion plan to build 100,000 affordable homes
- 30/08/2010 Let’s build more homes to boost jobs and growth – my LabourList article
- 30/08/2010 Guest blog by Paul Cotterill, leader of the Labour group on West Lancashire council
- 30/08/2010 My article for the Unison members magazine
- 29/08/2010 Lansley must answer questions in Parliament on NHS Direct axe
- 28/08/2010 Children hardest hit by Tory cuts, says Ed Balls as 400 new play areas set to be cancelled
- 28/08/2010 Ed speaks at Pakistan flood appeal fundraiser in Nottingham
- 28/08/2010 My letter and leaflet to Labour members this weekend
- 28/08/2010 Ed Balls’ article in the Mirror: our alternative to ConDem cuts
- 27/08/2010 ‘There is an alternative’ – Ed Balls’ speech at Bloomberg
- 26/08/2010 Q&A with Ed Balls tonight, hosted by Demos as part of their Open Left project
- 25/08/2010 Ken Livingstone’s email to party members on why he’s backing Ed Balls for Labour leader
- 25/08/2010 The case against the ‘growth deniers’ – how Labour can win the argument that there is an alternative
- 24/08/2010 ‘The most regressive Budget in a generation’ – Ed comments on the IFS report for the End Child Poverty coalition
- 24/08/2010 Ed’s BBC News interview on GCSE results and opportunities for young people
- 23/08/2010 As GCSE results are published, government is pulling away the ladder of opportunity from 1000s of young people
- 23/08/2010 Latest video from Ed’s tour
- 23/08/2010 Join our campaign to Keep the Post Public
- 23/08/2010 Why we should Keep the Post Public – my Mirror article
- 22/08/2010 My contract with the Labour Party
- 21/08/2010 Tour blog: two more Scottish MPs back my campaign
- 21/08/2010 Tour blog: those Charles Kennedy defection rumours
- 20/08/2010 Government should rethink axed support for video games industry
- 20/08/2010 Ed Talks… Why he’s the best person to lead Labour
- 19/08/2010 “There is an alternative”: my tour kicks off today
- 19/08/2010 Ed’s BBC News interview on A-level results and coalition cuts to university places
- 18/08/2010 Guardian poll shows Gove’s education policy is ‘weakest link in the coalition’
- 18/08/2010 Labour’s measures were working, says Ed Balls as NEETs figures fall
- 18/08/2010 Ed Balls talks… There is an economic alternative
- 17/08/2010 Ed Balls answers questions from the Labour Campaign for International Development
- 17/08/2010 Osborne is denying basic economics and the lessons of history – Ed Balls on the Chancellor’s speech
- 17/08/2010 Ed talks… How Labour can win again
- 13/08/2010 Ed Balls to visit every nation and region – read his email to Labour members
- 11/08/2010 Short-termist cuts to new play areas will be disappointing for families across the country, says Ed Balls
- 10/08/2010 To win again we must be both radical and credible – Ed Balls’ Fabian leadership essay
- 09/08/2010 ‘Judge me on my record as a champion of public services’, says Ed in article for Public Servant magazine
- 08/08/2010 Ed’s video interview with The Guardian’s Polly Toynbee
- 08/08/2010 Coalition in chaos over school milk, but Gove persists with cuts to free school meals
- 07/08/2010 Legal advice shows Gove has risked large compensation bill – but no new schools to show for it
- 06/08/2010 Another blow for schools as Gove slips out latest BSF announcement
- 05/08/2010 A price worth paying?
- 05/08/2010 Michael Gove has sent young people, teachers and councillors back to Sandwell empty handed
- 03/08/2010 The traps to avoid if Labour is to win back votes – Ed’s article in The Times
- 03/08/2010 Vernon Coaker on today’s test results for 11 year olds
- 02/08/2010 Supporters page launched as MPs & candidates in southern marginals say why they’re backing Ed Balls
- 01/08/2010 Leeds and Wakefield Pride
- 31/07/2010 Lib Dem Ministers will have some explaining to do, as conference debates Gove & Teather’s school reforms
- 30/07/2010 Ed Balls on latest Academies fiasco for Michael Gove as senior Minister joins protest
- 29/07/2010 Gove must explain why he rushed Academies Bill and misleadingly claimed over 1000 schools had applied
- 28/07/2010 You asked Ed… Now, his response…
- 27/07/2010 Why Ed’s backing Intern Aware – by his former intern…
- 27/07/2010 Michael Gove must publish the advice he rejected on school buildings fiasco
- 26/07/2010 Fighting to win – Jim Knight writes on Ed’s campaign
- 26/07/2010 Ed Balls and Vernon Coaker urge Lib Dem MPs to back Academies Bill amendment
- 25/07/2010 Why I’m fighting on
- 24/07/2010 Men must champion equality as well as women – Ed’s article on Labour List ahead of Sunday’s women’s hustings
- 23/07/2010 Shocking plans to scrap school admissions code
- 23/07/2010 Ed on Politics Weekly
- 22/07/2010 Lobbying over Sheffield Forgemasters loan must be investigated, says Ed Balls
- 20/07/2010 Academies Bill update
- 20/07/2010 Guest blog: Ed Balls, our next Prime Minister – Kira Stancliffe
- 19/07/2010 Today’s Save our Schools rally
- 19/07/2010 Don’t repeat the mistakes of the 1930s; there is an alternative, says Ed Balls in The Guardian
- 19/07/2010 Save our Schools – Ed’s Daily Mirror article today
- 18/07/2010 Tomorrow’s Save our Schools rally and the Academies Bill
- 17/07/2010 Ed’s message to the Labour Friends of Searchlight conference
- 16/07/2010 Tribune Q&A
- 16/07/2010 Academies Bill is being rushed through like anti-terror laws
- 15/07/2010 Ed’s reply to the Lead for Women campaign
- 15/07/2010 Ed welcomes CWU nomination
- 14/07/2010 The case for a graduate tax
- 13/07/2010 My visit to Sandwell today
- 12/07/2010 The questions Michael Gove cannot duck
- 11/07/2010 My letter to Michael Gove ahead of Education Questions
- 11/07/2010 State schools in London
- 10/07/2010 Ed’s letter to the Hazards Campaign on health & safety for workers
- 10/07/2010 It was Gove’s decision and his alone – my Sunday Mirror article on the school building cuts fiasco
- 10/07/2010 Michael Gove should dig himself out of this hole
- 09/07/2010 4 more school errors – Gove must withdraw list and PAC & PASC must investigate
- 09/07/2010 An assault on our schools – my Guardian article today
- 08/07/2010 Join our Save our Schools campaign
- 07/07/2010 Apology expected from Michael Gove on school cuts errors
- 06/07/2010 Gove’s schools error adds insult to injury
- 05/07/2010 Ed’s House of Commons response to Tory-Lib Dem cuts to 715 school buildings
- 04/07/2010 My full Q and A with today’s Wales on Sunday
- 04/07/2010 Wales will be hit hard again by Tory-Lib Dem cuts
- 03/07/2010 This is a ‘purely ideological programme’ – Ed responds to reports of 40% cuts
- 02/07/2010 Cancelling 700 school rebuilding projects is ‘disastrous news’ for parents & pupils
- 02/07/2010 My response to Cameron & Clegg’s announcement on the Alternative Vote
- 02/07/2010 Ed unveils new campaign leaflet – Defending our values. Fighting for fairness.
- 02/07/2010 My column in today’s Tribune
- 30/06/2010 Ed responds to Andrew Lansley on Jamie Oliver & school meals
- 30/06/2010 Ed responds to Ken Clarke’s speech on crime and prison policy
- 29/06/2010 Cameron & Clegg should explain why children in Bradford will lose out
- 28/06/2010 The fight to stop the VAT bombshell goes on
- 28/06/2010 Join Mary and me to save free school meals from Tory-Lib Dem cuts
- 27/06/2010 Weekend round-up: West Midlands, North East, IDS’ ‘on yer bike’ policy
- 27/06/2010 Sky’s Sunday Live show – transcript of Ed’s interview
- 26/06/2010 Stop the VAT Bombshell and ConDem this ‘on yer bike or lose your home’ policy
- 26/06/2010 In the North East today: Corus need to get their skates on and do the right thing
- 25/06/2010 Tory Academies are a ‘Trojan Horse for expansion of selection’
- 25/06/2010 Free schools will end up subsidising private school fees
- 25/06/2010 Ed’s email to Labour Party members
- 25/06/2010 Ed on Question Time last night
- 24/06/2010 Daily Mirror article: this unfair VAT bombshell is a betrayal
- 24/06/2010 Public sector workers will not fall for this latest Cameron-Clegg con
- 22/06/2010 My response to this unfair, unemployment Budget
- 22/06/2010 Stop the VAT Bombshell – our campaign must continue
- 22/06/2010 Broken promises: what Cameron, Clegg & Osborne said on VAT
- 21/06/2010 VAT bombshell – what is George Osborne hiding?
- 21/06/2010 Free market schools – urgent question for Michael Gove
- 20/06/2010 Public sector pensions review
- 20/06/2010 Weekend round-up: Marr programme, BAME hustings and Midlands Co-op Party
- 20/06/2010 Ed on the Andrew Marr Show – interview transcript
- 19/06/2010 “Re-building our party from the ground up” – article for Labour Values
- 18/06/2010 Expensive ‘free market schools’ will help a few at the expense of the many
- 18/06/2010 Tory cuts hurt British industry and damage the recovery
- 17/06/2010 My email to party members
- 17/06/2010 Back my campaign to Stop the VAT Bombshell – Guardian Online article
- 14/06/2010 We must oppose the Tory-Liberal government’s unfair plan to raise VAT – Daily Telegraph article
- 13/06/2010 Scottish hustings and campaigning in Glasgow
- 11/06/2010 LabourList article: Rebuilding our youth movement to win again
- 06/06/2010 My letter to Michael Gove on spending cuts
- 28/05/2010 Tribune column – May 2010
- 22/05/2010 Campaigning in Thirsk and Malton
- 20/05/2010 Labour leadership election – letter to PLP colleagues
- 17/05/2010 Independent article on Labour’s leadership election