Shadow Chancellor Blog
What needs to be done in the eurozone – Ed Balls in today’s Independent
Far from being over, I fear the eurozone crisis is this year entering a more chronic, drawn out but equally dangerous phase. While the bouts of market turmoil which characterised the crisis of last year may have receded – at least for a time – don’t be fooled. The [...]
More...Today’s US growth figures
The US government has taken a more balanced and steady approach to deficit reduction up to now and they have more than recovered all the output lost in the global recession, while in Britain we are still almost 4% below our pre-crisis peak. And since George Osborne’s spending review in [...]
More...The Tory economic plan isn’t working, but it doesn’t have to be this way – my Daily Mirror article
Yesterday we found out just how badly David Cameron and George Osborne’s gamble with our economy has backfired. After stalling for more than a year, our economy has now gone into reverse. Hard-pressed families, pensioners and businesses know that it’s hurting, but on jobs, growth and the deficit the evidence is [...]
More...Growth figures are a damning indictment of David Cameron & George Osborne’s failed economic plan
The British recovery has been stalling since the government’s spending review in the autumn of 2010, but now the economy has gone into reverse. Since the Chancellor’s spending review the economy has grown by just 0.3% compared to the 3.0% the government predicted. And far from the eurozone crisis being [...]
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- edballsmp: @paulwaugh - Ed Davey was in the year above me & lent me his A level history notes, which I think had been passed down by his older brother
- edballsmp: RT @RachelReevesMP: Grt visit 2 Mrs Unis & her food business in Edinburgh w @edballsmp & @cathyjamieson - v stylish!... http://t.co/ng4fbZ1W
- edballsmp: RT @RachelReevesMP: And another - @edballsmp with @cathyjamieson making naan bread!... http://t.co/JQaKByBG
- edballsmp: Sounds interesting.. RT @IainDale: Now going through the second and final proofs of my Norwich City book. Flagging a bit.. #ncfc
- edballsmp: On train to London from Alfriston, Sussex with the Observer's William Keegan having been down to visit a very 'in form' Lord Healey
Constituency News
NHS Professionals; I want to hear your views
My meeting for NHS professionals will take place locally on 10th February between 4.30pm and 6pm. Anyone wanting to attend should register by calling 0113 253 9466 or email me at ed@edballs.com for full details. [...]
More...Politically Speaking column in the Wakefield Express
Monday just gone is commonly known as the most miserable day of the year. ‘Blue Monday’ is weeks from the festive Christmas cheer, New Year diets are getting tough, bills pile up, and it’s dark and cold to boot. Times are really tough at the moment; with unemployment rising, heating bills [...]
More...High speed plans should stretch to Leeds & the North
Speaking to the Yorkshire Evening Post this week, Ed set out his concerns about the Government's plans for High Speed Rail. He said there is little point in a national high speed rail plan if it doesn't reach the north. [...]
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