Posts Tagged ‘balls’

Balls ridicules growth strategy

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Labour’s Ed Balls says there will be “nothing” of importance in Wednesday’s growth strategy, after apparently getting a leaked copy.

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Balls ridicules growth strategy

Balls warns of ‘dangerous game’

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

The shadow chancellor Ed Balls says the government is playing a “dangerous game” with its spending cuts

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Balls warns of ‘dangerous game’

Osborne in deficit denial – Balls

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls accuses the chancellor of being in denial about the risks to jobs and growth from his deficit plan.

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Osborne in deficit denial – Balls

Labour urged to ‘pull together’

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

Labour remain “united” over its economic policy after Ed Balls succeeded Alan Johnson as shadow chancellor, a senior shadow minister says.

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Labour urged to ‘pull together’

Miliband: Economic plan unchanged

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Ed Miliband says there will be no change in Labour’s economic policy, after Ed Balls replaced Alan Johnson as shadow chancellor.

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Miliband: Economic plan unchanged

Johnson quits frontline politics

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Alan Johnson resigns from Labour leader Ed Miliband’s frontbench team for “personal reasons” – with Ed Balls taking over as shadow chancellor.

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Johnson quits frontline politics

14,500 police jobs to go – Labour

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Almost 14,500 police jobs in England and Wales will be lost as a result of the recent spending cuts, shadow home secretary Ed Balls will say later.

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14,500 police jobs to go – Labour

Balls attacks over control orders

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Shadow Home Secretary Ed Balls accuses David Cameron and Nick Clegg of “playing politics” with national security over plans to modify control orders.

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Balls attacks over control orders

Labour ‘may back’ detention cut

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Shadow home secretary Ed Balls says Labour may be ready to back coalition moves to cut the pre-charge detention period for terror suspects to 14 days.

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Labour ‘may back’ detention cut

Alan Johnson is shadow chancellor

Friday, October 8th, 2010

Alan Johnson is appointed shadow chancellor by new Labour leader Ed Miliband, with Ed Balls getting the home affairs brief and Yvette Cooper shadow foreign secretary.

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Alan Johnson is shadow chancellor

Shadow cabinet: 49 MPs in ballot

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Defeated leadership candidates Andy Burnham, Ed Balls and Diane Abbott are among MPs standing for elections to Labour’s shadow cabinet.

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Shadow cabinet: 49 MPs in ballot

Balls says pupils are ‘abandoned’

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Shadow Education Secretary Ed Balls has accused the coalition government of “abandoning” the schools and pupils most in need of improvement.

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Balls says pupils are ‘abandoned’

Labour must ‘stand up’ to press

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Labour must end its obsession with courting favourable coverage from right-wing newspapers, leadership contender Ed Balls says.

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Labour must ‘stand up’ to press

‘End media obsession’, says Balls

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls says the party must end its obsession with courting favourable media coverage among right-leaning newspapers.

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Miliband battle like ‘soap opera’

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls criticises the “daily episodes” of the “soap opera” surrounding fellow contenders Ed and David Miliband.

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Miliband battle like ‘soap opera’