Ed Balls

Former Labour minister remains one of the most popular political figures in the UK

Chancellor ‘put to the test’ in today’s budget speech

The Texas senator’s faux-pas is the latest in a long line of incidents when politics and Twitter didn’t mix

Watch Ed Balls, Louise Redknapp and Will Young cha-cha-cha live at Elstree Film Studios

Sports stars and a former Spice Girl will join Samantha Cameron and Ed Balls for charity bake off

Harriet Harman to become caretaker leader of Labour party after 'disappointing and difficult' night

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls loses his seat to the Conservatives following a recount

If the Tories are re-elected, Osborne will have to reduce deficit with one hand tied behind his back

Labour puts the ball in Tories’ court: will they do anything about wealthy foreigners evading tax?

Balls warns of unprecedented cuts if Tories are returned to power - but is he crying wolf again?

And will a cut in tuition fees win Labour more young voters – or just drive away angry pensioners?

With allegations of tax evasion flying, here's how to be sure of staying on the right side of the law

But can he help boost Labour’s economic credibility when Ed Balls is fretting over gardeners’ receipts?

First Trident, now public spending: SNP leader says she’ll smash cosy consensus of ‘cut at all costs’

Meanwhile Ed Miliband doesn’t help himself by avoiding a Chambers of Commerce conference

Cameron bludgeons his way through PMQs, refusing to answer question about hedge funders' tax break

Balls forgets name of ‘Labour-friendly business leader’. But what’s Newsnight up to, asks Polly Toynbee

Irony is that the more the Tories boast about improving outlook, the more voters worry about other issues

Labour leader proclaims Osborne cuts ‘extreme’ – but Ed Balls fails to explain how his will be different

Chancellor pulls a rabbit out of the hat with stamp duty reform – but hides one crucial forecast

From 'weedy and square' comprehensive school pupil to opposition leader. Will Ed be the next PM?

Labour’s plans for a mansion tax are now a little clearer: but what will the policy cost the party?

Sadly, unless the men in white coats (or M&S suits) come for Miliband, it is too late to change leaders

A bloody incident with a journalist on the football pitch sets the tone for Ed Balls’s conference address

Ministers' pay also slashed by five per cent in Labour's bid to show tough stance on austerity

But Alistair Darling will regret being forced to say: 'Of course we could use the pound…'

Shadow chancellor's bid to bury party's tax-and-spend reputation alienates some MPs and union bosses

Alan Johnson’s memoirs and appearances on Question Time make him a popular candidate to take over

Miliband and Balls vindicated for banging on about cost of living crisis – but still the Blairites complain

The 'lodestar for the Labour left' made enemies but was regarded with a good degree of affection

Paul Johnson and David Phillips of the Institute of Fiscal Studies question Ed Balls's tax pledge

Big business and most newspapers are putting the boot in – but there’s support from an unlikely quarter

Business hates tax pledge, but newspapers can't agree if it's dangerous economics, good politics or both

Good economic news for George Osborne means whispering campaign against Balls will continue