Edward Michael Balls (born 25 February 1967) is a British politician, broadcaster and economist. He served as Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families from 2007 to 2010, and as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2011 to 2015.

Feb 21, 2025 · Ed Balls, British politician who was a member of the Labour Party, particularly involved in economic policy. His various government posts included shadow home secretary (2010–11) and shadow chancellor (2011–15). Learn more about Balls’s life and career.

Mar 21, 2024 · Ed Balls, a prominent figure in British politics, is not only known for his political acumen but also for his role as a father. He and his wife, Yvette Cooper, have three children: Ellie, Joe, and Maddy.

Edward Michael "Ed" Balls (born 25 February 1967) is a British current television presenter and a former politician who is currently presenter for the ITV breakfast show Good Morning Britain.

Apr 28, 2021 · Each year, on “Ed Balls Day,” Twitter users — mostly in Britain, but some worldwide — pay tribute anew to the tweet’s unintentional comic genius, an eight-character masterpiece seen by many to...

Ed Balls is a British economist, broadcaster, academician, and author. A former Labour and Co-operative Party politician, he has previously been an MP for Morley and Outwood, Normanton.

Mar 31, 2025 · Labour's Angela Eagle appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain as she got into a fiery row with presenters Ed Balls and Susanna Reid.

Nov 5, 2021 · In the two-part BBC Two documentary, Ed Balls: Crisis In Care, his professional and personal lives seamlessly converge as he locks down in a North Yorkshire care home mid-pandemic.

Ed Balls is a broadcaster, writer and economist. He is a regular co-host on ITV’s flagship breakfast show, Good Morning Britain, and also presents an award-winning weekly podcast, Political Currency, with former Chancellor George Osborne.

Ed Balls is a broadcaster, writer and economist. He is Professor of Political Economy at King’s College, London, a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and co-Chair of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation.