Ed Balls proposes spending watchdog role in vetting expenditure plans

Ed Balls has sought to reassure voters that Labour can be trusted with public finances by announcing plans to allow the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to check future governments’ spending commitments are affordable.

Ed Balls refuses any role in currency union with an independent Scotland

Ed Balls has hinted that if he were chancellor in a future Labour government he would resign if talks began on currency union with an independent Scotland.