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Huge thank you to Ed Balls for this endorsement of my new book – The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services – Available now 📚 bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-art-… Biteback Publishing

📣 Thank you Ed Balls George Osborne for having me on brilliant Political Currency podcast to ask about delivery in govt Ed is right - ‘The Art of Delivery’ 📕 shows how No10 & HMT working together effectively can galvanise the govt machine into action 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0J7D3v…

🎙️New episode of Political Currency 💥 Defence vs welfare: can Labour afford both? 🚨 Trump’s tariffs trigger market jitters 🔁 Could Boris Johnson make a comeback? 🎧 LISTEN: tr.ee/pc

Welfare vs Warfare: Can Labour Afford NATO’s Demands? | Political Currency Podcast Watch our latest episode here: youtu.be/0vwKukpvbKE?si…

Today, the Holocaust Memorial Bill returns to the House of Lords. The UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre is essential for remembering the past and educating future generations. We are excited to see its progress Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis Ed Balls

🎙️ New episode of Political Currency 📊 Is Labour’s Spending Review just ‘continuity Sunak’? ⚖️ Can they deliver big pledges without raising taxes? 🌎 Trump, Musk and trouble for Starmer’s US strategy 🎧 LISTEN: tr.ee/pc

This is completely mad. There’s an accountant in Witney I’ve known for years. In 2022, I asked him to take a look at P&O’s accounts after the company sacked 786 ferry workers without warning. He is now P&O’s official auditor. Full story 👇 itv.com/news/2025-06-1…

🎙️ New episode of EMQs 🇬🇧 Why has the Red Box endured? 🗽Would America benefit from a PMQs equivalent? 💪 The value of soft power for governments 🎧 LISTEN: tr.ee/EMQs

Education | Politics ‘Is there a better way of doing politics? I think so’ my column in todays The Herald . Proud to announce a ‘New’ pilot launching on 23 rd June in conjunction with John Smith Centre Eddie Barnes The pilot is at my former school ‘Kilmarnock Academy’

🎙️ New episode of Political Currency: 🇮🇷 Trump hints at strikes on Iran - should Britain get involved? 🔍 Starmer’s grooming gangs inquiry - too late to fix it? 💸 Non-dom tax under review - will Labour hold firm? 🎧 Listen: tr.ee/pc

'We are doing a disfavour to people with mental illness by parking them on benefits,' says Sir Jeremy Hunt MP after reports that Keir Starmer is preparing to water down welfare reforms.

Here is my Economist article referred to by ⁦Ed Balls⁩ today on why the welfare system is harming those with mental illness (and costing taxpayers a fortune) economist.com/by-invitation/…

'The government said these welfare reforms would lead to a rise in poverty,' says Ed Balls. He questions Trade Minister Douglas Alexander as Sir Keir Starmer faces political backlash over his welfare reforms.

NEW PODCAST: The policy that changed childhood in the UK Paul Johnson is joined by Christine Farquharson and Ed Balls to explore the legacy of Sure Start: what impact it had, how current services compare, and what we can learn from it. 🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/polic…

Was this welfare reform u-turn always inevitable? Is it the right thing to do now? Have they done it in the right way? Or would pulling the bill have been better? All discussed in this week’s Political Currency with George Osborne and Ed Balls tr.ee/Taj6qc5daw

New: P&O Ferries’ long-overdue accounts have finally been filed. They reveal the chief executive’s pay soared in 2023. In the same year the company lost £91 million, despite having fired 786 staff to cut costs. Full story 👇 itv.com/news/2025-07-0…

I was steadying to shoot and Rob threw himself at my elbow, face first - knocked me right off balance - would been a good goal too…

THE ART OF A LIE, is out TODAY! It's a tale of murder, trickery, love, betrayal & Georgian London's first 'iced cream' parlour. I can't wait for you to meet Hannah & William, my two favourite characters of any of my books. Look at that beautiful cover. How can you resist? 💚🍍🍦

This is another fabulous mystery tale from Laura - I love her novels and this is just as good it’s predecessors - the history is so detailed and fascinating but it’s the intrigue which keeps me turning the pages

No idea how it happened, but Centrist Dad will play Dr Feelgood brace at Leicester Sq Theatre 25 July, at end of touching play honouring Wilko, “Love, death and rock ‘n’ roll”. Tix here leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/wilko-lov… That’s Ed Balls John Wilson Christopher Tayler & me down by the jetty