Ed Balls: Consensus politics is a UK strength, but fragile now

James Phillips
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James Phillips spoke to the former shadow chancellor at PBUK about how politicians must embrace the benefits of long-term policy creation through independent and cross-party thinking.

When Ed Balls took his first step into economic policymaking in 1997, the United Kingdom had just seen Labour pick up the biggest general election victory of the 20th century. It was a nation re...

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James Phillips

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