Labour Party Annual Conference: Ed Balls speech

Labour Party Annual Conference: Ed Balls speech; Ed Balls MP (Shadow Chanceelor of the Exchequer) arriving at conference centre with Rachel Reeves MP (Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) INT GVs Balls up to give speech on podium Ed Balls MP (Shadow Chanceelor of the Exchequer) speech SOT - People know we are the party of jobs, living standards and working people / But they also need to know that we will balance the books and make the sums add up and that we won't duck the difficult decisions we will face if they return us to government / Working people have had to balance their own books and they are clear that government needs to balance its own books too Wide shot delegates watching Balls speech (not heard) Balls speech SOT - So in our manifesto there will be no proposals for any new spending paid for by extra borrowing / No spending commitments without saying where the money is coming from because we will not make promises we cannot keep and cannot afford Yvette Cooper MP (Shadow Home Secretary) in audience watching Balls speech Wide shot Balls speech (not heard) Balls speech SOT - And conference I want to see child benefit rising again in line with inflation in the next parliament but we won't spend money we can't afford / So for the first two years of the parliament we will cap the rise in child benefit at one per cent - it will save 400 million pounds in the next parliament - all the savings will go to cutting the deficit Audience member looking shocked and shaking head Side view Balls at podium Balls shaking hands with Miliband after speech Cooper and others applauding Miliband appaluding Balls on stage