Transcripts of interviews conducted as research for Gordon Brown:
The First Year In Power by Hugh Pym & Nick Kochan,
published by Bloomsbury in June 1998
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Ed Balls - the secret interviews - Part One
The 1997 victory was a dramatic time for Ed Balls. Here the newly appointed head of the Department for Children, Schools and Families in Gordon Brown’s new administration talks about:
A blow-by-blow account of how Brown and Balls embraced new power.
Secret Meetings that led up to the passing of the Windfall Tax, which has made the City cringe and the UK Pension Fund industry reel
The role of Michael Beloff and the private sector
Part played by Geoffrey Robinson, the former Robert Maxwell Acolyte, in the organisation of the Windfall Tax and Brown’s own part
The axing of the Bank of England’s bank supervisory role and Blair’s role
Rows between Brown and Eddie George
Fury in the Bank for England
The first Labour Budget: Balls’ mistrust of David Blunkett, John Prescott, and Frank Dobson
