'Am I trying to run the government or run Downing Street? Of course I'm not': Ed Balls is passionate about transforming schools and the lives of children in Britain. That's the job he's getting on with, whatever else reports may suggest, he tells Martin Bright and John Kampfner

Ed Balls is worried about Christmas. It just isn't the way it was when he was a lad. He talks excitedly about the festive season in the Balls household three […]