Exclusive: Balls to lead Labour's campaign in east
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The Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls will lead Labour's local election campaign in the Eastern region.
He has been asked by Labour Leader Ed Miliband to front the campaign in the region. We understand it will be launched next month and will focus on public sector cuts.
Mr Miliband is asking all his shadow cabinet to adopt a region.
"Ed Balls is obvious for the east because he grew up in Norfolk and supports Norwich City," said a party source. "But in assigning such a big hitter to the region shows that Ed Miliband is taking the region seriously."
Labour has just 4% of county councillors in the east region and no representation at all on many local authorities.
Asked about his new role while visiting Milton Keynes, Mr Balls said the details were still being worked out. He accepted that Labour faced an uphill struggle in the east but added "The only way is up."
Welcome to the political blog for the East. I'm Deborah McGurran, the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Political Editor for the region. From Lowestoft to Luton, this is the place for politics with an eastern twist.
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