Balls sounds out colleagues for leadership bid

FORMER Cabinet minister Ed Balls was last night sounding out colleagues over a possible bid for the Labour Party leadership.

Balls sounds out colleagues for leadership bid

He said he would decide “in due course” whether to stand against the only currently declared candidate David Miliband.

Former foreign secretary Miliband said he hoped as many candidates as possible would stand and indicated his rivals could include his “immensely talented” younger brother, Ed.

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