article_snippet: Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls apologised for Labour’s failure to regulate the banks – but said others had also failed to spot the looming dangers.
article_snippet: Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said: ‘We should have been tougher (on the banks).
article_snippet: Actually, my opponent George Osborne continually criticised me because my opponent George Osborne said I was being too tough on the banks.
article_snippet: my opponent George Osborne was wrong too.
article_snippet: my opponent George Osborne said that Labour had started to reduce the deficit when Labour left office –
article_snippet: George Osborne, who was also quizzed by voters on Sky, acknowledged that there was ‘a lot more work’ required to repair Britain’s public finances after five years in power.
article_snippet: The Chancellor also admitted that continuing low interest rates were a problem for savers saying that was the reason The Chancellor had made a cut in the savings tax the centrepiece of The Chancellor Budget last week.
article_snippet: I think we’ll achieve that reform, we will get a better deal for Britain in Europe,’ Mr Osborne said.