Balls in transatlantic growth drive

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls is to co-chair a transatlantic commission with former US treasury secretary Larry Summers to develop policies aimed at improving living standards for middle and low income families.

Mr Balls, who will visit Washington this week to launch the Inclusive Prosperity Commission, organised by US think-tank Centre for American Progress, said he wanted to ensure "economic growth is both strengthened and fairly shared".%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%