Ed Balls passes piano exam and seeks to call economic tune

Shadow chancellor finds playing music relaxing, but is irritated by Lib Dem attacks on his ideas to tackle recessionIt is not often that Ed Balls admits to quiet terror. But three months ago he faced his Grade I piano exam.The buildup had been fraught. His piano teacher had told him he would be taking the exam along with six of her other pupils, all aged six to eight. On the morning of his exam, the shadow chancellor was sitting nervously in the waiting room alongside his fellow students when an...