Ed Balls was born on 25 February 1967 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He has been married to Yvette Cooper since 10 January 1998. They have three children.
[2013; admitting that in 20 years of knowing Labour leader Ed Miliband he has never once been to the pub with him] I've known Ed 20 years and I can't think that I've ever been... Different people like different places, and I was last in the pub yesterday... I don't know if he likes the pub or not.