About Ed
Broadcaster, writer and economist. Presents ITV's Good Morning Britain every Monday to Wednesday and the weekly podcast Political Currency with George Osborne. Professor of Political Economy at King's College London and co-Chair of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation. Former MP who served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2011-2015) and Cabinet Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007-2010). Also Minister for Financial Services (2006-2007) and Chief Economic Adviser to the UK Treasury (1999-2004). Former Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.
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Known for
- Presenting Good Morning Britain
- Political Currency podcast
- Strictly Come Dancing 2016 contestant
- UK Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
- BBC television documentaries including Travels in Trumpland and Travels in Euroland
- Celebrity Best Home Cook winner 2021
- Author of Speaking Out and Appetite memoir
- British broadcaster
- writer
- economist
- professor
- former politician
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