Ed Balls has been ridiculed after two cheques he sent to a tradesman bounced – at a time when he is campaigning to be put in charge of the country’s finances.
Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps warned ‘the man who wants to be in charge of the nation’s finances can’t even look after his own’.
The tradesman, Brian Ford received an apology from Mr Balls when the first cheque bounced. Surprisingly, the bank refused to honour the second £150 cheque, stamped with the words ‘NO ACCOUNT’.
After the first cheque was refused, Mr Balls sent Mr Ford a hurriedly scribbled six-word apology on House of Commons notepaper with a second cheque. His note read: ‘Here it is – sorry about that’.
But the second cheque was also turned down by the bank. Both cheques, sent within 15 days of each other, were from a joint account, marked ‘Mr Edward M Balls and Ms Yvette Cooper’.
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