admin 17 June 2011 Ed Balls’ suggestion of a temporary VAT cut is pure politics - and bad economics admin 17 June 2011 Read his article on ConservativeHome here. Slug path asi-in-the-news/asi-in-the-news/ed-balls-suggestion-of-a-temporary-vat-cut-is-pure-politics-and-bad-economics Joomla-id 6592 Old Teaser 16 June 2011 Tom Clougherty argues on ConservativeHome that Ed Balls's proposals to introduce a temporary VAT cut to boost economic growth would in fact do nothing to inspire confidence or stimulate growth.