Ed Balls and Michael Gove join together in sketch for The Last Leg

Ed Balls and Michael Gove will take an awkward ride in a “lift of reconciliation” in a comedy sketch for The Last Leg.

The former Labour MP and the newly appointed Environment Secretary are just two of the people from the worlds of show business and politics taking part in the special twohour episode of the Channel 4 show, which was inspired by late MP Jo Cox.

A photograph from the episode – entitled The Last Leg: Re-united Kingdom – shows Balls and Gove standing alongside each other in a lift, star- 0 Ed Balls joins Michael Gove for tribute to murdered Jo Cox ing straight ahead. Another sees Gove pointing at Balls with a comical expression on his face.

Channel 4 said: “It may only be a short lift ride but perhaps a shared love of Korean pop music and dance will help them settle their differences by the time they reach their destination?”

The live programme will pay tribute to Cox a year after her murder by hosting a celebratory event aiming to remind viewers of what unites us rather than divides us.

Hosted by The Last Leg team of Adam Hills with Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe, guests in the studio will include Nick Clegg and Alastair Campbell.

The show tomorrow night kicks off a weekend of Uk-wide community events, street parties and picnics organised by The Jo Cox Foundation.