Katy Balls is the Political Editor at The Spectator. She covers a wide range of topics including government and politics, world affairs, and regional interests, with a particular focus on the United Kingdom, Brexit, and notable figures such as Boris Johnson. Katy's work has been featured in prominent publications including The Times, Evening Standard, The Guardian, and The Spectator World.
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By: Katy Balls
The results of the leadership contest for Britain's Conservatives are in. Almost four months after the Tory Party suffered its worst general defeat in its history, Kemi Badenoch has been crowned as the party's new leader. Badenoch won 53,806 votes to Robert Jenrick on 41,388 — the turnout was 72.8 percent, down on the 2022 contest which saw a turnout of 82.2 percent.
By: Katy Balls
She says virtually nothing on policy, but this is no cautious ‘Ming vase’ strategy. Her appetite for chaos will make or break her, says Katy Balls, political editor of the Spectator
Last night Jenrick allies announced that he was the new shadow justice secretary – only for the Badenoch camp to offer no confirmation.
It’s happened. The scenario Labour politicians hoped would not come to pass is now a reality: Donald Trump is heading back to the White House. The official line from Labour is that everything is fine – they will work with whoever hold the office of president. That was the message from Keir Starmer at Prime
At her first shadow cabinet as Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch walked into the room and declared that there were ‘still too many people'.
While Reform initially took voters from the Tories, the party now believes it can cause Starmer electoral pain
The X boss has been going after the PM and could pour petrol on an unpredictable situation with Trump
When Rachel Reeves went out to sell her £40bn tax-raising budget on the airwaves, she said the government wouldn’t need to ask for more.
In the months before the general election, the Labour party had an internal debate about starting a ‘national conversation’ on assisted dying. Keir Starmer had promised Esther Rantzen, the veteran broadcaster with terminal cancer, that if elected he would hold a vote on it. Wes Streeting, in the health brief, argued that it might be
In the months before the general election, the Labour party had an internal debate about starting a ‘national conversation' on assisted dying.
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