Katy Balls

Katy Balls is Diary Editor at The Spectator.

Sunak tries to put a stop to the plots

18 March 2024 8:19 pm

Rishi Sunak goes into the week hoping it will be better than the one that came before. Last week, the…

Will Penny Mordaunt be the next prime minister?

16 March 2024 8:22 pm

Could Penny Mordaunt lead the Tories into the election? This is the talk this weekend after several papers splashed on…

Rishi Sunak rules out general election in May

16 March 2024 12:04 am

Rishi Sunak has finally confirmed what most MPs already knew: there won’t be a May general election. Speaking to ITV…

Tory MPs worry Michael Gove’s extremism crackdown could backfire

15 March 2024 12:25 am

Michael Gove’s extremism crackdown has been the talk of the Tory party for weeks now, with three former Conservative home…

Lee Anderson’s Reform defection spells trouble for Rishi Sunak

11 March 2024 10:12 pm

Tory MP Lee Anderson has defected to Reform UK. Speaking at an impromptu press conference this morning, the former deputy…

What May’s departure reveals about the Tory party

8 March 2024 11:57 pm

The tributes are pouring in for Theresa May after the former prime minister announced that she will be stepping down…

New poll points to Tory wipeout

5 March 2024 12:24 am

Another day, another damning poll for the Tory party. This time it’s a survey by Ipsos for the Evening Standard…

Sunak and Hunt face a Budget dilemma

4 March 2024 8:27 pm

Budget day is approaching and what was once seen as a window of opportunity is now being talked up as…

Sunak pledges extremism crackdown

2 March 2024 5:31 am

Rishi Sunak has just appeared on the steps of Downing Street to give a speech on the need to take…

Jeremy Hunt is about to disappoint his party

28 February 2024 10:59 pm

In a week’s time, Jeremy Hunt will stand up at the despatch box and unveil the Spring Budget. This event…

Sunak’s Lee Anderson problem isn’t going away

27 February 2024 8:31 pm

It’s day five of the Lee Anderson debacle and the row shows no signs of abating. Rishi Sunak is having…

Lee Anderson doubles down in Islamist row

27 February 2024 1:34 am

Rishi Sunak withdrew the whip from Lee Anderson on Saturday over his claim that Sadiq Khan had ‘given our capital…

Lindsay Hoyle looks safe – for now

23 February 2024 12:52 am

The dust is settling in the House of Commons after an explosive evening in the Chamber on Wednesday night. Speaker…

Lindsay Hoyle has lost control of the Commons

22 February 2024 7:17 am

Ahead of the SNP’s opposition day debate calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the expectation was that it could…

Starmer’s green spending problem is getting bigger

7 February 2024 11:36 pm

Once again Labour’s internal debate over its £28 billion green spending pledge is playing out publicly. On Friday there was…

Liz Truss Launches 'Popular Conservatives' Movement

Truss takes aim at left-wing extremists

6 February 2024 11:31 pm

This morning Kwasi Kwarteng, the former chancellor, announced that he plans to step down at the next election. But there…

Keir Starmer’s £28 billion problem

2 February 2024 7:06 pm

Another day, another story about Labour’s plans to ditch its pledge to spend £28 billion a year on green investment.…

Labour woos business with a corporation tax pledge

2 February 2024 1:07 am

One of the big changes in the Labour party since Keir Starmer took over from Jeremy Corbyn is the approach…

The return of power-sharing in Northern Ireland is not a done deal

30 January 2024 10:33 pm

Is power-sharing about to finally return to Northern Ireland? That’s the expectation in Westminster and Stormont after the Democratic Unionist…