Katy Balls

Katy Balls is Diary Editor at The Spectator.

Will there be a revolt on the Tory right?

17 October 2022 9:50 pm

What is the point of Liz Truss’s government? Expect more MPs to ask that question today after Jeremy Hunt’s statement…

How long can Liz Truss hold on?

17 October 2022 1:38 am

How much trouble is Liz Truss in? Just six weeks into her premiership, the Prime Minister’s economic plans are in…

Jeremy Hunt: there are 'very difficult decisions' ahead

15 October 2022 6:18 pm

Liz Truss made two big moves on Friday in a bid to calm the markets and save her premiership. The…

‘Election campaigns are like voodoo’: Fiona Hill breaks her silence

15 October 2022 9:00 am

An interview with May’s chief of staff Fiona Hill

Five ways the Liz Truss saga could end

15 October 2022 4:10 am

How does this end? That’s the question being asked by Tory MPs as Liz Truss’s government finds itself in turmoil…

Liz Truss's painful press conference fails to calm Tory nerves

15 October 2022 1:09 am

Liz Truss has just confirmed that she is U-turning on another part of her government’s not-so-mini Budget. After sacking her…

Why Truss picked Hunt for Chancellor

14 October 2022 11:33 pm

A day is a long time in politics. Just this morning, a No. 10 source told the BBC the Prime…

Backbench Tories turn on Truss

13 October 2022 6:15 am

Liz Truss’s appearance before MPs at the 1922 committee on Wednesday evening was meant to be part of a wider…

Labour prepares to fire up its election machine

11 October 2022 11:11 pm

Could a snap election be around the corner? That’s the message Keir Starmer relayed to party staff in a conference…

Could it be Rishi by Christmas?

8 October 2022 9:00 am

What was supposed to be a recovery moment for the Conservatives instead looks like a collective nervous breakdown. The Prime…

‘We’re so close’: there’s a cautious optimism at Labour conference

1 October 2022 9:00 am

Cautious optimism at the Labour party conference

Labour surge to 33-point lead over Tories

30 September 2022 2:55 am

Today Kwasi Kwarteng attempted to calm concerns in his party over the fallout from the not-so-mini Budget – telling MPs: ‘We…

Starmer sets himself apart from Truss

25 September 2022 7:59 pm

One of the reasons members of Liz Truss’s team remain upbeat despite the onslaught of criticism towards government’s tax-cutting budget…

Liz Truss’s plan to shake up Downing Street

10 September 2022 9:00 am

How 10 Downing Street works – or doesn’t – always reflects the character of the prime minister who inhabits it.…

This week will define Liz Truss’s premiership

5 September 2022 10:55 pm

This lunchtime Liz Truss has been announced as the new leader of the Conservative party. After a contest that spanned…

‘Those Jedi mind tricks don’t work on me’: Dominic Raab on Truss, Sunak and his own future

3 September 2022 9:00 am

Dominic Raab on Truss, Sunak — and whether he will serve under them

Who will Liz Truss forgive?

27 August 2022 9:00 am

Liz Truss has always been more popular with Tory party members than with Tory politicians. The moment of greatest peril…

Truss and Sunak reach crunch week on the energy crisis

22 August 2022 6:14 pm

There’s still two weeks of the Tory leadership contest to go but by Friday the scale of the energy crisis…

Who will Liz Truss send to political Siberia?

20 August 2022 9:00 am

‘Whatever else you do, don’t step backwards,’ a man in the crowd shouts to Rishi Sunak as he stands on…

Liz Truss's camp hits back over Treasury windfall tax plans

10 August 2022 8:32 pm

Is the government about to toughen up its windfall tax? That’s the talk in Westminster today as Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi…

Truss and Sunak go to battle on economic 'handouts'

8 August 2022 6:02 pm

The dire economic warnings from the Bank of England of a 15-month recession with inflation hitting more than 13 per…

What foreign policy would look like under a PM Truss

6 August 2022 9:00 am

What foreign policy would look like under a PM Truss

Truss extends poll lead over Sunak

3 August 2022 5:53 am

It’s been a day of ups and down for both leadership campaigns. Liz Truss performed her first big u-turn of…

Rishi’s mad dash: can he catch up with Truss?

30 July 2022 9:00 am

Why Sunak suddenly finds himself facing defeat

It's crunch week for Truss and Sunak

25 July 2022 7:25 pm

The next 48 hours have the potential to be decisive when it comes to the outcome of the Tory leadership…