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Katy Balls

Deputy Political Editor, The Spectator

Katy Balls is The Spectator’s deputy political editor. She is a regular columnist for the i newspaper and a contributor to the The Guardian. She was shortlisted for Political Commentator of the Year at the 2017 Press Awards.

She is a host of The Spectator’s daily politics podcast Coffee House Shots and also presents her own Spectator podcast Women With Balls – with interviews of women leading the way in their field from Liz Truss and Dame Helena Morrissey to Dame Joan Collins and Emma Barnett.

Katy is a regular face on television, appearing in a range of current affairs programmes including The Andrew Marr ShowPolitics LiveAny Questions, the Today programme, Channel 4 News and Newsnight.

Katy Balls - Deputy Political Editor, The Spectator