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Reeves may deny a ‘return to austerity’ - but she's heading for a Labour backlash

Reeves may deny a ‘return to austerity’ - but she's heading for a Labour backlash
yesterday 10

iNews

Katy Balls

Politics / Starmer is the unlikely hero of the hour. Can it last?

Politics /					 													 						Starmer is the unlikely hero of the hour. Can it last?
thursday 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Can Kemi Badenoch control her party?

Can Kemi Badenoch control her party?
04.03.2025 5

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Starmer’s summit is high stakes for Zelensky

Starmer’s summit is high stakes for Zelensky
02.03.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Zelensky’s White House visit turns sour

Zelensky’s White House visit turns sour
28.02.2025 2

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Will Dodds’s departure trouble No.10?

Will Dodds’s departure trouble No.10?
28.02.2025 8

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Politics / Starmer’s Trump charm offensive gets underway

Politics /					 													 						Starmer’s Trump charm offensive gets underway
28.02.2025 20

The Spectator

Katy Balls

It's time for Starmer's Trump humiliation

It's time for Starmer's Trump humiliation
27.02.2025 10

iNews

Katy Balls

'Third place is not sustainable’: The Tories are turning on Kemi

'Third place is not sustainable’: The Tories are turning on Kemi
22.02.2025 10

iNews

Katy Balls

It’s the Westminster WhatsApp addiction. MPs know it’s dangerous, but they just can’t stop

11.02.2025 60

The Guardian

Katy Balls

Watch out Keir! The Starmtroopers are starting to think for themselves

08.02.2025 10

iNews

Katy Balls

Politics / Could a Tory/Reform pact be looming?

06.02.2025 3

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Kemi Badenoch makes her move on immigration

06.02.2025 3

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Reform tops a YouGov poll for the first time

04.02.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Starmer’s Brussels charm offensive is a risky business

03.02.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

The Tory party’s wannabe comeback kids

31.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Politics / The Tory party’s wannabe comeback kids

30.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Keir Starmer's Europe reset has one snag: Reform

29.01.2025 5

iNews

Katy Balls

Will Labour MPs back Rachel Reeves’s growth plan?

28.01.2025 4

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Is Donald Trump warming to Keir Starmer?

27.01.2025 7

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Labour’s Richard Hermer problem

25.01.2025 20

The Spectator

Katy Balls

The ghost of Liz Truss is haunting Kemi Badenoch

25.01.2025 10

iNews

Katy Balls

Politics / Is Keir Starmer a lawyer or a leader?

23.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Starmer: I knew about Rudakubana’s extremist history

21.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

'Special relationship' / Will Trump 2.0 derail the Starmer Project?

20.01.2025 7

The Spectator

Katy Balls

The truth about a Tory-Reform pact

18.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Labour is starting to panic about Reform

18.01.2025 30

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Reeves readies for Davos but relations with US are the key

18.01.2025 10

iNews

Katy Balls

Was Kemi Badenoch’s speech a success?

16.01.2025 6

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Kemi Badenoch is running out of time

16.01.2025 7

iNews

Katy Balls

Politics / ‘We’re pretty bullish’: Farage’s plan to transform politics

16.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Politics / Tulip Siddiq’s resignaton was a matter of when, not if

14.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

U turn? / Labour MPs turn on Starmer over grooming gangs

14.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Beijing blues / Was Rachel Reeves’s China trip worth it?

13.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

‘There’s been a vibe shift’ / Welcome to the new political disorder

12.01.2025 7

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Why Rachel Reeves’ trip to China has left her with a no-win situation 

11.01.2025 8

iNews

Katy Balls

Could Elon Musk really oust Keir Starmer?

10.01.2025 5

The Spectator

Katy Balls

‘There’s been a vibe shift’ / Welcome to the new political disorder

09.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Will Rachel Reeves have to go back on her word?

09.01.2025 4

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Does Nigel Farage need Elon Musk?

What a difference a month makes. In December, Nigel Farage was tweeting about his meeting with Elon Musk and the world’s richest man’s support for...

06.01.2025 6

The Spectator

Katy Balls

It’s time for Wes Streeting to sink or swim

A new year, a chance for fresh beginnings – or at least that’s how it is meant to go. Alas as 2025 begins there isn’t much optimism to go around in...

04.01.2025 4

iNews

Katy Balls

Starmer and Reeves have always enjoyed a good relationship – it's about to be tested

What does Rachel Reeves have in common with George Osborne? It’s not that she is hell-bent on delivering an austerity agenda – even if parts of the...

02.01.2025 5

iNews

Katy Balls

This latest mega poll is a problem for Badenoch and Farage

The next election may not be expected for another four years but that won’t stop politicos speculating as to what would happen were a vote called...

29.12.2024 8

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Farage plots his next move against Badenoch

Nigel Farage has called on Kemi Badenoch to say sorry after the Conservative party leader accused him of inflating Reform membership numbers. ‘I am...

27.12.2024 3

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Reform overtake Tories on membership numbers

Nigel Farage has received a late Christmas present. According to figures released by Reform, his party has overtaken the Conservatives on the...

26.12.2024 5

The Spectator

Katy Balls

Kemi Badenoch has big plans – and they might just work

In the United States, it’s Donald Trump. In Argentina, it’s Javier Milei. And in Italy, it is Giorgia Meloni. Here in the UK, could Kemi Badenoch...

24.12.2024 4

iNews

Katy Balls

How much trouble is Rachel Reeves in?

Christmas may be two days away but there is little reason for cheer in 11 Downing Street. The Chancellor faces another wave of bad economic news...

23.12.2024 6

The Spectator

Katy Balls

If Keir Starmer’s not careful he’s going to hand Nigel Farage a secret weapon

Asked by MPs this week if he might have done anything slightly differently during his first few months in government, Keir Starmer responded with a...

21.12.2024 5

iNews

Katy Balls

There is a good reason why Waspi women have been denied compensation

For a week, the Labour Government looked as though its new Downing Street grid was working. There have been a series of carefully planned...

18.12.2024 7

iNews

Katy Balls

Is the Chagos deal dead in the water?

Is the Chagos Islands deal dead? Ever since Keir Starmer and his foreign secretary David Lammy announced plans to hand the remote archipelago to...

18.12.2024 6

The Spectator

Katy Balls