Katy Balls is the Spectator‘s deputy political editor. She is a regular contributor of the magazine’s daily politics podcast Coffee House Shots and a columnist for the i newspaper. She was shortlisted for ‘political commentator of the year’ at the 2017 Press Awards. She presents her own podcast Women with Balls – with interviews of women leading the way in their field. Guests so far have included Liz Truss, Helena Morrissey, Joan Collins and Lynn Barber. She is not related to Ed Balls.

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