Ben Kentish

The easy fix for Britain’s disgraceful paternity leave At the very end of last year, my wife gave birth to our little boy. My own experience of fatherhood only echoes what I’ve heard from so many listeners on my LBC show: that we need to make it far, far ... See more

It was only a matter of time. After a series of high-profile controversies and a concerted campaign of attacks by the right-wing press, somebody very senior at the BBC was always going to have to fall on their sword. And so Tim Davie, the director-general... See more

When Keir Starmer takes part in the signing ceremony for the Gaza peace deal in Sharm El-Sheikh today, he will do so mostly as a spectator. Whatever the UK Government may insist, Britain had very little to do with the negotiating of a deal that was struck... See more

Around the same time that most of us were fretting about elderly relatives, attempting to home-school our children and baking more banana bread than anybody could eat, a small number of grifters and opportunists were rubbing their hands in glee. For them,... See more