Ben has been editor of Total Politics since August 2009. He was political editor when the magazine launched in 2008 and was locked in a Downing Street cupboard after interviewing Gordon Brown for the first issue. A Cumbrian born in Scotland, Ben has interviewed political leaders and politicians from Britain and around the world. He now puts most energy into ensuring Total Politics entertains, informs and covers political life in Britain better than anyone else.
by Ben Duckworth / 09 Feb 2012
Ben Duckworth interviews the minister with railways and Heathrow to sort out, who this year also comes under the spotlight for ensuring travel to and from the Olympics doesn’t become a marathon
by Ben Duckworth / 06 Feb 2012
Ben Duckworth meets Dan Jarvis, a type-defying Labour MP who is thinking big in 2012
by Ben Duckworth / 13 Jan 2012
Ben Duckworth takes the Conservative MP out for lunch in Westminster
by Ben Duckworth / 19 Dec 2011
David Miliband, Andrew Mitchell, Diane Abbott, Ming Campbell - a look inside the new issue of Total Politics
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by Ben Duckworth / 23 Nov 2011
Ben Duckworth introduces you to what's inside the December issue of Total Politics
by Ben Duckworth / 09 Nov 2011
Ben Duckworth catches up with the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, who has been tipped as a possible future leader
by Ben Duckworth / 10 Oct 2011
Ben Duckworth takes the former diplomat and author of The Leaderless Revolution out for brunch. Photo by Dean Belcher
by Ben Duckworth / 13 Jun 2011
Last week it was Ed Balls' doodle of a pig, this week's graphological subject is the business secretary
by Ben Duckworth / 11 May 2011
The Conservative and Lib Dem leaders lay out their differences, on the first year of the coalition
by Ben Duckworth / 04 May 2011
Ben Duckworth meets one of the Labour party’s rising stars, who opens up on Ed Miliband’s leadership, staying tough on crime and teasing Ken Clarke
by Ben Duckworth / 08 Feb 2012
The director of Policy Exchange talks to Ben Duckworth and reveals a Trotskyist past
by Ben Duckworth / 31 Jan 2012
The head of the international monetary fund is blunt about people she doesn’t like
by Ben Duckworth / 04 Jan 2012
Ben Duckworth reviews a gold-plated impression of the first lady of British politics by Meryl Streep
by Ben Duckworth / 07 Dec 2011
Ben Duckworth meets Scottish secretary Michael Moore, a man guarding the political borders as he steers Scotland towards historic changes
by Ben Duckworth / 09 Nov 2011
Do you like statistics? Then this was week’s bunfight was for you
by Ben Duckworth / 28 Oct 2011
Ben Duckworth interviews Beau Willimon, co-scriptwriter on new political thriller The Ides of March. Once taught drama by Mad Men’s Jon Hamm, he talks about seeing his play, Farragut North, being made for the big screen by George Clooney
by Ben Duckworth / 05 Jul 2011
Ben Duckworth investigates who belongs on the right of the party and whether it really poses a threat to the current Conservative leadership
by Ben Duckworth / 30 May 2011
The Lib Dems have received a pasting in the local elections and the AV referendum. The equalities minister has a boss she fights with, two briefs to balance, faces regular media attacks and lacks advisors. So is life as a Lib Dem minister enjoyable? Ben Duckworth finds out. Photos by Dean Belcher
by Ben Duckworth / 04 May 2011
The energy secretary is a highly confident politician but his proximity to the Conservatives and the insecurity of his seat may send his party looking elsewhere for its next leader
by Ben Duckworth / 28 Apr 2011
The chancellor of the exchequer shows a new side in a message to outgoing 5Live host Shelagh Forgarty
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"The prime minister has said he does not believe that statutory legislation is necessary to achieve the principles outlined
"We have a growing relationship with the EU as an institution, which has an increasing voice in the world,
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