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Ben Kentish is a British journalist and broadcaster who is currently one of the main presenters on leading speech radio station LBC. Kentish hosts the Late Nights show, from 10pm to 1am, Monday to Thursday.
Early life
Ben Kentish grew up in north London and attended a comprehensive school before studying Politics, Psychology and Sociology at the University of Cambridge.[1]. While there, he also served as President of the Cambridge Union for the Lent 2013 term.[2]
Career
After graduating, Kentish held a number of roles in speechwriting and political communications.
In August 2016, he joined The Independent as a news reporter and, over the next two years, covered various major news stories, including the Grenfell Tower fire, the bombing of the Manchester Arena and the Westminster Bridge terror attack and the 2017 United Kingdom General Election.
In January 2018, he was promoted to the role of Political Correspondent and joined the parliamentary press gallery, reporting on UK politics, including the 2019 UK general election.
In this role, he broke a number of major stories, including allegedly antisemitic comments made by a trade union leader[3], and a plan by Conservative Party MPs to oust Theresa May[4]. He publishes a series of articles on the UK's housing crisis, focusing in particular in the number of rented homes that were unsafe[5]. He also publicly criticised then Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's handling of antisemitism allegations[6].
Kentish also appeared regularly as a political commentator on various media channels, including Sky News, Al Jazeera and CNN International|CNN.
In January 2020, he joined LBC as the station's Westminster Correspondent[7]. He was one of the journalists who asked regular questions of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Health Secretary Matt Hancock and other leaders during the global COVID-19 pandemic|Covid 19 pandemic[8].
In March 2022, he was promoted to the role of Westminster Editor[9] and in September of the same year was awarded his own weekly LBC show, at 4pm on Sunday afternoons[10].
In September 2023, following the departure of Colin Brazier, it was announced that Kentish would be promoted to present the weekday Late Nights show on LBC, between the hours of 10pm and 1am, from Monday to Thursday[11].
Personal life
Kentish is a lifelong supporter of Barnet FC[12]
References
- ↑ Kentish, Ben. "Iain Dale All Talk - Podcast". Global Player. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ "Richard Dawkins and Rowan Williams booked for Cambridge debate". BBC News. 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ Kentish, Ben (2018-09-13). "Labour antisemitism row was created by Israel to distract from 'atrocities', trade union boss suggests". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ Kentish, Ben (2018-07-08). "Theresa May faces leadership challenge threat from Tory Brexiteers". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ Kentish, Ben (2017-12-21). "More than half a million social homes in England do not meet basic health and safety standards". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ Kentish, Ben (2019-03-07). "Opinion: This is why Corbyn's Labour has utterly failed to put the antisemitism crisis to bed". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ "Ben Kentish takes on Westminster correspondent role at LBC". ResponseSource. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ "Ben Kentish grills PM over pressure on NHS amid Omicron spread". LBC. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ "UK Media Moves including LBC, Insider, GQ and more". Cision. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ "LBC announces exciting new-look weekend schedule". LBC. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ Tobitt, Charlotte (2023-09-04). "Colin Brazier leaves journalism after 40 years to study farming". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ↑ "Underhill's final minutes were pure theatre". Times Series. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
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