Ben Wright has been a Political Correspondent for the BBC since 2008. After two years leading the political coverage for BBC Breakfast and the One O'Clock News, Ben became the Chief Political Correspondent for Radio 4 in 2012, appearing daily on the Today Programme, World at One and PM.
He has covered a general election, budgets, Presidential visits, Prime Ministerial trips and an expenses scandal. Wright is the author of Order! Order! The Rise and Fall of Political Drinking which was published by Duckworth in 2016.