Ben Riley-Smith has been appointed Political Editor of the Sunday Times, starting in September. Formerly the Telegraph’s Political Editor and later its Chief Political Commentator…
Riley-Smith said today:
“I’m delighted to have been made The Sunday Times’s political editor. I have long been an admirer of the paper’s fantastic, agenda-setting journalism. The Sunday Times political reporting has a reputation for being fair, incisive and revelatory. In these uncertain times in Westminster and beyond those values are needed now more than ever. I cannot wait to get stuck in.”
There were rumours in the Baby Shard that Sam Coates was the frontrunner. Looks like Sky were keen to keep him…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”