Britain's election: the next government and the future
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Speakers
- Andrew PalmerBritain editorAndrew Palmer is the Britain editor. He was formerly executive editor, business affairs editor, head of the data team, Americas editor, finance editor and banking correspondent, having joined The Economist as management correspondent in February 2007. He was previously at the Economist Intelligence Unit, sister company to The Economist.
- Duncan RobinsonPolitical Editor and Bagehot columnistDuncan Robinson is The Economist’s political editor and Bagehot columnist. Prior to this Duncan was Brussels bureau chief and author of the Charlemagne column, as well as a political correspondent in London. Before joining the newspaper, he worked at the Financial Times.
- Georgia BanjoBritain correspondentGeorgia Banjo is a Britain correspondent who writes mainly about health. She joined The Economist as a foreign intern in 2020 and had a stint in São Paulo covering Brazil. She holds an MA in International Security from Sciences Po Paris and an LLM in International Relations from Peking University.
- Matthew HolehouseBritish political correspondentMatthew Holehouse is the British political correspondent of The Economist. Before joining the newspaper he worked at MLex Market Insight, a regulatory policy news agency where he covered the Brexit negotiations; and at the Daily Telegraph, where he was political correspondent and Brussels correspondent. He studied at Oxford University and City University London.
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