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Jim Pickard

Deputy Political Editor

Jim Pickard is the deputy political editor at the Financial Times and works in the FT's Parliamentary office in Westminster, London. Before that he has worked in various FT roles including political correspondent, property correspondent, assistant UK news editor and Wales & Westcountry correspondent.

He has appeared on various broadcast including the BBC Radio 4's Today programme and PM show, Radio 2, Radio 5, Newsnight, CNBC, Sky News, Channel 4, GB News, LBC and Times Radio.

In 2019 Jim played a leading role in the FT team which won the Political Journalism prize at the British Journalism Awards for a series called "The Corbyn Revolution".

In 2021 he was part of an FT team which won the Political Journalism prize and Investigation of the Year award at the British Journalism Awards for a series of articles about Greensill Capital. The team also won the Private Eye Paul Foot Award for Investigative and Campaigning Journalism in the same year.

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  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    Labour party UK
    ‘Waste of time’: how Starmer fumbled his first months of power

    Plunging poll ratings have sapped morale as UK Labour government crawls towards Christmas break

    The decision to cut winter fuel payments has hit the popularity of Keir Starmer, centre, with Sue Gray, right, eventually forced out
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Six weirdest moments in UK politics in 2024

    From a soaked Sunak to awkward remarks, this year stood out to the FT’s deputy political editor in many ways

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech calling for a general election during heavy rain
  • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
    Reform party UK
    Nick Candy vows to help Reform disrupt British politics ‘like we have never seen’

    Property developer claims more billionaires are joining Elon Musk in backing the party

    Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (left)  with property tycoon Nick Candy, who is defecting to Reform UK
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Cronyism row as UK government appoints lobbyist to senior role

    Cicero chair Iain Anderson named as a non-executive director of business department

    Iain Anderson
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    UK business
    Business heading for ‘January of discontent’, says Tory ex-minister

    Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith warns of recession risk after Labour ‘trash talked’ the economy

    Andrew Griffith
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    ExplainerUtilities
    Why UK water regulator’s decision on bills is set to stoke turmoil

    Ofwat has not given heavily indebted Thames Water the increase in customer payments it was seeking

    Campaigners against Thames Water outside the High Court on December 17, 2024 in London
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Political Fix podcast41 min listen
    Quizmas special: Political Fix’s nerd out!

    Lucy Fisher puts the pod’s wise men and women to the test

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Harland & Wolff Group Holdings Plc
    Spain’s Navantia to buy Harland & Wolff

    State-backed defence group to take control of four UK shipyards

    One large crane is in the foreground, while other smaller cranes are in the background
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Water Services Regulation Authority UK
    Water bills in England and Wales to rise 36% after Ofwat review

    Customer charges to increase by an average of £31 a year before inflation between now and 2030

    Water flows from a tap into cupped hands
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    UK politics
    Senior Tory urges Elon Musk not to back Reform UK

    Andrew Griffith showers praise on Tesla billionaire before asking him to also consider the Conservatives

    The three men stand below a portrait of a young Donald Trump wearing cricket gear
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    UK infrastructure
    Electricity networks plan ‘unprecedented’ £77bn investment in clean power push

    Backlog in electricity network connections has been holding back renewable energy projects

    Electricity pylons run across Romney Marsh in Kent
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    High Speed Two Ltd
    Jon Thompson to quit as HS2 chair as price of UK rail project soars

    Government announcement comes hours after FT reported cost of high-speed line had risen by another £9bn

    Sir Jon Thompson
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Harland & Wolff Group Holdings Plc
    Navantia to rescue shipbuilder Harland & Wolff

    UK government offers more generous terms on Royal Navy contract to Spanish defence group for ailing Belfast company

    Harland and Wolff cranes in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Utilities
    Water customers in England in line for higher compensation payouts

    Issues like supply outages or sewer flooding will trigger bigger automatic payments by utilities, say ministers

    A bottled water station set up by Thames Water outside Homebase Streatham Vale in south London for thousands of people in the area who were left without water for more than 36 hours after extreme weather caused burst pipes
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    High Speed Two Ltd
    Cost of HS2 could hit £66bn, according to management estimate

    Report presented to board of Britain’s flagship transport project flagged how price could increase by a further £9bn

    Euston station and the HS2 building site
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    Royal Mail
    Křetínský is set to walk a tightrope as he tries to transform Royal Mail 

    Czech tycoon’s concessions to clinch his takeover could complicate efforts to turn the business into a modern postal service

    Daniel Křetínský
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    Royal Mail
    Křetínský’s £5.3bn bid for Royal Mail owner approved by UK government

    State will keep ‘golden share’ in troubled postal service

    A post worker loads a Royal Mail van
  • Sunday, 15 December, 2024
    ExplainerElectric vehicles
    Why the UK plans to water down electric vehicle rules

    With carmakers criticising sales quotas, ministers intend to boost funding for chargers to tackle sluggish demand

    Montage shows business secretary Jonathan Reynolds and an electric car against a colourful background
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    English devolution
    District councils face scrapping in major overhaul of English local government

    Devolution white paper aims to create larger authorities and more elected mayors

    District Council Offices sign in Chichester, West Sussex,
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    Political Fix podcast36 min listen
    Farage: more popular than the PM

    What happens next in Syria?

  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    UK energy
    Ministers consider weakening rights of communities to block clean-power projects

    UK government exploring rule change to limit use of judicial review to challenge large infrastructure projects

    A view of electricity pylons behind houses in Lydd, Kent
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    UK housebuilding
    Targets for affordable housing on greenbelt weakened in English planning reform

    Lower-grade land will be classed as ‘grey belt’ and open for redevelopment

    New aparments under construction
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    UK defence
    City should be more supportive of UK defence sector, says minister

    Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says banks and investors should shrug off ethical concerns about industry

    Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    UK energy
    UK ministers consider biggest ever renewable subsidy auction

    Discussions come as government seeks to meet 2030 clean power target

    Wind turbines and electricity pylons on a wind farm at Little Cheyne Court in Romney, in the south of England
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    UK housebuilding
    Measures to boost housebuilding in England risk being thwarted

    Experts say councils may be given too much time to produce local plans that permit increased development

    New residential housing development  encroaching on greenfield site  near Worcester
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