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Sebastian Payne

Whitehall Correspondent

Sebastian Payne writes about British politics for the FT. He was previously political leader writer and digital opinion editor. Before he joined the FT, he was a reporter and editor at The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph.

He also presents the weekly FT Politics podcast and writes a regular notebook column for the opinion pages.


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