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Charlotte Ivers helps audiences make sense of British politics, media, and culture. A political commentator and Sunday Times journalist, Charlotte worked inside 10 Downing Street and has appeared on Question Time, Newsnight, and Have I Got News for You.
Charlotte Ivers is a journalist and political commentator who explains how British politics, media, and culture shape each other, with the insight of someone who has worked inside government and reported on it.
Charlotte began her career at 10 Downing Street under Theresa May and Boris Johnson, running operations and events for domestic and international visits, including global summits. She then became a political correspondent for talkRADIO and Times Radio, earning a place on the Radio Academy's 30 Under 30 list. She's now TV critic and a staff writer at The Sunday Times, having previously been its restaurant critic.
That mix of Westminster, broadcasting, and cultural criticism gives Charlotte a wide view of how decisions get made and how they land with the public. She has appeared on Question Time, Newsnight, and Have I Got News for You, and speaks with particular authority on how politics looks to younger generations. A former President of the Cambridge Union and a philosophy graduate of Pembroke College, Cambridge, she brings debating rigour to every discussion.
Audiences come away with a clearer picture of how government works behind closed doors, why public trust in politics is shifting, and what that means for organisations trying to read the national mood.
Book Charlotte for a candid, well-informed take on the forces shaping modern Britain.
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Charlotte Ivers draws on her time inside 10 Downing Street and as a Times Radio political correspondent, using specific examples of how government actually operates to explain the headlines.
Charlotte Ivers specialises in British politics, the media, and generational attitudes to public life. She is a Sunday Times TV critic and staff writer, a former Times Radio political correspondent, and previously worked at 10 Downing Street under two prime ministers.
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