Eleanor Whitfield

Eleanor Whitfield is UK News and Politics Editor at The NE Times. She covers Westminster and the devolved nations, elections, public services and the cost-of-living stories that shape everyday life across the United Kingdom. She has written more than 270 articles for The NE Times since May 2026, most of them across UK news and politics, with a regular focus on Labour in government, immigration and asylum policy, the Home Office, policing and the NHS, as well as the rise of Reform UK. Her reporting has ranged from the expansion of free school meals and Right to Buy reform to facial recognition cameras on British streets, and she also steps in on major cultural stories for the newsroom, from landmark television finales to tributes to much-loved British performers.

UK NewsGreen Man's refugee training scheme shows what a festival can do beyond the stage5 July 2026PoliticsUK-UAE Sudan Testimony Raises Questions For Ministers25 June 2026PoliticsFederal judge blocks key parts of Trump's mail voting order25 June 2026UK NewsUK records hottest June day as heatwave intensifies24 June 2026UK NewsGatwick expansion gains momentum as campaigners lose court battle24 June 2026PoliticsBrexit anniversary revives debate over a faster UK route back to the EU24 June 2026PoliticsFrom landslide to lectern: what finally forced Starmer out22 June 2026PoliticsWestminster reacts: Farage demands election as rivals circle after Starmer quits22 June 2026Politics'Another one out the door': what voters make of the latest Westminster upheaval22 June 2026

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