Whitehall Editor for the Observer. Politics, investigations and taramasalata

Writes the most popular UK politics Substack (samf.substack.com)

Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State" out now. (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024).

Senior fellow: Institute for Government

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