Pippa Crerar

Pippa Crerar has covered British and international politics for more than two decades, reporting on six general elections, on seven prime ministers and hundreds of news stories from the Iraq war and the great financial crash to Brexit and the inevitable parliamentary scandals. She enjoys rusted contacts at the heart of government, right across Whitehall, and in the opposition parties. Pippa offers deep insight into what is really going on inside British politics and beyond.

Following her time at the London Evening Standard Pippa moved to become Political Editor at Daily Mirror where she broke both the Partygate and the Dominic Cummings Barnard Castle stories. Pippa is now the Political Editor of The Guardian.

A regular on broadcast media including Sky, ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC, she is a presenter of Radio 4’s The Week In Westminster. Jasmin Hyde played the part of Pippa in Michael Winterbottom’s This England, a six-part drama about Boris Johnson and his time in government.

She is a multi-award winning journalist who is currently Journalist of the Year with the London Press Club, the Society of Editors and the British Journalism Awards. She has won further accolades including Political Journalist of the Year, Scoop of the Year, Investigation of the Year, the Hugh Cudlipp Award, and Women In Journalism’s Woman of the Year.

In short, as a highly informed choice as a host or speaker, Pippa is witty and authoritative with long experience of chairing and presenting at events in the political world and beyond.

Contact Pippa Crerar via a Specialist Speakers agent on 01455 633289 for speaking and presentation in both in-person and virtual settings.