Janan Ganesh was political correspondent for The Economist for five years, and he was a researcher at Policy Exchange for two. Today he is the Financial Times’ principal political columnist and a regular guest on the BBC’s Sunday Politics. He is also the author of George Osbourne: The Austerity Chancellor, a biography examining the life and career in government of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ganesh ‘makes sense of a man who is both a personal enigma and a political machine’.

Janan’s weekly column for the FT is a signature blend of politics and social commentary on Britain today. Much read and admired, he features in the Debrett’s 500 list of the most influential figures in British society.

On June 1 2018 Janan moved to Washington DC to become the FT’s chief US political commentator.