Heather Stewart (born 28 September 1976) is an English journalist who is a special correspondent for The Guardian.
[1] She was educated at a state school[2] and then studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1995 to 1998.
In January 2016, she became political editor of The Guardian[3] in a job-share with Anushka Asthana.
[5][6] On 25 February 2022, Stewart announced she would be leaving the role of political editor to become The Guardian's special correspondent.
In the role, she will report on the British government's levelling up policy, as well as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit.