Lucy Fisher

@LOS_Fisher

Whitehall Editor @FT 📰🗞️ • Host of the FT’s award-winning ‘Political Fix’ podcast 🎙️📻 • Author 📚 • Associate fellow @RUSI_org

London, England

Joined November 2011

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Lucy Fisher@LOS_Fisher · May 28

A note to say I'm now on maternity leave until the end of the year, after my baby son arrived last week Until then, @GeorgeWParker has hopped into the hot seat hosting Political Fix🎙️📻 And @OilSheppard is acting Whitehall Editor at @FT Huge thanks to both! See you in 2026

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George Parker@GeorgeWParker · Jul 18

New - ⁦@LOS_Fisher⁩ back on the pod to tell the extraordinary inside story of the Afghan files. Plus ⁦@AArmstrong_ from inside Mansion House and ⁦@PickardJE⁩ on Labour whip cracking on.ft.com/4kMJKPq

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Sam Macrory@sammacrory · Jul 19

🎧The Afghan data breach, super-injunctions, scandal, scrutiny... With @LOS_Fisher - whose reporting of the story this week is essential reading - dialling up to the @instituteforgov podcast studio to join @AlexGAThomas @gemmatetlow and @cath_haddon instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/inside…

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Lucy Fisher@LOS_Fisher · Jul 16

NEW ‘Confusion’ reigns over cost of UK’s Afghan rescue scheme, warns chair of parliament’s spending watchdog Alongside muddle between £850mn and £7bn figures, govt has failed to give costings for a cohort of 1,000 Afghans relocated to UK due to data leak ft.com/content/03f52c…

LOS_Fisher's tweet card. Head of public accounts committee calls on ministers to disclose detailed bill for resettlement programme

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Financial Times@FT · Jul 15

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Wednesday July 16 on.ft.com/46MrdPJ

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Lucy Fisher@LOS_Fisher · Jul 15

How one of the gravest security lapses in history was kept secret The story of the super-injunction: the global gagging order sought by successive UK govts to silence media over leak that put thousands at risk of Taliban reprisals By @nyalistair & me ft.com/content/dbbaec…

LOS_Fisher's tweet card. Successive UK governments gagged the media over a leak that put thousands at risk of Taliban reprisals

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Lucy Fisher@LOS_Fisher · Jul 15

The British state’s battle to contain the fallout from catastrophic Afghan data leak The full story of how the crisis unfolded over several years by @nyalistair and me 👇 ft.com/content/ac7326…

LOS_Fisher's tweet card. Significant decisions affecting immigration and the UK’s fiscal deficit were hidden in effort to protect Afghans

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Lucy Fisher@LOS_Fisher · Jul 15

🚨 🚨 🚨 UK govt set up a secret multibillion-pound scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to Britain after a data leak put them at risk of murder and torture by the Taliban... Then gagged the media with a super-injunction for almost two years ft.com/content/f6b411…

LOS_Fisher's tweet card. ‘Super-injunction’ lifted two years after 100,000 people were placed at risk of Taliban reprisals

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Lucy Fisher@LOS_Fisher · Jun 11

These awards recognise the razor-sharp political analysis and unrivalled insight of @GeorgeWParker @robertshrimsley @stephenkb @greenmiranda @PickardJE @AnnaSophieGross, and the myriad other top @FT folk who join the podcast panel from week to week

LLucy Fisher@LOS_Fisher · Jun 11

Beyond thrilled that Political Fix has won both ‘political podcast of the year’ AND ‘podcast of the year’ at Publisher Podcast Awards tonight!🏆 Alongside amazing @FT panel you hear each week, big props to incredible team @ManuelaSaragosa @Lulu_Smyth_ @breen_audio @phillipsflo💪

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Lucy Fisher@LOS_Fisher · Jun 11

LOS_Fisher's tweet image. Beyond thrilled that Political Fix has won both ‘political podcast of the year’ AND ‘podcast of the year’ at Publisher Podcast Awards tonight!🏆

Alongside amazing @FT panel you hear each week, big props to incredible team @ManuelaSaragosa @Lulu_Smyth_ @breen_audio @phillipsflo💪

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Lucy Fisher@LOS_Fisher · May 15

Excl: Lower US tariffs on UK exports unlikely to take effect for weeks, say British officials UK companies complain about continued uncertainty around levies despite the bilateral trade deal Via me, @Aime_Williams & colleagues ft.com/content/1b719d…

LOS_Fisher's tweet card. Companies complain of uncertainty around trade deal and plan to reduce levies on metals and cars

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Lucy Fisher@LOS_Fisher · May 15

Kemi Badenoch pivots to economy, amid signs her attempt to fight Reform UK on immigration and “woke” issues is floundering Via @GeorgeWParker and me 👇 ft.com/content/05bcd5…

LOS_Fisher's tweet card. Conservative leader seeks to exploit Nigel Farage’s ‘weak spot’ on fiscal discipline

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Lucy Fisher@LOS_Fisher · May 13

You asked and we delivered... ‘Ask Political Fix’, a new semi-regular Q&A format of the podcast! Of course I had the easy job filleting your fiendish questions... This week @robertshrimsley, @greenmiranda & @stephenkb answered them with aplomb Tell us what you think! 📻🎧

LOS_Fisher's tweet image. You asked and we delivered...

‘Ask Political Fix’, a new semi-regular Q&amp;A format of the podcast!

Of course I had the easy job filleting your fiendish questions...

This week @robertshrimsley, @greenmiranda &amp; @stephenkb answered them with aplomb

Tell us what you think! 📻🎧

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Miranda Green@greenmiranda · May 11

We did a Politcal Fix QT ep 🎙 .... really cheeky questions aboit the stock picks. Anyone wld think @LOS_Fisher @robertshrimsley @stephenkb and I don't have a strategy! open.spotify.com/episode/62f3r3…

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