| Duncan Weldon | |
| Birth Name: | Peter Duncan Weldon |
| Birth Place: | Northumberland, England, UK |
| Nationality: | British |
| Alma Mater: | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Employer: | The Economist (2019-present) |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Party: | Labour Party |
Duncan Weldon (born 1982) is a journalist,[1] and former political advisor,[2] researcher,[3] and market strategist.[4]
Weldon studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Somerville College, Oxford. He joined the Labour Party at age 18.[5]
He is currently the Britain economics correspondent at The Economist,[6] and has been with the newspaper since 2019.[7] An economist by background he began his career at the Bank of England. Other early roles included asset management (including four years in fund management, becoming a partner at Senhouse Capital),[8] a researcher and economics advisor for the Labour Party, and senior economist at the Trades Union Congress.[9] [2]
Weldon was appointed as BBC Newsnights Economics and Business editor in 2014.[5] He announced his departure from the BBC in November 2015, following which he became head of research at the financial investment firm Resolution Group.[10] [4] He was briefly at Legal & General Investment Management between February and October 2019, as a strategist on the asset allocation team, advising on investment research and allocation decisions.[11] [12] [7]
Weldon previously wrote blogs at the Left Foot Forward website[13] and LabourList.[14]