Liam Halligan Explained

Liam Halligan
Birth Date:1969 4, df=yes
Birth Place:London, England
Occupation:Economist, journalist, broadcaster
Education:The John Lyon School
University of Warwick
St Antony's College, Oxford
Employer:GB News
The Economist
Financial Times
Channel 4 News
GQ
The Daily Telegraph
Awards:British Press Award, Wincott Award, Business Journalist of the Year Award
Spouse:Lucy Ward
Children:3

Liam James Halligan (born 29 April 1969) is a British economist, journalist, author and broadcaster.[1] He was economics and business editor at GB News from its launch in June 2021 to June 2024.[2]

Since 2003, Halligan has written a weekly column in The Sunday Telegraph.[3] [4] He also presents The Telegraphs weekly Planet Normal podcast.[5]

Early life and education

Halligan was born to an Irish family and grew up in Kingsbury, London.[6] Halligan attended the John Lyon School on a scholarship, where he became head boy.[7]

The first person in his family to attend university, he graduated with a first-class degree in economics from the University of Warwick and went on to gain an MPhil in economics from St Antony's College, Oxford.[8] [9]

Career

Economics and policy

In 1992, following graduation, Halligan joined his former university tutor Robert Skidelsky at The Social Market Foundation, the Westminster-based think tank. He later worked at the International Food Policy Research Institute and in the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, USA, as a research economist.

In 1994, Halligan joined the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and moved to Moscow. In Moscow he shared a flat with Dominic Cummings.[10]

Together with other economists from LSE, Oxford and Harvard, he co-founded Russian Economic Trends, an academic journal that published macroeconomic data, analysis and commentary on Russia.[11] He also helped to establish the Russian-European Centre for Economic Policy, an inter-governmental policy advisory group.[12]

Since 1997, Halligan has sat on the Policy Advisory Board of The Social Market Foundation.[13] In 2010, he became a founder member of the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE), an ESRC-funded research centre at the University of Warwick.[14]

In 2017, Halligan was invited to join an expert advisory committee at the Department for International Trade.[15] He has also testified before a number of Parliamentary committees. In April 2020, he called for the Government to build more social housing.[16] In February 2021, he appeared before the Lords Economic Affairs Select Committee on quantitative easing.[17]

In 2019, he published Home Truths, which argues that the UK's housing shortage deprives vulnerable families of decent social housing.

In 2020, he was shortlisted by the Government for the post of Downing Street TV Press Secretary.[18]

Journalism

In the early 1990s, Halligan wrote a weekly column for The Moscow Times and covered Russian economics and politics for The Economist and The Economist Intelligence Unit.[19] He also wrote about the Soviet Union for The Wall Street Journal and Euromoney.[20]

In 1996, Halligan was appointed political correspondent at the Financial Times. He covered the 1997 general election and Good Friday Agreement as part of a team led by political editor Robert Peston.[21] He went on to become economics correspondent at Channel 4 News, where he remained until 2006.

From 1999 to 2002, while at Channel 4 News, Halligan wrote a weekly economics column for Sunday Business before moving his column to The Sunday Telegraph.[22] In 2006, he was appointed economics editor at The Sunday Telegraph.[23] From 2008 to 2010, he wrote a monthly column for GQ.[24]

Halligan was a founding panellist on the daily television discussion show CNN Talk. He was a regular panellist on This Week, presented by Andrew Neil.[25] When the BBC axed the programme in 2019, Halligan said the corporation had made a "blindingly obvious mistake".[26]

Since 2004, he has also regularly presented standalone documentaries on Channel 4, including for Dispatches, and sits on the jury of the Royal Television Society's Specialist Journalist award.[27]

In March 2021, Halligan was named as economics and business editor at GB News and co-presenter of a daily lunchtime show with former Labour Party MP Gloria De Piero.[28]

From September 2021 to September 2022, Halligan presented his own show on GB News, On The Money, which ran for an hour every weekday and focused on financial topics. On 1 September 2022, it was announced that the show was to be axed, with Halligan having an increased presence on other GB News programmes, centering around the Cost of living crisis. In June 2024, Halligan departed GB News.

Halligan has also written for New Statesman, Prospect, and UnHerd.[29] [30] [1] He also writes for The Spectator and The Sun. He has presented shows on LBC and BBC Radio Five Live.[31] [32]

Business

Between 2008 and 2013, Halligan was Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management, an institutional asset management focussed on the Soviet Union.

Since 2014, Halligan has been a shareholder at Bne IntelliNews, where he is also Editor-at-Large.[33]

Personal life

He lives with journalist and author Lucy Ward, and they have two daughters and one son together.[34]

Halligan is a citizen of both the UK and the Republic of Ireland. In 2012, he was invited to join the Global Irish Network, an advisory board of Irish nationals living outside Ireland.[35] He is also a regular panellist at the Kilkenomics Festival.[36]

In 2016, he was appointed a Governor at John Lyon School.[37] His hobbies include guitar, double bass, traditional Irish music, choral music, film, rowing, and sailing.

Recognition

As an individual

For output

Selected bibliography

Selected filmography

Presenter

Producer

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Halligan, Liam James, (born 29 April 1969), columnist, Sunday Telegraph, since 2001; Editor-at-Large, Business New Europe, since 2013; Columnist, UnHerd.com, 2017–19. 2021-06-03. Who's Who & Who Was Who. en. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U151463. 978-0-19-954088-4.
  2. Web site: 2021-05-26. GB News launch date revealed + latest signings and schedule information. 2021-06-03. Press Gazette. en-US. 27 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210627231053/https://pressgazette.co.uk/what-is-gb-news-everything-you-need-to-know/. dead.
  3. Web site: Telegraph Economic Commentator: Liam Halligan. Sunday Telegraph. 14 May 2023 .
  4. Web site: Press Gazette: British Press Award Winners, 2007. 20 January 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130218001613/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/39598. 18 February 2013. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Planet Normal. 3 June 2021. The Daily Telegraph. en-GB.
  6. Web site: Does Johnson have the guts to tackle the rigged housing market described by Halligan?. 2021-06-03. Conservative Home. 18 January 2020 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Governors. 2021-06-03. John Lyon. en-GB.
  8. Web site: Antonian Magazine: Michaelmas 2010. 20 January 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120224081959/http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/Antonian_Michaelmas2010.pdf. 24 February 2012. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: Corner. Speakers. Liam Halligan – Keynote Speakers Speakers Corner. 2021-06-03. www.speakerscorner.co.uk. en.
  10. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/exclusive-dominic-cummings-s-secret-links-to-russia Spectator article
  11. Web site: The financial meltdown: an interview with Liam Halligan. 2021-06-04. www.emeraldpublishing.co.uk.
  12. Halligan. Liam. Teplukhin. Pavel. 1996-03-01. Investment disincentives in Russia. Communist Economies and Economic Transformation. 8. 1. 29–51. 10.1080/14631379608427843. 1351-4393.
  13. Web site: Our People. 2021-06-04. Social Market Foundation. en-GB.
  14. Web site: People. 2021-06-04. warwick.ac.uk.
  15. News: Zeffman. Henry. Trade guru Shanker Singham quits over role at lobbying firm. The Times. en. 2021-06-04. 0140-0460.
  16. Web site: Building more social housing – Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee – House of Commons. 2021-06-04. publications.parliament.uk.
  17. Web site: Committees – UK Parliament. 2021-06-04. committees.parliament.uk. en.
  18. Web site: 2020-10-14. Politico London Playbook: Short circuit – Halligan in No. 10 – Times pol ed runners and riders. 2021-06-03. Politico. en-US.
  19. Web site: Land-Reform Fight About Votes News. 2021-06-03. The Moscow Times Archive.
  20. Web site: Volk. Yevgeny. The Heritage Foundation. 2021-06-03. The Heritage Foundation. en.
  21. Web site: 2013-08-09. James Harding: how the BBC's news chief started life in the FT fast track. 2021-06-03. The Guardian. en.
  22. Web site: Iain Dale All Talk: Liam Halligan on Apple Podcasts. 2021-06-03. Apple Podcasts. en-US.
  23. Web site: Channel 4's Halligan off to Sunday Telegraph. The Guardian. 19 July 2006.
  24. Web site: Liam Halligan. 2021-06-03. Connect Speakers Bureau. en-GB.
  25. Web site: BBC One – This Week, 19/07/2018, Austin and friends review political year – part one. 2021-06-03. BBC. 20 July 2018 . en-GB.
  26. News: 2019-02-15. BBC's This Week to end as host Andrew Neil steps down. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-06-03.
  27. Web site: RTS Television Journalism Awards 2021.
  28. Web site: 2021-05-21. GB News reveals line-up of shows with Andrew Neil to host primetime evening news programme. 2021-06-03. inews.co.uk. en.
  29. News: Halligan. Liam. 24 October 2005. The Debt Pandemic. New Statesman. London. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201215611/https://www.newstatesman.com/node/151826. 1 February 2014.
  30. Web site: Prospect Author: Liam Halligan. Prospect Magazine. 21 January 2014.
  31. Web site: 2019-12-09. LBC to broadcast election night on air and video. 2021-06-03. RadioWorks. en-GB.
  32. Web site: BBC Radio 5 live – Wake Up to Money, 20/08/2007. 2021-06-03. BBC. en-GB.
  33. Web site: About Us bne IntelliNews. 2021-06-04. www.intellinews.com. en.
  34. Web site: 2010-09-17. Our Russian adventure. 2021-06-04. The Guardian. en.
  35. Web site: Global Irish Network Forum 2013 – List of Participants. 20 January 2014.
  36. Web site: Liam Halligan – Kilkenomics Festival. 2021-06-04. en-US.
  37. Web site: Governors. 2021-06-04. John Lyon. en-GB.
  38. Web site: The Wincott Foundation Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20140220223639/http://www.wincott.co.uk/awards/previous-winners.html. dead. 20 February 2014. 2021-06-04. www.wincott.co.uk.
  39. Web site: Liam Halligan – Knight Ayton. 2021-06-04. knightayton.co.uk. en-gb.
  40. Web site: Liam Halligan. 2021-06-04. Speakers for Schools. 26 February 2020 . en-GB.
  41. Web site: Winners of the Workworld media awards announced Onrec. 2021-06-04. www.onrec.com.
  42. Web site: Corner. Speakers. Liam Halligan – Keynote Speakers Speakers Corner. 2021-06-04. www.speakerscorner.co.uk. en.
  43. Web site: Is the BBC Still in Peril? Bite-Sized Books. 2021-06-04. en-GB.
  44. Web site: Home Truths. 2021-06-04. www.bitebackpublishing.com. en.
  45. Book: The EU and Africa. Hurst & Co.. 2012.
  46. Book: Defusing the Pension Time Bomb. Stockholm Network. 2006.
  47. Book: Lessons from Attempted Macroeconomic Stabilisations in Russia. Social Market Foundation. 1998.
  48. Book: Blejer. Mario I.. Fiscal Policy and Economic Reforms: Essays in Honour of Vito Tanzi. Ter-Minassian. Teresa. 2002. Routledge. 978-1-134-77529-3. en.
  49. Book: Russia's New Parliament: A Business Analysis. The Economist. 1995.
  50. Book: Field. Frank. Europe Isn't Working. Halligan. Liam. Owen. Matthew. 1994. Institute of Community Studies. 978-0-9523355-0-4. en.
  51. Book: Beyond Unemployment. Social Market Foundation. 1993.
  52. Book: Skidelsky. Robert Jacob Alexander. Another Great Depression?: Historical Lessons for the 1990s. Halligan. Liam. 1993. Social Market Foundation. en.
  53. Web site: Britain's £400bn Covid Bill: Dispatches. 2021-06-04. Channel 4. en.
  54. Web site: Britain's Train Hell: Dispatches. 2021-06-04. Channel 4. en.
  55. Web site: Britain's New Build Scandal: Channel 4 Dispatches Channel 4. 2021-06-04. www.channel4.com.
  56. Web site: HS2: The Great Train Robbery: Channel 4 Dispatches Channel 4. 2021-06-04. www.channel4.com.
  57. Web site: How to Lose Seven Billion Pounds: Dispatches. 2021-06-04. Channel 4. en.
  58. Web site: Britain's New Build Scandal: Dispatches. 2021-06-04. Channel 4. en.
  59. Web site: BBC Radio 4 – Analysis, Quantitative Easing: Miracle Cure or Dangerous Addiction?. 2021-06-04. BBC. en-GB.
  60. Web site: Channel 4 – News – Dispatches – NHS: Where Did All The Money Go?. https://web.archive.org/web/20210604102713/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ayZ2scY3RUcJ:www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/nhs+where+did+all+the+money+go/267598.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk. dead. 4 June 2021. 2021-06-04.
  61. Web site: Channel 4 – News – Dispatches – Public Service, Private Profit. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202194615/http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/public+service+private+profit/158060.html. dead. 2 February 2014. 2021-06-04. www.channel4.com.
  62. Web site: Whose pension are you paying?. 2021-06-04. www.telegraph.co.uk.
  63. Web site: Dispatches: Is Your Pension Safe? Channel 4. 2021-06-04. www.channel4.com.
  64. Web site: Neither Confirm Nor Deny. 2021-06-04. DOC NYC. en-US.

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