Kate Andrews
Kate Andrews | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 24, 1990 United States |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, economics editor |
| Years active | 2010s–present |
| Known for | Economics editor at The Spectator, columnist for The Daily Telegraph and City AM |
Kate Andrews (born 24 June 1990) is a US-born journalist operating out of the United Kingdom with a focus on economic issues. Since 2021, she has held the position of economics editor at The Spectator and contributes a weekly column to The Daily Telegraph. Prior to this, she wrote a biweekly column for City AM.
Early life
Andrews completed her secondary education at Greens Farms Academy in Westport, Connecticut. In 2008, she moved to Scotland to pursue higher education at the University of St Andrews, where she earned an MA in International Relations and Philosophy in 2012. While studying there, she engaged actively in the university’s performing arts society and acted as rector’s assessor during Alistair Moffat's term as Rector.
Career
Following graduation, Andrews briefly participated in Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign team, worked on Linda McMahon’s senate bid, and contributed to the conservative news outlet Townhall. She returned to the UK in 2014 to join the Adam Smith Institute, a neoliberal think tank, before moving on to become news editor at the Institute of Economic Affairs, which promotes free-market policies. In 2018, LBC recognized her as one of the UK's 100 most influential conservatives.
Andrews joined The Spectator in 2020 as an economics journalist and was promoted to economics editor the following year. She has been shortlisted twice for The Press Awards’ 'Business and Finance Journalist of the Year', notably for her accurate forecast of the UK’s inflation rise after the COVID-19 crisis.
She is a frequent guest on BBC programs such as Politics Live and Question Time, and regularly appears on other networks including Sky News, Channel 4, Channel 5, and ITV.
Political views
Though a lifelong Republican, Andrews voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 US presidential election as a protest against Donald Trump. In 2016, she expressed support for the Libertarian Party. Her political stance includes strong advocacy for free speech and positive attitudes toward immigration, while opposing broader background checks for gun purchases.
She often voices support for reforming funding mechanisms within the National Health Service. While rejecting wholesale adoption of the American healthcare financing model in Britain, she endorses investigating alternatives that preserve universal coverage and free access at the point of use.