👤 Heather Stewart

9 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
9
2026-09-04 – 2026-10-08
Claims per article
22
196 extracted in total
Hedged claims
13%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,851
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Economy/Business
67%
Politics
22%
Technology
11%
Most-tagged topics
LabourBankBritainIMFLondonTreasuryAmazonBank of Japan

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
6 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.30 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-25 · The Guardian · Politics
No snap election before 2029, Andy Burnham says
5 outlets covered this event
2026-09-17 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
Burnham has to sell Bank rate rises as ‘breathing space’ – good luck with that
4 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-01 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
Healey urged to offer energy support in budget as bills rise 4%
3 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-07 · The Guardian · Politics
Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
2 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-08 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
Medium-term borrowing costs for UK government hit 19-year high
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-07 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans strongly right

What they said would happen

2026-09-04 · The Guardian
Yen soars as Bank of Japan tipped to raise interest rates
🔮 The Japanese yen has soared by more than 2% against the dollar amid speculation the Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates. assertive
2026-09-17 · The Guardian
Burnham has to sell Bank rate rises as ‘breathing space’ – good luck with that
🔮 That was the prospect opened up by Thursday’s minutes of the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting, which left rates unchanged at 3.75% – for now – but suggested policymakers may be unlikely to hold out much longer. assertive
2026-09-19 · The Guardian
‘Cost of housing’ crunch looms for low-income families, warns Resolution Foundation
🔮 The Resolution Foundation rejects the suggestion that relinking LHA with local conditions would mainly benefit private landlords, by driving up rents. assertive
2026-09-20 · The Guardian
AI slowdown calls justified but collapse of bubble may be more immediate threat | Heather Stewart
🔮 It will hardly be our most pressing concern if the bots are poised to take over the world, but a collapse of the AI bubble would have repercussions far beyond the US. mixed
2026-09-25 · The Guardian
No snap election before 2029, Andy Burnham says
🔮 Andy Burnham has said he will not call a snap general election before 2029, after days of speculation that Labour’s revival in the polls could tempt him to call an early contest. assertive
2026-10-01 · The Guardian
Healey urged to offer energy support in budget as bills rise 4%
🔮 In his speech at Labour’s conference in Liverpool this week, the chancellor warned that the government had limited resources to cushion the worldwide economic shocks hitting Britain, while arguing his budget would have fiscal discipline at its core. assertive
2026-10-07 · The Guardian
IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar
🔮 She said governments could not rely on rapid economic growth to lift the burden of debt – and instead would have to make “very tough political choices”. mixed
2026-10-07 · The Guardian
Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
🔮 The JRF predicts that, after housing costs, average household incomes will be between £440 and £770 lower in real terms in 2029-30 than when Labour came to power two years ago. assertive
2026-10-08 · The Guardian
Medium-term borrowing costs for UK government hit 19-year high
🔮 Recent dramatic moves in government bond markets have been driven by international factors, but will increase the pressure on John Healey ahead of his first budget as chancellor on 28 October. assertive
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