Sonia Sodha

Sonia Sodha is Chief Leader Writer of the Observer and a freelance consultant for the voluntary sector. She also makes documentaries on economic and social issues for Radio 4. She is a former head of public services and consumer rights policy at Which?, the Consumers’ Association, where she led their work on public services. Prior to this, she was a Senior Policy Adviser to Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, the Leader of the Opposition. She has also worked as Head of Policy and Strategy at the Dartington Social Research Unit and led programmes of work on public services, education, children and families at the think tanks Demos and the Institute for Public Policy Research. Sonia is a trustee of Trust for London and City Year UK and a governor of Griffin Primary School in Wandsworth.