Margaret Ellison

Margaret Ellison came into journalism through adult education and local public service work rather than a traditional newsroom route. After studying Social Policy at the University of Kent, she spent several years preparing community briefings, council-facing reports, and plain-English guides on housing, care, transport, and neighbourhood services. Her writing is shaped by close attention to how politics is experienced away from television studios and party conferences. She has followed planning disputes, local consultations, environmental schemes, care provision, and the slow administrative decisions that often matter most to residents. For London Politics, Margaret brings an older and more grounded perspective to society, green policy, and local government stories, with particular attention to the public services and community spaces where policy becomes visible.