Allister Heath became editor of The Sunday Telegraph in April 2017. His columns are widely read for their penetrating insights and provocative commentary on economic and financial affairs.
He has worked for The Daily Telegraph, initially as a columnist, from 2012. From 2014 to 2017, he was deputy director for content and the paper’s deputy editor. Previously, he was editor of City A.M., a business newspaper, from 2008 to 2014; he was an associate editor at The Spectator, continuing in this role until 2008, and a contributing editor at the magazine from 2008 to 2011.
Heath undertook a number of roles at The Business, a London-based magazine. In 2002, he was its economics correspondent, then from 2002 to 2005 was economics editor and leader writer, rising to the roles of deputy editor (2005–06) and editor (2007–08).
From 2000 to 2002, Heath was editor of the European Journal and head of research at the European Foundation. Since then, he has mostly worked in journalism. In 2006, he became an associate editor at The Spectator, continuing in this role until 2008. He was a contributing editor at the magazine from 2008 to 2011.
Heath has also been Wincott Visiting Professor of Business Journalism at the University of Buckingham (2005–2007). He was chairman of the 2020 Tax Commission from 2011 to 2012, authoring The Single Income Tax: Final Report of the 2020 Tax Commission for it in 2012.
His first book, A Flat Tax: Towards a British Model (co-written with D. B. Smith), was published in 2006.[6][7][8] The same year, his book At a Price: the true cost of public spending, was also published.