Sonia Priya Sodha (born June 1981) is a British columnist, author and broadcaster. She has written forThe Guardian,The Observer andThe Times. She was a senior adviser toEd Miliband when he wasLeader of the Opposition. She has appeared regularly on ITV'sThis Morning since 2022.

Sonia Priya Sodha was born in June 1981.^[1] She describes herself as a "half-Hindu, half-Sikh Indian".^[2] She went to a private school,^[3] followed bySt Hilda's College, Oxford,^[4] where she took aBA (Hons) inPPE and anMPhil in Politics.^[5]

During her time at Oxford, Sodha served as the president of theOxford University Liberal Democrats in the Hilary term of 2001.^[6]

She worked for theSocial Market Foundation and the Race Equality Unit at theHome Office before joining theInstitute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) as aresearch assistant,^[5] later becoming aresearch fellow.^[7] She later moved to become Head of the Capabilities Programme atDemos,^[8] where she led work in areas including education and public services,^[9] and became Head of Policy and Strategy at the Dartington Social Research Unit.^[9]

She was a senior adviser toEd Miliband when he wasLeader of the Opposition.^[10] Later, when Sodha was head of public services atWhich?, she was reported byThe Times to have influenced Miliband's policy of breaking up large banks and requiring them to sell branches to stimulate competition.^[11] Sodha was engaged as the chiefleader writer atThe Observer and deputy opinion editor atThe Guardian until the sale of the Observer to Tortoise Media and remains a columnist at The Guardian.^[12] She has made appearances on television and radio shows including theSky News newspaper review,Today, andQuestion Time,^[13] and has presentedBBC Radio 4 documentaries on topics includingmulticulturalism^[14] anddeliberative democracy.^[15]

Sodha served as atrustee ofCity Year UK, a charity that supports role models to help students from disadvantaged communities,^[16][17] and ofTrust for London, a charity addressing poverty and equality.^[10]

Since 2022, Sodha appears regularly on ITVsThis Morning as contributor to news-related subjects.

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