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Jessica Sharkey
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Smoggie. Reporter @thetimes.com previously Teesside Live | John Schofield Trust fellow 2025 | Got a story? Jessica.sharkey@thetimes.co.uk
Could Reform win in London? I visited Havering - where local Reform memberships have soared - to find out

www.thetimes.com/article/9661...
‘They’d win if it was tomorrow’: on the streets of Reform’s London
Nigel Farage’s upstart party is leading in the polls — which may translate to winning seats even in the capital
www.thetimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I’ve had the best time working with the brilliant @timesscotland.bsky.social
team over the last four months

I am now working on the London section @thetimes.com - tips welcome!

A few of my favourite pieces I worked on in Scotland below 🧵
May 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
1/The great property factor scandal: how thousands of homeowners in Scotland are trapped paying fees to management companies they didn’t choose for poor service — and in some cases, being charged extra to cover their neighbours’ debts.
@timesscotland.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/article/f35c...
Revealed: the great property factor scandal
Unexpected payments of thousands of pounds are being demanded by the property managers, including for debt owed by somebody else in a shared building
www.thetimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Where are the best and worst places to grow up as a girl in Scotland? I looked at the data — from education to crime — and spoke to residents to find out 📈

🔓The Times is free to read this weekend
@timesscotland.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/article/f25b...
Revealed: the best place in Scotland to be a girl
East Renfrewshire tops the table on issues such as health, education, crime and rates of teenage pregnancies — but Dundee is not so fortunate
www.thetimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
For the next few months I’m going to be working with the brilliant team at @timesscotland.bsky.social
based in Glasgow🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Tips are welcome! Drop me a line Jessica.sharkey@thetimes.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Reposted by Jessica Sharkey
🗞️ More and more Times and Sunday Times journalists and staff are joining BlueSky.

We’ll be updating this starter kit as they do so, you should give them a follow

👇
October 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM
The gender wealth gap starts sooner than you think. Some data analysis of why that is the case — from the confidence gap to pensions

www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Mind the gender wealth gap — it starts sooner than you think
The financial disparity between the sexes begins before you even hit your twenties, reports Jessica Sharkey
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:28 AM