Tom Newton Dunn is a British journalist who is the political editor of The Sun newspaper.
Background
Newton Dunn was born in London, the son of former Conservative, then Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament Bill Newton Dunn, and was educated at Marlborough College in Wiltshire and Edinburgh University, receiving an Master of Arts Honours degree in English Literature.
Career
He has held the post since 2009. He previously worked for ten years as a defence journalist and foreign reporter. Newton Dunn also regularly appears on British Broadcasting Corporation and Sky News, and is one of the hosts of British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s Week in Westminster and What the Papers Say.
Newton Dunn joined The Daily Telegraph as a diary reporter for the Peterborough column in 1996, moving to the Daily Mirror to join their Graduate Trainee scheme the next year.
He spent several years (1999–2001) with the Mirror as a news reporter, before being made the paper"s defence correspondent after the 9/11 terrorist attacks covering the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. In 2004, he moved to The Sun as the paper"s defence editors
He was promoted to the role of the publication"s political editor in 2009, although it was intended for him to be still involved in the title"s defence coverage.
Politics
He is also a regular broadcast commentator on politics, hosts British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s The Week in Westminster and What the Papers Say, has been a panellist on Any Questions?, and reviews the papers on Sky News.