Tom Witherow

Tom Witherow is an award-winning investigative journalist currently serving as a special projects reporter at The Times (London), following previous roles as business correspondent at the Daily Mail and political reporter in Westminster. He earned recognition for groundbreaking investigations into the Post Office IT scandal and Britain's gambling industry, with his 2022 Daily Mail exposé on 33 scandal-related deaths being cited in Parliament and accelerating compensation efforts. Witherow began his career as a diary reporter at the Mail on Sunday after writing for York University's student paper. His work combines traditional shoe-leather reporting with data analysis, often involving door-knocking campaigns and inquest record examinations. Notable achievements include forcing a £3.5 million settlement from Playtech through gambling addiction coverage and contributing to £935 million in Post Office victim compensation.