Danny Shaw

Danny Shaw is a journalist and commentator specialising in policing, crime, justice, security and immigration. He spent 31 years at the BBC where, as  home affairs correspondent, he won a series of awards for his coverage of sentencing policy, illegal drugs and fraud. 

Danny has also worked at the criminal justice consultancy Crest Advisory and at City St George’s University, London, where he was a visiting lecturer in journalism for 13 years. In the lead-up to the 2024 General Election, Danny acted as a senior adviser to the Labour MP Yvette Cooper, who was then Shadow Home Secretary. 

He is now a Senior Associate Fellow at the security think-tank RUSI, and combines a varied freelance journalism career, writing and broadcasting for a number of outlets, with conference appearances, media training and communications advice.