Tom read Policing, Investigation and Criminology at University, and holds a MSc in Counter Terrorism. His thesis was on cyber-terrorism and terrorist use of the internet.
Tom has previously worked for four senior Members of Parliament, including as an advisor and managing the Parliamentary offices of two Shadow Ministers of State (Policing and DEFRA). Tom has worked as a researcher to the Lord Stevens Independent Commission on Policing, to which he also gave evidence on police use of social media to interact with the public and fight crime. He also spent time working in the office of a Commonwealth Prime Minister.
Tom has a very keen interest in housing policy and worked on and contributed to the 6-year housing strategy and 5-year countering homelessness strategy for a major London Borough.