New Statesman deputy and managing editor, Sue Matthias, left on 24 April.

Matthias will be joining The Guardian for six months as acting editor of Weekend Magazine, covering the maternity leave of editor Merope Mills.

Matthias has not yet been replaced on the weekly current affairs magazine.

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