Sun's chief political correspondent Kevin Schofield announced as new editor of Politics Home

The Sun's chief political correspondent Kevin Schofield is to become the new editor of Politics Home.

Schofield, who has been at the newspaper for five-and-a-half years, replaces Paul Waugh, who is moving to be executive editor of politics at the Huffington Post.

Delighted to say I'll be joining Politics Home as its new editor in the summer after 5-and-a-half great years on the @SunPolitics team.

— Kevin Schofield (@schofieldkevin) May 12, 2015

Waugh, who it was announced in February would be joining Huffington Post, described Schofield as a "superb appointment" on Twitter.

In 2010, Press Gazette named Schofield among the top 50 political journalists in the UK.