Gary Gibbon , Political Editor
Channel 4 News Political Editor gives his take on the latest news and gossip from the corridors of power in Westminster and beyond.
Gary Gibbon has been Channel 4 News Political Editor since 2005. He gives his take on the latest news and gossip from the corridors of power in Westminster and beyond.
Gary has worked on four general elections for Channel 4 News. His interview with Peter Mandelson in 2001 triggered the Northern Ireland Secretary's second resignation from the Cabinet.
In 2006, he won the Royal Television Society Home News Award with Jon Snow for the scoop on the Attorney General's Legal Advice on Iraq. Gary also revealed details of Blair's pre-War meeting with George Bush n 2008 and won the Political Studies Association Broadcast Journalist of the Year award.
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MPs back England Covid lockdown
MPs have backed the latest lockdown measures for England.
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MPs vote on England Covid lockdown
MPs have voted to approve England’s new lockdown laws.
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Johnson pledges daily vaccination updates as Covid cases rise
Boris Johnson has promised daily updates on the vaccination programme from next week.
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Covid lockdown measures for England to be announced
The prime minister is expected to set out strict new lockdown measures for England, as the government raised the Covid-19 alert to five, the highest setting – warning that health services are in imminent danger of becoming overwhelmed. With latest figures showing hospital admissions in England are now at a record high, parliament is being…
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More than 40 countries ban UK arrivals over Covid variant
More countries have imposed travel restrictions on arrivals from the UK to protect themselves against the new variant of the coronavirus.
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Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen speak as Brexit negotiations continue
Boris Johnson and the European Commision chief Ursula von der Leyen have been speaking by phone tonight to “discuss the state of play in the Brexit negotiations”.
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Boris Johnson calls on UK to have ‘smaller’ Christmas – to reduce Covid spread
Keep it small, keep it short and keep it local – that’s the message on Christmas from the UK government’s chief medical officer as Boris Johnson urged people to exercise “extreme caution” about meeting up with relatives or friends. The easing of strict coronavirus rules will still go ahead over the festive period, after Mr…
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UK government may toughen message on Christmas household mixing
Our political editor Gary Gibbon joins us from Westminster.
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EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier says there’s a ‘narrow path’ to Brexit deal
Some MEPs are now questioning whether there’s enough time left for the European Parliament to ratify a deal.
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Brexit: ‘Strong possibility’ that UK will not agree trade deal with EU
Boris Johnson has warned that no-deal Brexit is now a “strong possibility”.
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UK prime minister in Brussels for post-Brexit deal talks with EU chief
UK prime minister Boris Johnson in Brussels for post-Brexit deal talks with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen
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Brexit latest: Boris Johnson in direct talks with EU as deadline looms
Boris Johnson will travel to Brussels tomorrow for direct talks with the European Commission president, Ursula Von der Leyen.
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UK PM and EU chief say conditions for finalising post-Brexit trade deal ‘are not there’
“The conditions for finalising an agreement are not there” – that’s the conclusion of the latest high-level phone call between Boris Johnson and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen.
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Exclusive: Poll reveals Labour leads in ‘Red Wall’ constituencies
Survey suggests the Conservatives are struggling to hold on to the support they won in 2019.
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MPs vote on England’s new Covid restrictions
Boris Johnson has told MPs that the country needs to “hold our nerve” for a few more months, before coronavirus vaccines are deployed.
