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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UK to suspend some arms exports to Israel, says Foreign Secretary
The Foreign Secretary David Lammy has suspended some arms sales to Israel.
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Sir Keir Starmer dodges questions on two-child benefit cap in PMQs
Sir Keir Starmer has dodged questions on the two-child benefit cap in his first Prime Minister’s Questions as PM.
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Starmer to suspend Labour MPs for rebelling over two-child benefit cap
The first rebellion of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership is expected in Parliament this evening as MPs vote on the Government’s legislative programme.
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Will Starmer’s summit with European leaders deliver results on illegal migration?
Calling them “friends and fellow Europeans”, Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed more than forty european leaders to a summit at Blenheim Palace.
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King’s Speech: Stability and growth at heart of new government’s plans
Sir Keir Starmer has promised to “take the brakes off Britain” as he set out his government’s plans in the King’s Speech.
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Biden to give unscripted press conference at Nato summit
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is at the table with Nato leaders at their summit in Washington DC this evening.
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Starmer on defence: ‘That’s what you’d expect from a serious government’
We sit down with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to talk about his commitment of 2.5% of GDP on defence and tackling the crisis in UK prisons.
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PM Starmer gives ‘cast iron’ pledge on defence as Nato summit begins
President Biden has already promised Nato leaders that Ukraine will be given air defence systems better able to repel Russian attacks.
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Labour wins massive majority – but is this a loveless landslide?
Promising to be a force for good and to restore trust in politics – Sir Keir Starmer has hit the ground running on his first day in office naming his new Cabinet – and declaring that the work of change would begin immediately.
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Sunak fights for every Conservative vote as Labour eyes historic landslide
Conservative ministers past and present are already admitting defeat. And as the final day of campaigning draws to a close, even Rishi Sunak reportedly fears he could lose his seat.
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Starmer and Sunak make final pleas to secure undecided voters
There’s just one full day of campaigning left now and Rishi Sunak insists the outcome of the election is not a foregone conclusion.
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How could rise in far-right impact UK-France relations?
France’s far-right National Rally made big gains in the first round of the parliamentary election, but what is the likely impact of that for us here in the UK?
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Conservatives criticised over do not ‘surrender’ to Labour poster
The election betting scandal rumbles on – with news the Met Police is now investigating cases where there may have been misconduct in public office.
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Betting scandal looming over election campaign | General Election 2024
As Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer prepare to go head to head in their last TV debate before the election, the betting scandal continues to overshadow the campaign.
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Election Focus Group: how many 2019 Boris voters will back Conservatives now?
After a month of election campaigning, are the politicians’ carefully crafted soundbites winning over the voters they’re aimed at?
