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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Labour’s Rachel Reeves in spotlight: what does she stand for?
The Conservatives started the week by warning Reform voters that they could put Labour in power for a generation.
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Sir Keir Starmer launches a Labour manifesto with no surprises
Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled what he says is a long-term fully-costed plan to deliver change. After a brief heckling by a climate protester, he declared that Labour’s number one priority is wealth creation.
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Economy stalls with zero growth in April, as Sunak insists election isn’t over
His own defence minister is warning voters about the dangers of handing Labour a supermajority.
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Sunak promises more tax cuts as Tories unveil manifesto
With the Conservatives lagging far behind Labour in the polls, Rishi Sunak surely hoped a manifesto launch at Silverstone would put his election campaign back on track.
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UK political parties largely avoid Brexit and question of EU ties in campaign
As the General Election campaign gathers pace in France, are any UK politicians paying attention to what voters are up to on the other side of the Channel?
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Starmer accuses Sunak of ‘desperately lying’ in leaders debate
The fallout from last night’s TV debate has injected a new note of bitterness into the campaign. Sir Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of lying when he claimed that Treasury figures showed that Labour would put taxes up by £2,000.
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Sunak v Starmer ready to go head-to-head in first TV debate
Our political editor Gary Gibbon has more.
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Farage launches Reform campaign in Clacton aiming to be ‘voice of opposition’
Nigel Farage, freshly anointed as the new leader of Reform UK, held a rally in Clacton in Essex.
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Nigel Farage to stand in general election – and becomes Reform UK leader
Labour wanted to talk about defence today, the Conservatives wanted to talk about what they call ‘confusion’ over the legal definitions of sex and gender.
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Is Starmer undertaking a ‘purge of the left’?
Keir Starmer said today he’s entitled to select the highest quality potential MPs.
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Diane Abbott row overshadows Labour’s health policy
Keir Starmer still claims no decision has been made on whether she can stand again.
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Labour’s Angela Rayner will face no further police action
Greater Manchester Police said they would take no further action against the party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner over the sale of her council house in Stockport nine years ago.
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Why did Rishi Sunak call an early election?
Today a lot of Tory MPs have been asking – why the early election? Gary Gibbon asked Rishi Sunak exactly this at the beginning of his first day of campaigning today in Nottingham.
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Parties launch election campaigns across the UK
Day one of the general election campaign and Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer have hit the ground running – taking their pitch to voters around the country.
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Election 2024: Drenched Rishi Sunak calls for vote in July
Rishi Sunak stood in the pouring rain outside No. 10 Downing Street, and taking everyone by surprise, called a summer general election for July 4th.
