Paul McNamara , Reporter
Paul McNamara is the Business and Global Trade Correspondent for Channel 4 News, reporting on the UK’s changing relationship with the world.
Paul joined the Channel 4 News Investigations Team in 2015 and reported on the biggest stories in the UK. He has covered three General Elections for the programme, the last as Political Correspondent.
Prior to Channel 4 News Paul was the co-founder of a production company and news agency providing investigations for Channel 4 Dispatches, BBC Panorama, and every newspaper on Fleet Street.
His career started at The Bedford Times and Citizen, before joining national newspapers to cover defence and the war in Afghanistan extensively.
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Cost of living: Inflation hits 40-year high as food prices rise
Inflation is the bad news that keeps on coming. Today’s figures show that it has crept up again to just over 9 per cent, the worst in four decades.
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Wakefield by-election: Will the Tories hold onto their seat?
Whatever people think of the strike action, and whether it’s a distraction from other major issues like the cost of living crisis, will be tested at the polls next week when voters in Wakefield elect a new MP in a by-election.
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Ukraine: the last defenders of Mariupol face uncertain future
Up to two and a half thousand Ukrainian soldiers are thought to be being held captive in Russian occupied areas of Donetsk
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Lord Geidt resigns as PM’s adviser on ministerial interests
The prime minister’s ethics adviser Lord Geidt has resigned.
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EU accuses UK of breaking international law over plans to change Brexit deal
The rift between the government and the EU has widened again, as Foreign Secretary Liz Truss published plans to unilaterally change the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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High Court judge allows migrant flight to Rwanda to go ahead
A High Court judge has refused to grant an injunction to halt a flight expected to deport dozens of people to Rwanda on Tuesday.
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UK growth set to be weakest in developed world, OECD says
A summer of industrial disruption will do little to help an economy that is already staggering under the weight of rising petrol, gas and food prices.
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Railway shutdown: UK facing biggest train strike in decades
The government has denounced the biggest train strike for decades as an “act of self harm”.
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Johnson address to 1922 Committee ‘went down well’
Boris Johnson cast his own vote a few minutes ago.
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Johnson changes ministerial code to remove need for resignations over breaches
Boris Johnson has changed the rules on the ministerial code, allowing ministers to apologise instead of having to resign if they breach the rules.
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Partygate: Four more Tory MPs call for PM to quit
After yesterday’s publication of Sue Gray’s report containing lurid details of Downing Street’s lockdown parties – today the acting commissioner of the Metropolitan Police was asked to defend the decision to issue just one fixed penalty notice to Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie. Since the publication of the Gray report, four more…
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Rishi Sunak set for major cost of living announcement tomorrow
The government are, understandably, hoping they can move on from Partygate – and shift the focus onto the cost-of-living crisis tomorrow.
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Elizabeth Line: Passengers flock to use new service
Passengers began queueing before dawn to be the first to use London’s new £18.8 billion Elizabeth Line which opened today – linking Reading and Essex with central London.
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Downing Street lockdown parties: Sue Gray report expected next week
The much-anticipated final report on parties in Downing Street looks likely to be published next week.
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Northern Ireland Protocol: DUP leader welcomes UK govt. proposals
As Liz Truss sets out a new law on the post-Brexit trade deal – what’s been the reaction from politicians and businesses in Northern Ireland?
