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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‘Pingdemic’: fully vaccinated key workers exempt from self-isolation
The government’s plans to make it easier for workers from key sectors to get back to work after being “pinged” by the NHS Covid app have gone down badly with business groups, with one calling them “undeliverable”. Hospitality workers aren’t on the list, while there’s been more evidence that the disruption is starting to undermine…
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Supermarket bosses warn of staff shortages as 600,000 people told to isolate by Covid app
As the number of people getting pinged and told to isolate has passed 600,000 in England and Wales, supermarket bosses have warned that the shortage of staff will hit supplies on the shelves.
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Community groups hosting mobile phone masts facing big loss of income in rental payments from telecoms firms
They don’t just keep us all connected, mobile phone masts have also generated much-needed cash in rent for thousands of community groups.
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England unlocks: businesses hit by staff shortages and self-isolation rules
For the beleaguered hospitality and leisure industry it’s just been one challenge after another.
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Covid: UK daily cases reach 50,000 for first time in six months
Covid cases are continuing to surge across the UK, with more than 50,000 new daily cases for the first time in six months. Latest figures show more than 51,000 people tested positive in the last 24 hours and 49 further deaths have also been announced. According to the Office for National Statistics, one in 95…
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New Health Secretary Sajid Javid wants country to return to normal ‘as soon as possible’
Sajid Javid says he recognises the ‘huge responsibility’ facing him in dealing with Coronavirus pandemic.
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Matt Hancock resigns as Tory MPs join calls for his resignation
Matt Hancock resigned from his job this evening – almost 48 hours after the publication of a picture of him kissing a close aide, in breach of his own covid rules.
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigns
The Health Secretary Matt Hancock has resigned.
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UK government ‘working on’ plans for quarantine-free travel for fully vaccinated
There was frustration from the tourism industry today over the slow pace of reopening of international travel.
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DUP in disarray as Edwin Poots quits after 21 days as leader
The Democratic Unionist Party is looking for a new leader again, as Edwin Poots stepped down after just 21 days in the job.
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UK and Australia agree post-Brexit trade deal
Britain and Australia have agreed the first post-Brexit trade deal to be negotiated from scratch.
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Agony for many in hospitality industry as ‘Freedom Day’ postponed
What will keeping the restrictions in England have on businesses like nightclubs, which have already been closed for more than 15 months?
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EU’s ‘patience very thin’ after no agreement in ‘sausage war’ talks with UK
The EU and the UK remain at loggerheads over the UK government’s threat to delay checks on chilled meats being imported from the mainland to Northern Ireland. The EU says any grace period allowed while the post-Brexit system bedded in is now over, and it’s time to stick to the rules of the Brexit deal.…
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G7 finance ministers meet to debate overhauling global tax rules
An overhaul of the global rules has been top of the agenda at the G7 finance ministers’ summit in London, meeting face to face for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
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Post-Brexit: Businesses hit by labour shortages call for Brexit rules to be relaxed
From farms to factories and hospitality to haulage, many industries are warning they won’t be able to bounce back unless Brexit rules on workers are relaxed.
