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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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.
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NHS Infected Blood scandal: Sunak and Starmer apologise to victims
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer apologised to the victims of the infected blood scandal as Sir Brian Langstaff published his inquiry report.
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Starmer sets out six first steps for a Labour government
The Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has announced the six first steps his government would make if he wins the General Election later this year. The promises include cutting NHS waiting lists and recruiting more teachers. But the overarching theme was stability and caution with the public finances.
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Court appearances delayed as overcrowded prisons put in emergency measures
Prisons in England are now so full that people newly charged by the police are having their court appearances delayed because there might not be a cell available if they’re sent to jail awaiting trial.
