Paul McNamara is Senior Political Correspondent for Channel 4 News.
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.
Sir Keir Starmer says the UK and Europe need to step up their capability on Ukraine, warning of a “generational challenge”.
Goodbye to the old world order – now America says it’s focusing on Asia.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer got the news about the interest rate cut while in Preston this morning, selling his desire to reform planning rules for building mini nuclear reactors in England and Wales.
The Government has launched a new consultation, to map out which parts of the UK countryside should be protected from housing, solar panels or onshore wind farms.
The pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has cancelled plans to invest £450 million in a vaccine manufacturing plant in Merseyside – blaming the Labour for failing to match the level of funding offered by the previous government.
Border officials will be given new powers to go after people-smuggling gangs, to crack down on small boat crossings in the Channel.
Our hard power has been dwindling over the last century. But what about Britain’s soft power? The culture secretary Lisa Nandy says she’ll “turbocharge” the UK’s creative industries – describing culture as “an essential part of who we are as a country”.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced a series of locally based reviews into grooming gangs – promising to bring in tougher sentences and more prosecutions.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has responded to the Israel-Hamas deal and pays tribute to all of those who have lost their lives in the last 15 months.
In the end, the pressure over Tulip Siddiq’s alleged links to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh became too strong.
A public inquiry has heard that Afghans killed by special forces members were described dismissively as being “flat-packed” by soldiers who seemed “beyond reproach”.
Creating sexually explicit “deep fake” images will become a criminal offence under new laws aimed at protecting women and girls.
Inside Capitol Hill, politicians are trying to find a way to keep federal funding going into next year – although Donald Trump has already said it’s President Biden’s problem to solve.
President-elect Trump is trying to force through his picks for top government jobs.
It’s the holiday season in America, but there’s precious little festive cheer if you work in the US Government.