Paul McNamara , Senior Political Correspondent
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.
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Labour win landslide majority as Conservatives suffer worst result ever | General Election 2024
Sir Keir Starmer has been hailing what he called the “sunshine of hope” as Labour won an overwhelming landslide majority.
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Hunt admits he could be first Chancellor to lose seat in election
While Rishi Sunak insists it’s not over for the Tories, Jeremy Hunt openly admits he could become the first Chancellor to lose his seat.
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Parties push for votes in final week of UK election campaign
The parties have ramped up their campaigning, in the final stretch before Thursday’s election.
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Labour and Tories ditch candidates linked to betting scandal
Rishi Sunak has withdrawn support from two Conservative candidates who are being investigated in the general election date betting scandal.
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The Conservatives are a ‘shower of s***’ says Tory candidate
Mr Sunak said he was “incredibly angry” about the betting allegations involving a number of Conservative figures.
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Young people feel politicians do not listen or care about them, says survey
Many young people feel politically powerless and disengaged. They think politicians either don’t listen to them or don’t really care. And they are increasingly turning to social media platforms for their news.
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Betting scandal only the latest in ‘unedifying’ campaign – Conservative MPs
Our senior political correspondent Paul McNamara is in Westminster.
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More Conservatives investigated over suspicious bets on election timing
A leading Conservative campaign aide and two parliamentary candidates are now being investigated by the gambling watchdog – over alleged betting on the general election date.
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Inflation falls to Bank of England 2 per cent target
It’s taken nearly three years, but the inflation rate has finally fallen back to the Bank of England’s target.
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G7: Politically weakened leaders meet for summit in Italy
In a luxury resort in Puglia, the leaders of the group of seven major democracies are wrapping up their annual summit.
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‘Sunak got D-day early exit decision wrong but fessed up straight away’ – David Cameron
Craig Williams has apologised and is being investigated by the Gambling Commission. Our Senior Political Correspondent Paul McNamara spoke to the Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron about this earlier.
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Greens launch manifesto promising to ‘mend broken Britain’
Today it was the Green Party’s turn to launch its manifesto, with co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay pledging to “mend broken Britain”.
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Lib Dems pledge public services investment via taxes on banks and super rich
The Liberal Democrats have launched their election manifesto, promising to make major investments in health, social care and public services.
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Leaving D-Day events early was a ‘mistake’ says Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak has spent the day apologising for leaving the D-Day commemorations early – while Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer – who was there alongside other world leaders, said that for him, “there was nowhere else I was going to be.”
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Is dash for safe seats by top Tories showing a party in panic?
The number of senior Conservatives performing what’s become known as the ‘chicken run’ – making a dash for seats with chunky majorities – could be a better commentary on the state of the party’s fortunes than any opinion poll.
