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.
Members of the House of Lords have prolonged their stand-off with Ministers over the Rwanda Bill by inflicting a series of defeats on the Government this afternoon. Opposition Lords say it should be up to the courts to decide if Rwanda is a safe place to send asylum seekers rather than ministers. The defeats means…
There was some good news for Rishi Sunak last night when MPs threw out a series of amendments to his flagship bill, which he hopes will get deportation flights to Rwanda off the ground. But there still could be more trouble for the bill looming in the Lords.
Rishi Sunak has insisted ‘All conservatives are united’ despite reports of rebellious MPs plotting to oust him to avoid general election disaster.
Gary Gibbon spoke to the Communities Secretary Michael Gove ahead of his announcement and asked him what problem he was addressing with this new definition of extremism.
Rishi Sunak has confirmed there will not be a general election on the 2nd May.
Rishi Sunak spent Prime Minister’s Question Time fending off demands to pay back the ten million pound donation the businessman Frank Hester gave the Conservatives.
Opposition parties say the remarks were racist and that the Conservatives should return the £10 million Mr Hester and his company have donated over the last year.
Former Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson has defected to Reform UK. The Ashfield MP was stripped of the Tory whip after refusing to apologise for claiming that “Islamists” had “got control” of London mayor Sadiq Khan. The switch to Reform UK, which comes after weeks of speculation about his possible defection, gives the party its…
With his eye firmly on the next election, Jeremy Hunt says he is delivering “much-needed help in challenging times”.
Conservative MP Paul Scully has apologised for suggesting there are ‘no-go’ areas in some UK cities – prompting accusations of Islamophobia. He said it’s language he ‘regrets’.
Sacked Post Office chairman Henry Staunton has turned his fire on the Post Office’s current Chief Executive Nick Read. Addressing MPs today, Mr Staunton said he’d been the victim of a smear campaign by the government. He then shocked them by claiming that Mr Read is under investigation and had wanted to resign because he was unhappy with his pay.
Lee Anderson – the MP for Ashfield – says he shouldn’t apologise because he thinks he was right.
The Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle is fending off calls for his resignation after last night’s chaotic Gaza debate in the Commons.
The Speaker is at the centre of a huge row in the Commons after he was accused of helping Labour “hijack” a Scottish National Party debate calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, to avoid a backbench rebellion.
For the first time, Labour has called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza.