Beth Rigby

I always said I’d never run a marathon: too long, too hard, too much training. But last summer, I lost my dearest friend Laura to cancer & it changed my mind. My story about Laura, the #LondonMarathon & raising money for the @NLondonHospice in her memory news.sky.com/story/sky-news…

Important piece here from @tamcohen. Peter Kyle confirms screen time “in the near future” after a @skynews survey of 1,000 teens in Darlington found 40 per cent spend at least 6 hours a day online. Watch what they have to say

Does the Speaker Lindsay Hoyle need to answer questions over the Afghanistan data breach? @BethRigby @HarrietHarman and @RuthDavidsonPC discuss the major leak. #ElectoralDysfunction 🎧: podfollow.com/electoraldysfu…

Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz have signed the first UK-Germany treaty since the Second World War. Downing Street has described it as a "significant step", and hopes it will expand over the coming years 🇬🇧🇩🇪 Sky's @BethRigby explains ⬇️

Q: In 1997, when 47 MPs voted against Blair’s plan to abolish single parents benefit, not a single one had whip removed. He like you had a huge majority, but unlike you, didn’t feel the need to punish MPs. Why are you so rattled by this? Doesn’t it look weak? PM: And I'm…

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Almost 7,000 Afghans are being relocated to UK following a massive data breach. Successive governments spent years trying to keep this secret using an unprecedented superinjunction

BREAKING: Almost 7,000 Afghans are being relocated to the UK following a massive data breach by the British military that the government tried to keep secret with a super injunction. The Defence Secretary said what happened was a 'serious departmental error'. Watch here ⬇️

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How has Westminster reacted to Emmanuel Macron's charms? @BethRigby tells @HarrietHarman and @RuthDavidsonPC about MPs and Peers swooning over the French president. #ElectoralDysfunction 🎧: podfollow.com/electoraldysfu… 📺: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Keir Starmer won’t put numbers on his migration targets - but why? 🌐 @HarrietHarman tells @BethRigby and @RuthDavidsonPC she thinks Brexit is playing a part. #ElectoralDysfunction 🎧 podfollow.com/electoraldysfu…

Could digital ID cards help tackle migration? @HarrietHarman tells @BethRigby and @RuthDavidsonPC what she thinks the government could do. #ElectoralDysfunction 🎧: podfollow.com/electoraldysfu… 📺: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

ANALYSIS: Starmer’s so far tried to focus on law enforcement - eg new border force - but crossings still going up. Now he’s agreed a deterrent. But it will require scale (and needs EU sign off). Unpacking the announcement after that press conference at UK military NQ in Northwood

We’re absolutely thrilled Electoral Dysfunction has been to shortlisted in the @pressgazette’s Future of Media awards against this mighty lot. It’s all down to @RuthDavidsonPC @HarrietHarman & our peerless & very patient producer @lauraftzpatrick ❤️

ANALYSIS: PM promised to smash the gangs & ramp up enforcement, but crossings now at record high this year against last. Now the possibility of a deterrent in his arsenal of weapons to stop the boats. But still a long way to go…

ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION: The government should introduce digital ID cards to help deter migrants says @HarrietHarman, in an episode where me, Harriet & @RuthDavidsonPC do a deeper dive into the migration debate news.sky.com/story/digital-…

UK economy unexpectedly shrank 0.1 per cent in May. This a sign of challenges govt faces into Autumn. Reeves & Starmer have put reviving economic growth at heart of govt mission

Starmer and Macron have agreed a pilot 'one in one out' returns scheme to tackle small boat crossings. The PM described it as "ground-breaking" - but Macron warned Brexit has made illegal migration harder to combat. @BethRigby has the details⬇️ trib.al/9LJzb9S

The PM described the deal as "ground-breaking" but, like other prime ministers before him, Starmer has found there is "no silver bullet to this problem". Political Editor @BethRigby explains Starmer's 'one in one out' migrant deal with France.