Beth Rigby
@BethRigby
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Political Editor, Presenter & Podcaster, Sky News. RTS Political Journalist of the Year 2023.🎙️Electoral Dysfunction podcast out every Friday🎙️
Joined February 2009
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 .
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Last summer, my dearest friend Laura died from ovarian cancer after a two-year illness. She was just 48 years old, our birthdays just six days apart.
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Queenager 🫡😅👸🏻.
Are you a Queenager? 👑. In her podcast exclusive interview, former Women and Equalities Secretary Anneliese Dodds teaches @bethrigby a brand new phrase for women aged 40-60. 💃🏼. #ElectoralDysfunction. 🎧: 📺:
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"A modern black glass house with warm lighting, nestled among tall trees beside a tranquil river in a misty forest.". Create images and videos in seconds with Grok Imagine.
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Rachel Reeves rules out wealth tax: People have paid enough @thetimes .
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The latest breaking UK, US, world, business and sport news from The Times and The Sunday Times. Go beyond today's headlines with in-depth analysis and comment.
"It's important we consider who has the broadest shoulders.". In a podcast exclusive, former minister and shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds tells @bethrigby Rachel Reeves should consider a wealth tax. #ElectoralDysfunction. 🎧: 📺:
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RT @SkyNews: Anneliese Dodds was Keir Starmer’s first minister to quit over policy – so what happened behind the scenes?. In her first inte….
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RT @SkyNews: "It's important we consider who has the broadest shoulders.". In a podcast exclusive, former minister and shadow chancellor An….
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EXCL: @AnnelieseDodds sat down with me for first i/v since quitting cabinet over overseas aid cuts. Latest senior Lab figure (& former shad CX) to urge CX to consider a wealth tax. Says radical thinking needed to deal with deteriorating public finances + we talk quitting cab &.
"It's important we consider who has the broadest shoulders.". In a podcast exclusive, former minister and shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds tells @bethrigby Rachel Reeves should consider a wealth tax. #ElectoralDysfunction. 🎧: 📺:
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RT @SkyNews: Has Number 10 been 'shadowy' in the way it's addressed the Epping protests? 🤔. @HarrietHarman, @BethRigby and @RuthDavidsonPC….
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Welfare v warfare? For decades governments have run defence spending down, pouring money into public services. Now Europe has to re-arm and we have to pay for it. And that’s shaping up into one of Starmer’s biggest challenges since he became PM.
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Welfare v warfare? For decades governments have run defence spending down, pouring money into public services. Now Europe has to re-arm and we have to pay for it. And that’s shaping up into one of Starmer’s biggest challenges since he became PM.
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ANALYSIS: Welfare versus warfare: PM clear about his choice, but failure to convince MPs has left government’s finances in a mess. We made a film about it, from the defence review, to G7, Nato & welfare vote. All expertly weaved together by @lucymarleey .
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The PM knows it falls on him to create the warfare state as Europe rearms - but can the Labour leader balance this with welfare?
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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.
NEW.Screen time crackdown for under-16s to tackle "compulsive" scrolling is on the way, tech sec @peterkyle tells me. Two-hour curfews are being considered, with announcement expected later this year. In interview, he says:.*Parents shouldn't feel they have to be "ripping
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RT @SkyNews: Does the Speaker Lindsay Hoyle need to answer questions over the Afghanistan data breach? @BethRigby @HarrietHarman and @RuthD….
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RT @SkyNews: Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz have signed the first UK-Germany treaty since the Second World War. Downing Street has descri….
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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.
'When 47 MPs voted against Tony Blair's welfare plans, not a single one had the whip removed. Unlike you he didn't feel the need to punish MPs. Why are you so rattled by this, doesn't it look weak? - @BethRigby. Listen to the response from the PM ⬇️.
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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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RT @SkyNews: BREAKING: Almost 7,000 Afghans are being relocated to the UK following a massive data breach by the British military that the….
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Come and join us!.
🚨@SkyNews podcast team is looking for another Video Producer. If you’re really into the news, love podcasts, live & breathe YouTube, know what makes a top notch Reel. Get in touch…. Chance to work with @BethRigby @SamCoatesSky @SkyYaldaHakim & more.
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RT @SkyNews: How has Westminster reacted to Emmanuel Macron's charms? . @BethRigby tells @HarrietHarman and @RuthDavidsonPC about MPs and P….
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RT @SkyNews: Keir Starmer won’t put numbers on his migration targets - but why? 🌐. @HarrietHarman tells @BethRigby and @RuthDavidsonPC she….
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