Beth Rigby is Sky News’ Political Editor. The first woman to ever hold the position, she is a leading face of the channel covering political news not just from the heart of Westminster, but around the country. She also hosts the award-winning Sky News weekly podcast Electoral Dysfunction with Ruth Davidson. Described in the Royal Television Society magazine as the “stand out political broadcaster of our times”, since joining Sky News in 2016 Beth has covered the Brexit referendum, three general elections, the bitter Brexit wars, the Covid pandemic. In 2024, Beth also anchored Sky News's live Battle for No 10 election debate, grilling both Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak in front of a live studio audience.

Career

Beth was a print journalist for two nearly decades, both as a financial and political reporter. She joined the Financial Times as a trainee journalist in 1998 and went on to become one of the newspaper’s youngest ever team leaders when she was appointed Consumer Industries Editor in 2007.

Beth spent over a decade as a financial journalist, covering hedge funds, the City, financial services, retailers and global consumer goods giants, winning industry awards for her coverage of the retail sector and hedge funds.

In 2010 Beth moved onto the newspaper’s Westminster team as Chief Political Correspondent before being promoted to Deputy Political Editor in 2012. It was during these years that Beth covered the fall-out of the financial crash, the Scottish independence referendum, the first coalition government since the second world war and the 2015 general election.

In late 2015 Beth joined The Times as Media Editor for 9 months before being appointed Senior Political Correspondent by Sky News. She's been the station’s Political Editor since April 2019.

Awards

In 2024, Beth won the Royal Television Society Political Journalist of the Year award and was awarded the inaugural Woman of the Year 2024 award at the Women in Journalism awards for her "incisive election coverage". The judges described her as "a leading authority in an unpredictable political landscape"

Personal Life

Beth lives in North London with her husband and two children. In 2024 she ran the London Marathon raising over 18,000 for the North London Hospice.