Elizabeth Frances Rigby was born on 19 February 1976 and is a British journalist.
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Beth Rigby has worked for Sky News since 2016, and was appointed Political Editor in 2019.
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Beth Rigby is a co-host of the weekly politics podcast Electoral Dysfunction, alongside Ruth Davidson and Harriet Harman.
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Beth Rigby's father was a businessman and her mother was a headteacher.
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Beth Rigby graduated with a first in social and political science from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
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Beth Rigby went on to gain a master's degree in economics and development studies from the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of London.
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Beth Rigby joined The Times in 2015 as media editor before moving to Sky News in 2016, initially as senior political correspondent, before being promoted in July 2018 to deputy political editor.
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In December 2020 Beth Rigby was criticised for breaching London's tier 2 COVID-19 restrictions by attending a restaurant to celebrate the birthday of Sky presenter Kay Burley, and was taken off air until March 2021.
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Beth Rigby was twice shortlisted for the 2022 Royal Television Society awards for Political Journalist of the Year and Network Interview of the Year, for her exchange with Boris Johnson over parties in No 10.
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Beth Rigby won Political Journalist of Year at the 2024 Royal Television Society awards.
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Beth Rigby is always exciting to watch and her packaging is excellent, always asking the questions we are all yelling at the telly.
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Beth Rigby won the inaugural Woman of the Year 2024 award at the Women in Journalism awards for her "incisive election coverage".
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Beth Rigby has two children with her partner Angelo Acanfora.
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Beth Rigby's mother died of lung cancer at the age of 62, and her brother Alex died of thymic carcinoma at the age of 42.