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Sky News picks up three trophies at 2026 Political Podcast Awards

Wednesday, 28 January 2026 23:33

Sky News enjoyed a successful evening at the 2026 Political Podcast Awards, taking home three trophies, including Presenter of the Year and Most Original Format. 

Sky News political editor Beth Rigby, former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman and former Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson, from Sky's Electoral Dysfunction, picked up the Presenter of the Year award while Politics At Sam And Anne's, Sam Coates's and Politico's Anne McElvoy's daily morning podcast, was named Most Original Format.

Electoral Dysfunction was also awarded Comedy Moment of the Year for an interview with Wes Streeting in which he revealed his cunning plan to avoid being made home secretary in a reshuffle, and his expletive-laden relief at remaining health secretary.

It is a second successive victory for the podcast in that category, after picking up the award at the inaugural ceremony last year for the moment Jess Phillips gave her blunt analysis of Boris Johnson failing to bring ID to a polling station - a regulation his government introduced.

Former White House director of communications Anthony Scaramucci hosted the 2026 awards evening in Westminster on Wednesday alongside broadcaster and former MP Gyles Brandreth.

Good Morning Britain's head of politics, Anne Alexander, reprised her role as head judge.

She was joined on the panel by Lord Ben Houchen, the mayor of the Tees Valley, Labour MPs Liam Conlon, Gregor Poynton, Steve Race and Tom Rutland, Baronesses Anne Jenkin and Deborah Mattinson, as well as the executive director of IPPR, Harry Quilter-Pinner.

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