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Kate McCann
Kate McCann helps organisations decode British politics and navigate policy change with confidence. A leading political speaker and media commentator, she delivers sharp insight on political communication and leadership decision-making. Political Editor of Times Radio, Press Awards highly commended and historic Parliamentary Press Gallery chair.
Kate McCann has spent more than a decade at the centre of British politics, breaking stories and holding power to account as one of Westminster's most recognised broadcast journalists.
Currently Political Editor of Times Radio and a weekly columnist for the i Newspaper, Kate built her career across some of Britain's most respected newsrooms, including The Guardian, The Sun and The Telegraph, before moving to Sky News and TalkTV. She was highly commended at the Press Awards in 2017 after securing the first full leak of a party manifesto in British political history. In 2018 she became only the second woman to chair the Parliamentary Press Gallery in its 200-year history, and holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Sunderland.
Kate's work interviewing senior politicians, launching election podcasts and reporting through multiple general elections gives her a precise, evidence-based understanding of how political decisions are made and communicated, and why they matter to people beyond Westminster.
Audiences leave her sessions with a clearer picture of how British politics actually works behind the headlines, a sharper ability to read political messaging and media narratives, and practical context for understanding the policy shifts that affect their industries and lives.
Few journalists can explain the machinery of power with the same authority and accessibility that Kate brings. Book her to give your audience the political clarity they need.
Kate McCann brings a decade of Westminster reporting and rare institutional access—she's chaired the Parliamentary Press Gallery and broken manifesto leaks that shaped election cycles. Her sessions decode how political decisions move from backrooms to policy, giving teams the foresight to anticipate regulatory shifts and read beyond official messaging.
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Kate McCann draws on over a decade of frontline Westminster reporting to walk audiences through how political decisions are made and communicated, using real examples from her work breaking stories across major British newsrooms to illustrate how media narratives are constructed and how policy shifts translate beyond Westminster.
Kate McCann speaks on British politics, political decision-making and communication, and media narratives. She is Political Editor of Times Radio and secured the first full leak of a party manifesto in British political history, for which she was highly commended at the Press Awards in 2017.
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