Gabriel Pogrund

London

Whitehall Editor at The Sunday Times

Sunday Times Whitehall Editor. Political Journalist of the Year and News Reporter of the Year — Press Awards (2025). gabriel.pogrund at https://t.co/UVBnDG3cBu.

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Articles

Memos show Badenoch was warned on car choice

2 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Gabriel Pogrund

Kemi Badenoch had a car and driver paid for by the taxpayer after refusing an official vehicle despite repeated warnings about "security" and "reputational" risks. Badenoch, the Conservative Party leader, had access to a Jaguar and driver throughout her time in cabinet. They were made available through a contract with a car hire firm in her constituency, despite officials writing to her saying it was "not recommended" and warning that no other minister had such a service.
Special forces security blunder exposes names and ranks

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Gabriel Pogrund |Harry Yorke
Labour MP charged taxpayers £900 'pet rent' for her cockapoo

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Gabriel Pogrund |Caroline Wheeler
Book review: The Irishman behind Labour’s return to power in Britain

2 months ago | irishexaminer.com | Patrick Maguire |Gabriel Pogrund

Get In: The Inside Story of Labour under Starmer. by Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund, The Bodley Head. Review: Gary Murphy HERE’S an old, perhaps apocryphal, story told about Michael D Higgins, long before his presidency, which those who read this book will get the significance of.
King's charity tried to take donors on state visit to meet Pope Francis

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Gabriel Pogrund |Emily Prescott
Get In: The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer

Mar 1, 2025 | literaryreview.co.uk | Patrick Maguire |Gabriel Pogrund

Where does power lie within Keir Starmer’s strange government? In the case of other recent administrations, the question of who held power was relatively easy to answer. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown shared it awkwardly and stressfully – their government was close to a duopoly. Follow closely the amicable dance between Cameron and Osborne, with the occasional swerve towards Clegg, and the dynamics of the potentially complex coalition were easy to read.
How two men made the Labour government: book review

Feb 28, 2025 | northeastbylines.co.uk | Patrick Maguire |Gabriel Pogrund |Peter Morris

This fascinating book*, full of revelations, is the story of two men who seized control of the Labour Party from the left after Jeremy Corbyn’s general election defeat at the hands of Boris Johnson in 2019.
Starmer is not putty in the hands of McSweeney

Feb 28, 2025 | conservativehome.com | Patrick Maguire |Gabriel Pogrund |Andrew Gimson

GET IN: The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer by Patrick Maguire and Gabriel PogrundWe Brits, being rather slow on the uptake, may not yet realise the country has been taken over by Irishmen.
How China used power and biscuits to save its UK mega-embassy

Feb 22, 2025 | thetimes.com | Gabriel Pogrund
Get In

Feb 13, 2025 | penguin.co.uk | Patrick Maguire |Gabriel Pogrund

Skip to ContentGet In is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Labour’s brutal reinvention and dramatic return to power under Keir Starmer. From electoral wipeout in 2019 to landslide victory in 2024 and on into Labour’s first hundred days in government, Get In is a blistering narrative exposé of the most significant and ruthless political transformation in a generation.