Robbie Gibb, the ex-head of BBC Westminster, and former Daily Mail political editor James Slack were among the journalists to receive honours from Theresa May today.

The former Prime Minister has knighted Gibb (pictured), who served as her director of communications for two years after he left the BBC in July 2017, for political and public service.

At the time of his departure from the BBC, Gibb, whose brother is Conservative minister Nick Gibb, edited the Daily Politics and Sunday Politics shows and was executive editor of The Andrew Marr Show.