Rigby is a co-host of the weekly politics podcast Electoral Dysfunction, alongside Ruth Davidson and Harriet Harman.

[8] According to the i, Rigby is known for "her trademark dark bob and red lipstick, her distinctive diction and [...] her persistent questioning of senior politicians".

[9] In December 2020 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.

[10][11] Rigby had offered to resign over the breach, later saying, "it was potentially damaging for the channel... it had upset my colleagues, and I felt absolutely wretched about that".

[9] During the 2024 general election, Rigby hosted a televised town hall leaders’ event on 12 June 2024 with Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak, in which they took questions from an audience in Grimsby.

"[citation needed] Rigby was named Woman of the Year 2024 at the Women in Journalism awards for her "incisive election coverage".