GB News fined £100,000 by Ofcom for breaking impartiality rules over Rishi Sunak interview
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} GB News has been fined £100,000 by Ofcom after it was found to have broken impartiality rules in an interview with Rishi Sunak earlier this year. We have also directed GB News to broadcast a statement of our findings against it, on a date and in a form determined by us.” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during GB News’ People’s Forum Ofcom first found that the programme broke broadcasting rules in May, as it revealed that the episode received a total of 547 complaints. The channel previously lost a High Court challenge to temporarily block Ofcom from sanctioning it, with GB News’ lawyers arguing that it would cause “irreparable damage” to its reputation. This followed Ofcom saying that three Tory MPs – former House of Commons leader Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, minister without portfolio Esther McVey and backbencher Philip Davies – “acted as newsreaders” across various programmes.
GB News faces fine after Ofcom finds Rishi Sunak forum broke impartiality rules
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