Five episodes of GB News programmes that were presented by Tory MPs have been found by Ofcom to have breached broadcasting rules.
Two episodes of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s State of the Nation were among those in breach of impartiality rules.
The other shows were two episodes of Friday Morning with Esther and Phil – hosted by former pensions minister Esther McVey and her husband Philip Davies, a longstanding MP – and one episode of Saturday Morning with Esther and Phil.
The programmes were broadcast during May and June 2023, and failed to comply with Rules 5.1 and 5.3 of the Broadcasting Code.
Ofcom said that Under the Broadcasting Code, news must be presented with due impartiality and a politician “cannot be a newsreader, news interviewer or news reporter unless, exceptionally, there is editorial justification”.
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