Ofcom said GB News ‘failed to represent and give due weight to an appropriately wide range of significant views’ on a political controversy.
It added: “There were only very limited references to wider perspectives on UK economic and fiscal policy in the context of the forthcoming budget.
During the interview, Tatton MP Ms McVey asked Mr Hunt if he was “embarrassed, ashamed” to have “the highest levels of taxation in modern history”. But two of their programmes from May are still being investigated under the “politicians as presenters” rule. “These included opinions from independent journalist and commentator Michael Crick and SDP politician Patrick O’Flynn, who disagreed with Mr Hunt on several key points.
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