GB News could face Ofcom punishment after breach

Ofcom has said it is considering a statutory sanction against GB News, after the channel was found to have broken due impartiality rules. The broadcast regulator announced in February it was investigating a Q&A session which saw Prime Minister Rishi Sunak take questions from the public. On Monday, Ofcom said it had concluded the programme, called People's Forum: The Prime Minister, broke its broadcasting rules. "Given this represents a serious and repeated breach of these rules, we are now starting the process for consideration of a statutory sanction against GB News," Ofcom said. In a statement posted on its website, GB News said: "The upcoming general election will be decided by the people of Britain, not journalists, not Ofcom regulators, but ordinary people. "That is why GB News decided to host a People’s Forum with Rishi Sunak earlier this year, to allow citizens a chance to directly challenge and interrogate their Prime Minister."