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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Blewett

Sunak gives Lee Anderson ‘total support’ amid criticism of GB News job

PA Media

Rishi Sunak has backed Tory MP Lee Anderson as doing a “fantastic job” for his constituents, despite facing criticism for having a £100,000 second job as a GB News presenter.

The Prime Minister said on Thursday that the deputy Conservative Party chairman, who represents Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, has his “total support”.

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