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The Latest Breaking News from Esther McVey

‘Now, where was I?’ Lord Big Dave dusts off old contacts book to return to top table

David Cameron plays catchup with foreign affairs, old and new colleagues … and his place setting

The Guardian - UK

What will Esther McVey bring to cabinet as the ‘commonsense tsar’?

The GB News presenter could give a voice to the Tory right with her stance on LGBT education, diversity training and the ban on petrol and diesel cars

The Guardian - UK

Tory chair defends GB News host's role as 'minister for common sense'

GB News host and Tory MP Esther McVey has been given the unofficial title of “minister for common sense” after Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle ...

The National (Scotland)

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‘Common sense minister’ McVey returns to represent Tory right at Cabinet table

Esther McVey is expected to tackle ‘woke’ issues in Whitehall and could push for a cull of Civil Service diversity officers.

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman says Rishi Sunak broke secret promises he made to win her support and accuses him of betrayal – as it happened

Former home secretary tells PM he broke promises he made to gain her support during party leadership contest

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron in shock return as Sunak sacks Braverman in right-wing cull

Sunak risks civil war as he finally fires Braverman and shocks MPs with a sensational recall for ex-PM David Cameron – while ex-home secretary’s furious allies plot their revenge

The Independent UK

Sunak seeks to appease Tory right by giving Esther McVey ministerial role

GB News presenter appointed Cabinet Office minister, reportedly to lead government’s anti-woke agenda

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Ofcom chairman: Our job is not to stop broadcasters from employing politicians

Lord Grade said rules around impartiality, fairness, accuracy are the same for GB News as other broadcasters.

The Independent UK

In adopting suffragettes as role models, Just Stop Oil is painting itself into a corner

Attacking Diego Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus failed to achieve votes for women in 1914, so why do it again?

The Guardian - UK

Laurence Fox expects GB News to sack him and Dan Wootton as he finally apologises to journalist

Right-wing commentator still seeks to justify rant he admits was demeaning – as Ofcom launches investigation

The Independent UK

Odd for Tory colleagues to be ‘swanning off’ to host GB News shows, says MP

Commons Women and Equalities Committee chair Caroline Nokes criticised her Conservative colleagues.

The Independent UK

Frazer defends Tory MPs who host GB News shows after ‘unacceptable’ comments

The Culture Secretary dodged a question over whether Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson should consider axing his £100,000-a-year show amid the row.

The Independent UK

Why Sunak wants to scrap HS2 – project bosses wasting millions ‘like kids with golden credit card’

PM believes ‘ballooning bill is far worse than anyone knows’

The Independent UK

Disinformation and dishonesty ‘has created the need for pure impartiality’

Deborah Turness reflected on the role of impartiality within news outlets alongside GB News and Sky bosses at the Royal Television Society conference.

The Independent UK

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Lee Anderson broke MPs’ code of conduct by filming GB News promo on roof

THE deputy chairman of the Conservative Party has been found to have breached the MPs’ code of conduct by using a House of Commons rooftop to…

The National (Scotland)

Ofcom has six GB News shows under investigation – see the full list

Media regulator Ofcom has received “a number of complaints” about the comments made by Laurence Fox on GB News on Tuesday night.

The Guardian - UK

GB News broke impartiality rules when Tory MPs interviewed Hunt, Ofcom finds

Esther McVey and Philip Davies accused of hosting ‘love-in’ with the chancellor, prompting 45 complaints

The Independent UK

GB News broke rules when married Tory MPs interviewed chancellor, says Ofcom

Ofcom said GB News ‘failed to represent and give due weight to an appropriately wide range of significant views’ on a political controversy

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The Independent UK

GB News broke rules when Tory MPs interviewed Chancellor ahead of budget

Ofcom said GB News ‘failed to represent and give due weight to an appropriately wide range of significant views’ on a political controversy.

Evening Standard

Interview of Jeremy Hunt by Tory MPs on GB News breached rules, says Ofcom

Regulator finds breach of impartiality rules over interview ahead of Spring Budget

The Guardian - UK

Should MPs be banned from becoming talkshow hosts?

Ofcom’s current rules are confusing and the regulator needs to decide if the trend is a risk to impartiality, says freelance journalist Jon Allsop

The Guardian - UK

GB News faces four more Ofcom investigations over impartiality rules

Three of the inquiries relate to shows hosted by politicians Esther McVey, Philip Davies and Jacob Rees-Mogg

The Independent UK

McVey: Schools and universities should remain open in national emergencies

The former Cabinet minister said that school closures during the pandemic had been a ‘disaster’.

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries in sinister warning to Tory MPs as Boris allies hit back

Boris ally warns fellow Conservative MPs they risk ‘deselection’

The National (Scotland)

'Not before time': Ofcom to conduct research on Tory MPs presenting news programmes

NEWS programmes hosted by politicians are to come under fresh scrutiny from the UK’s broadcasting regulator.

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