GB News has won its judicial review of decisions made by TV watchdog Ofcom, that two shows hosted by Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg breached the broadcasting code. The High Court judgment by Mrs Justice Collins Rice concluded that Ofcom's rulings were unlawful. It is the first time the watchdog has lost such a case.

GB News has scored a major victory over Ofcom after a High Court judge ruled the watchdog was wrong to accuse Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg of breaking the broadcasting code on his show.

Ofcom will have to reconsider its decisions that GB News twice broke impartiality rules during shows hosted by Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg when he was an MP, the High Court has ruled. The regulator previously found the channel to be in breach when Sir Jacob read out a breaking news bulletin about Donald Trump’s civil sexual assault trial during his Jacob Rees-Mogg’s State Of The Nation show in May 2023.

GB News has comprehensively won its judicial review of TV regulator Ofcom’s decisions that two shows hosted by Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg breached the broadcasting Code. In a landmark ruling the High Court found that Ofcom’s conclusions - that the broadcasts,

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In a significant victory for Britain’s newest news network, the High Court has ruled in favor of GB News in its judicial review against U.K. media regulator Ofcom over decisions related to politician-presented programs.