Booker added: “While others scale back on live free coverage, GB News is investing in our content. Our new Washington investment, our expanded programming, and our brilliant on-the-ground team will ensure we’re not just reporting on the story but that we’re right at the heart of it.”
Since launching with a host of technical problems and high-profile staff churn in 2021, GB News has pushed through teething troubles to become a fixture of British political broadcasting. It hired veteran political journalist Christopher Hope as political editor in 2023, and regularly broadcasts interviews with leading British government ministers.
Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain’s insurgent Reform UK party, also has his own show on the channel.
GB News’ rise has not been without controversy, and it has at times butted heads with Britain’s broadcast watchdog Ofcom.
It won a key legal case against the regulator earlier this year after Ofcom took issue with shows hosted by politicians.
It was also fined by Ofcom in 2024 after an interview with then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was deemed to have given the Conservative Leader an “uncontested platform” to promote his election polices.
