Susanna Reid challenges Culture Secretary over MPs working as broadcasters

27 September 2023 at 7:10 am

On Good Morning Britain, host Susanna Reid took Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer to task over the issue of MPs broadcasting on GB News.

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SUSANNA REID: Do you think that Conservative MPs should be on news channels, particularly news channels which broadcast that kind of content?

LUCY FRAZER: So I think-- so, as I've said, it was an inappropriate comment. We have a regulator, Ofcom, who regulates these sorts of things. And you know, there are a number of issues I know that a number of channels are looking into at the moment.

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