Ofcom blasted over £4.6m legal bill after GB News court defeat | UK | News
Ofcom’s expenditures on external consultants rose to 4.6 million £ last year after the media observer’s defeat of a stinging court in the hands of GB News.
The new accounts, published on Thursday, increased 1.1 million £ 1.1 million in the counseling fees for the year that ended in March 2025 – a 31 percent leap. Ofcom Chiefs identified an increase in “High Foreign Lawyer and Case Costs ve and confirmed that the total contained a provision for an unexplained legal case. Telegraph reports.
In February, a Supreme Court follows a great coup that a judge of OCOM decided to accuse the former Tor Minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg of violating the broadcast rules during the GB news show.
For a comment, it was contacted with Ofcom.
The decision pointed out a turning point for the publisher and had lost a legal war on the first time of Publication Standards’ decisions. The regulator was also ordered to assume the legal fees of GB News on his own.
While the GB News celebrated its decision as a win for a free speech, it has been conflicting again to use Offom and politicians as presentations. In response to the decision, the guard dog proposed more challenging restrictions by prohibiting politicians from offering news segments – but they could still host current events.
GB News hit their offers as “irrational” and “unfair intervention in freedom of expression ..
However, oppression is a movement that can see that high-profile figures such as new calls-Reform British leader Nigel Farage, such as new calls, Nigel Farage, for a clear ban of politicians’ political programs.
Increased legal costs, which are believed to have caused by more than one court cases, were forced to finance as they expanded their task to cover large regulatory technology companies.
According to the latest annual report, as the number of employees increases from 1,424 to 1,557, the cost of the personnel increased by more than £ 11 million and balloon up to £ 138.5 million.
Temporary personnel and recruitment invoices also increased by £ 500,000 to help regulate online content.
Among the new responsibilities of Ofcom are the application of online security laws designed to protect children from harmful content. Suicide, self-harm, eating disorders and targeting material-related materials-new child protection measures will come into force Tuesday later.
