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...Odey’s generosity extended to MPs, including Johnson before he was prime minister, his brother Jo Johnson and former cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg....
...The group also pays high wages to several current and former Conservative politicians, such as Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg....
...The broadcaster, co-owned by hedge fund boss Paul Marshall, has carved out a niche in hiring right-leaning politicians to host current affairs shows....
...Rees-Mogg said: “I am delighted to be part of the GB News incentive scheme. It is an effective way of motivating people.”...
...Ofcom last month found that the channel had repeatedly broken broadcasting impartiality rules by using politicians, such as former cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, as news presenters on their shows....
...The regulator currently has about a dozen open investigations into GB News, which is backed by hedge fund boss Paul Marshall....
...Box to Box Films, founded by James Gay-Rees and Paul Martin, is raising about £30mn from Bruin Capital, whose founder is George Pyne, a former senior executive at sports agency IMG, the people said....
...The People’s Forum was one of the most watched programmes this year for the channel, which is co-owned by hedge fund manager Paul Marshall, with more than 5mn views online....
...Former business secretary Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg is paid more than £29,000 per month for his work there — amounting to about 40 hours — according to the register of MPs interests....
...Rees-Mogg said GB News was “really an outlet for the frustrations people feel which aren’t being discussed by other channels....
...Rees-Mogg presents the hour-long programme between Monday and Thursday on GB News....
...Ofcom found that the channel, which is part-owned by hedge fund boss Paul Marshall, twice breached rules that protect audiences from harm and failed to show due impartiality on three occasions....
...“Paul’s passionate about this and I’m happy to support him.”...
...GB News is being investigated for six further potential breaches of impartiality, including two on items anchored by Rees-Mogg....
...This month, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, former cabinet minister, called for the OBR to be abolished, while Tory MPs in the Conservative Way Forward group criticised the accuracy of the body’s forecasts....
...The move means the broadcaster, backed by hedge fund boss Paul Marshall, now faces seven separate investigations by Ofcom....
...The cases include other programmes presented by McVey and Davies, as well as two anchored by former Tory cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg....
...The channel employs MPs such as Jacob Rees-Mogg and has recently signed up Johnson....
...Paul Nowak, the TUC general secretary, said the government was “undermining working-time protections by stealth”....
...The former Sky Australia executive rejects the idea that GB News is rightwing, despite a roster of presenters that includes Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg and former Ukip leader Nigel Farage, as well as...
...TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said the legislation was “reckless” and could be a disaster for workers’ safety....
...Ministers shouldn’t be meddling with this,” said Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, the union umbrella body....
...If Science is to Save Usby Martin Rees, Polity £20 Martin Rees, Britain’s longstanding Astronomer Royal and an outstanding voice of scientific wisdom, takes a sweeping view of the global mega-challenges...
...Paul Oakden, Reform UK’s chief executive, worried about the “globalist totalitarian” approach of both major parties....
...Rees-Mogg also used the podium to attack the government for scaling back plans to scrap EU laws, a move he derided as “pathetically under-ambitious”....
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