Farage could be BANNED from hosting GB News show as Labour considers crackdown in new rules

Labour committed to establishing the new committee in its 2024 manifesto as it vowed to reform House of Commons procedures.

The 14-member committee - which includes nine Labour MPs, three Tories and two Liberal Democrats - met for the first time yesterday.

It vowed to look at outside paid engagements, including media appearances.

The committee will examine "whether paid outside engagements such as MP media appearances, journalism and speeches provide a benefit to the public or present a conflict of interest".

A clampdown could put GB News shows hosted by Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson at risk.

The Reform UK leader joined GB News as a fan-favourite presenter in June 2021, with tens of thousands of viewers tuning into his prime-time show on a nightly basis.

Powell’s appointment as chair of the Modernisation Committee is highly unusual given top MPs leading the groupings usually sit on the backbenches.

The Commons Leader, who previously served as Sir Keir Starmer’s Shadow Culture Secretary, said: "It is a great privilege to serve constituents as a member of parliament, but this privilege requires us to embody the very highest standards.

"As we turn the page in this parliament following the events of the last, the Modernisation Committee will find ways to do things better."

However, the crackdown would also potentially impact Labour MPs.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy hosted a weekend show on LBC and only stepped down ahead of the General Election.

Labour MPs Jess Phillips and Emily Thornberry have also previously presented LBC shows.

An Ofcom study released in April showed there was no consensus among the wider public to ban MPs from presenting current affairs programmes.

The media watchdog also concluded that the British public did not believe the use of politicians as presenters risks eroding their overall trust in broadcast media.