Petition · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Conduct a review of political news regulation by Ofcom
Closed
3,236 signatures
What the petition asks
Conduct a review of policy at Ofcom. We think that political news reporting on all channels has become unrepresentative of the public vote at the last general election and that political reporting using the ‘due weight’ policy is allowing extreme growth in far right coverage.
We believe the coverage being received by far right political parties is emboldening far right groups in the UK and this has started to cause division, unrest and violence in communities.
There are concerns that news outlets are increasingly using dramatic headlines that lean towards the far right in order to gain viewers and readers. It has become too easy for far right groups to manufacture situations, such as the migrant hotel protests, in order to give them even more due weight, causing a feedback loop of far right rhetoric.
There are concerns that news outlets are increasingly using dramatic headlines that lean towards the far right in order to gain viewers and readers. It has become too easy for far right groups to manufacture situations, such as the migrant hotel protests, in order to give them even more due weight, causing a feedback loop of far right rhetoric.
Timeline
| 28 Nov 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 28 May 2026 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
3,236
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Opened
28 Nov 2025
Closed
28 May 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Jul 2026.