Dan Wootton has left GB News to launch his own “independent platform”, the presenter has said in a statement.

He posted on X: “I have left GB News to launch my own independent platform Dan Wootton Outspoken which will feature a brand new daily news and opinion show from later this year that will NOT be regulated by the Ofcommunist censors.

“Free speech in Britain is in peril!”

In a note sent to staff by GB News on Tuesday, the broadcaster confirmed: “Dan is no longer employed by GB News, and we thank him for his contribution and wish him well with his future endeavours.”

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Wootton’s time at the broadcaster was marked by controversy after he failed to condemn Laurence Fox last year, then a guest on his show, for making derogatory comments about political correspondent Ava Evans.

The Metropolitan Police announced last month it would take no further action against Wootton, 40, after a five-month investigation into separate allegations against him.

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At the time the claims surfaced, in articles in The Byline Times, the presenter admitted making some “errors of judgement” but always denied any criminality.

In a statement issued by his lawyer in February, he said: “I have now been completely cleared in two investigations by the Metropolitan and Scottish police, who have confirmed they will be taking no further action.

“While I knew this would always be the outcome, the process is now the punishment, with social media acting as the executioner.”

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