Ofcom’s chief executive has said there is nothing under current rules to stop GB News used the Conservative MP Lee Anderson to interview the Tory home secretary, Suella Braverman.

Melanie Dawes said she did not want to pre-judge the interview, which will be broadcast on Friday night, because the media regulator was “not a censor”. She said Ofcom defended “freedom of expression” but would consider any complaints about the program after it aired.

Anderson, who is the deputy chairman of the Tory party, makes £100,000 a year from his second job presenting a show on the rightwing GB News channel.