His early breakfast shows involved discussion of stories from the day's newspapers, Allen's personal anecdotes, his gripes about daily life, and his often critical and derogatory comments about celebrities.

[11][12] Writing in The Guardian, David Hepworth observed that "listening to him is like being taken to the airport by an opinionated cabbie who doesn’t require you to respond in any way.

"[13] In 2015, the RMT union complained to Ofcom that Allen's comments about striking London Underground workers were "likely to encourage or incite crime".

LBC argued that "listeners would have considered these comments in the context of Steve's familiar style of fast-moving, continuous rhetoric that rarely dwells significantly on any subject.

"[11][16] In the same year, he was also found to have breached the code by appearing to mock a blind BBC journalist's guide horse.

[20] Ofcom received 860 complaints, which were not upheld "given the brevity of the comments and the likely audience's expectations of this provocative presenter and programme".