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Catch the latest Financial News Events‘Blind spots’ but no institutional bias: key points after MPs question senior BBC figures
A parliamentary select committee has questioned Michael Prescott, the adviser who wrote the memo that led to the resignation of the BBC’s director general, Tim DavieSenior figures running and advising the BBC have been questioned about the crisis at the broadcaster,...
Author of leaked BBC memo tells MPs broadcaster ‘not institutionally biased’ – latest updates
Michael Prescott tells select committee ‘there was no ideology at play’ when he wrote memoCaroline Daniel is also asked about her views on editorial bias.“My experience was the BBC took issues of impartiality extremely seriously,” she said. Continue reading...
Risk of Maccabi Tel Aviv facing antisemitic attacks not ‘predominant’ reason for match ban, police tell MPs – UK politics live
West Midlands police’s assistant chief constable says threat of violence by Maccabi fans was more important considerationBadenoch says the government should be cutting regulation.And she claims she can do this because, when she was business secretary, she was able to...
MPs to question key BBC figures amid editorial crises – latest updates
Michael Prescott, author of leaked memo, chair Samir Shah and board members Robbie Gibb and Caroline Thomson to appear at select committeeThe BBC has been in crisis since the sudden resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, and the head of news, Deborah...