Electoral Commission calls for law change to stop campaign material imitating local newspapers
The Electoral Commission has called for “new laws or standards of conduct” to stop political parties using “misleading” campaign techniques…
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Robert Peston: ‘Now I feel I have to say I’m Jewish when reporting on Labour anti-Semitism claims’
Robert Peston has said he feels he now has to say that he is a Jew “when reporting on the…
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Robert Peston says he was ‘not spun’ over hospital ‘punch’ error and interviewing May was ‘nightmare’
Robert Peston has said he was “not spun” by Dominic Cummings in wrongly claiming a Labour activist had hit a…
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SNP’s Westminster chief claims party was ‘systematically omitted’ from BBC election coverage
The SNP’s House of Commons leader has written to the BBC complaining that his party was “systematically omitted” from stories…
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BBC boss says social media platforms must do more to tackle ‘sickening’ abuse of journalists
The head of the BBC has hit out at the “sickening” abuse directed at the broadcaster’s journalists throughout the general…
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Tory election win may prompt cheers from national press but fears from broadcasters
Many political journalists have cursed Boris Johnson’s Conservatives for an ultra stage-managed campaign which gave little opportunity for them to…
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4.7m watch BBC election coverage led by Huw Edwards as Channel 4 audience halves
The BBC’s first overnight election coverage not led by David Dimbleby in nearly 40 years has maintained its place at…
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Labour blames press for ‘echoing’ Tory message on Brexit after huge election defeat
Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at “media intrusion” on his family and other politicians as his Labour party was roundly…
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