Tory MPs hit back at plans to force BBC to downsize and move to subscription model
A Conservative MP has warned his own party against “picking a potentially unpopular fight” with the BBC. Huw Merriman warned…
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Oliver Dowden MP named new Culture Secretary in Cabinet reshuffle
Oliver Dowden MP has been appointed as the new Culture Secretary in a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing Nicky Morgan in the…
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Local TV and radio would take hit if licence-fee evasion made legal, BBC chairman warns
Putting the BBC behind a paywall would “diminish” its output and lead to a “weakened United Kingdom” according to the…
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Picture editors write to Number 10 after press photographers ‘excluded’ from historic Brexit moments with PM
Press photographers are being “excluded from historic moments” in British politics in favour of Boris Johnson’s new official snapper, according…
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Government says it supports media freedom as Lobby briefing boycott labelled ‘snowflakery’ by Tory MP
The Government has insisted it is “committed” to media freedom after political journalists staged a mass walkout over Number 10’s…
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BBC among media outlets to snub Boris Johnson’s Brexit Day ‘address to nation’ footage
Some of the UK’s major broadcasters and news agencies snubbed Boris Johnson’s Brexit Day speech on Friday in protest at…
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Government rejects institute for news proposed by Cairncross Review to help save UK journalism
The Government has rejected a recommendation to create an Institute for Public Interest News as part of proposals to help…
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John Simpson accuses Government of ‘limbering up’ for ‘major attack’ on BBC
Broadcaster John Simpson has accused the Government of “limbering up” for a “major attack” on the BBC. The BBC’s world…
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