BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg ‘assigned bodyguards’ for Labour Party conference
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg has been assigned bodyguards while covering the Labour Party conference following online threats, the Sun…
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Labour asks May if Rupert Murdoch ‘influenced’ return to cabinet of Times writer Michael Gove
Labour has demanded to know whether media mogul Rupert Murdoch exerted any influence on Michael Gove’s return to the Cabinet.…
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Diane Abbott pulls out of BBC debate and Evening Standard hustings ‘due to illness’
Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has pulled out of two planned media appearances today “due to illness”, including a BBC…
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Sky News says it has been frozen out by Tories who are ‘unhappy with our election coverage’
Sky News has claimed it has been snubbed for interviews with Conservative ministers because Theresa May’s campaign team are “unhappy”…
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Jeremy Corbyn tells booing crowd to ‘respect’ journalists at Labour manifesto launch as he says free press ‘intrinsic’ to democracy
Reporters were booed at Labour’s manifesto launch today, forcing party leader Jeremy Corbyn to ask his audience to “have respect”…
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Labour adds manifesto pledge on media plurality and ‘clearer rules’ on who can own TV stations
Labour’s official manifesto, published today, includes a new line about Ofcom that did not appear in last week’s leaked version…
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Labour manifesto pledges Leveson Two, ‘national review’ into local press and support for BBC
The Labour Party’s leaked election manifesto confirms its pledge to “implement the recommendations” made in part one of the Leveson…
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BBC responds to Corbyn complaint: ‘It is a long standing tradition that news outlets seek to break stories’
A BBC editor has rejected claims from the Labour Party that it "orchestrated" the resignation of minister Stephen Doughty live…
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