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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil and Rachael Burford

Starmer Government backtracks after telling BBC to apologise to Trump over 'fake news' storm

At a glance

• The BBC should apologise to Donald Trump over its mistake in editing one of his speeches, says a UK minister

• But Downing Street declined to repeat the remarks by local government minister Alison McGovern

• The Conservatives said the BBC should ‘grovel’ to Trump

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government has backtracked after a minister said the BBC should apologise to Donald Trump over the editing of one of his speeches as the “fake news” storm engulfing the Corporation grows.

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