The privatisation of Channel 4 has been scrapped in a major reversal of plans by Boris Johnson.
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan today announced the station will remain in public ownership, where it has been for 40 years. It comes a day after her draft decision was leaked.
Mr Johnson, humiliated when the station replaced him with a melting ice block in a 2019 debate and a senior figure called him a “known liar”, had planned to flog Channel 4.
