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Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries told MPs the Government intends to use the proceeds of the sale to ‘benefit the entire country’.

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee chairman Julian Knight suggested the organisation’s subsidies for the venue are ‘entirely incongruous’.

The fan-led review’s recommendations were published last November

Analysis: why ministers are risking political capital pushing ahead now with privatisation plan is unclear

Julian Knight said that the timing of the Channel 4 privatisation announcement was 'very telling;

The rumoured privatisation of Channel 4 was finally announced last night after months of speculation, with even some among the Tories themselves feeling that the sale may be an act of political retribution for what they feel has been biased coverage against the government. Conservative MP Julian Knight suggested on…

A senior Conservative MP has questioned if the government’s decision to privatise Channel 4 was motivated by “revenge”.

Jon Snow and other leading broadcasters express concern over appointment and call for C4’s public service remit to be protected

Government choice Orlando Fraser confirmed as head of Charity Commission, while Michael Grade gets Ofcom job