BBC must ‘adapt or risk losing trust’, says midterm review UK government recommendations are ‘another opportunity to kick’ public service broadcaster, media experts say The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2024
S4C chair tells UK government he will not stand for second term Rhodri Williams had told MPs he wanted to keep job last week amid fallout from bullying scandal at broadcaster The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024
11 Cabinet ministers could lose their seats in upcoming election, according to Tory poll A YouGov survey has predicted that several senior ministers are on track to lose their seats to Labour, Lib Dems and the SNP The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024
Welsh politicians ‘astonished’ at culture secretary’s absence during S4C bullying scandal ‘Wholly unacceptable’ Lucy Frazer did not meet leaders of Welsh broadcaster despite repeated requests The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2024
Chair of S4C faces calls to be replaced after sacking of two female executives Rhodri Williams accused of being ‘judge, jury and executioner’ as crisis deepens at Welsh broadcaster The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2024
From right or left, UAE ownership of the Telegraph should be unacceptable To state the obvious, the media is more important to free speech and public debate than a football club or a nuclear power station The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023
'Morally indefensible' TV licence fee prosecutions to be reviewed, Culture Secretary says A review will 'specifically look at the issue of criminal prosecution of the licence fee' Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2023
BBC licence fee will rise to £169.50, Culture Secretary confirms The licence fee will rise from £159 to £169.50 next year, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has announced Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2023
Culture Secretary announces amount BBC licence fee will increase by CULTURE Secretary Lucy Frazer has told MPs how much the BBC licence fee will increase by. The National (Scotland) · Dec 7, 2023
BBC licence fee to rise, culture secretary confirms Despite the rise, the culture secretary has confirmed the goverment is doing as much as possible to support families during difficult times The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2023
Amount BBC licence fee will rise 'agreed' with UK Government THE amount by which the BBC licence fee will rise is to be confirmed by the UK Government on Thursday, according to reports ... The National (Scotland) · Dec 7, 2023
BBC licence fee to rise by more than £10 next year The licence fee will rise from £159 to £169.50 next year, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has announced Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2023
TV executive Samir Shah is Government’s choice for next BBC chairman Dr Shah is currently chief executive of award-winning production company Juniper TV Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2023
Who is Samir Shah? The 'anti-woke' TV executive named new BBC chair SAMIR Shah has just been confirmed as the new chairman of the BBC ... The National (Scotland) · Dec 6, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2023 Samir Shah to be appointed as next chair of BBC Veteran TV executive to replace Richard Sharp, who resigned after breaching rules over loan to Boris Johnson
The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023 Voices: The BBC TV licence is set to rise - but is it good value for money? Join The Independent Debate The price of the full TV licence will go up in 2024, but is this is good value for money?
Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2023 Minister refuses to say if Rwanda deportation flights will start before next election James Cleverly said to be ready to fly to Kigali this week to sign a new treaty
The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023 BBC’s expected licence fee hike will be blocked because it’s too high, culture secretary signals Under a funding agreement struck by Boris Johnson, the levy is supposed to rise in line with inflation from April, and in the three years after that
The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2023 BBC likely to receive below-inflation rise in licence fee Imminent announcement expected to signal further cuts to broadcaster’s staffing and programmes
Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2023 BBC licence fee: £15 hike would be ‘high’ says Lucy Frazer as Rishi Sunak ‘set to block 9% hike’ The BBC is seeking to make £500 million of savings and recently announced changes to Newsnight as part of its cost-cutting endeavour
The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023 The Tories happily overlooked the UAE’s human rights record – until it came for the Telegraph Doing business as usual with despots seems suddenly unpalatable for some in the party
The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023 Barclay family expected to regain control of Telegraph temporarily Debt repayment will put group step closer to being controlled by consortium backed by UAE
The National (Scotland) · Nov 30, 2023 Culture Secretary intervenes in Abu Dhabi-backed takeover of Daily Telegraph The Culture Secretary has intervened in an Abu Dhabi-backed takeover of The Daily Telegraph by asking the media watchdog to investigate its…
International Business Times · Nov 30, 2023 UK To Probe Of UAE-backed Takeover Of Telegraph The UK government said on Thursday it had triggered a formal probe on public interest grounds into the proposed sale of the Telegraph Media Group to an Abu Dhabi-backed investment fund.
The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2023 Deal to sell Telegraph and Spectator to UAE fund referred to UK media watchdog Culture secretary steps in after 18 Tory MPs warn proposed sale ‘presents very real potential national security threat’