By Rebecca Stewart

The government could shelf its plans to privatise Channel 4 if the network moves its head offices to Birmingham.

Whitehall sources have told the Sunday Times that a move to the city by the broadcaster would “make sense for regional regeneration,” since England’s so-called second city has been “losing out to Manchester.”

Ministers have reportedly told Channel 4 that Birmingham is the government’s preferred choice if the broadcaster wants to remain public, with the move being funded by the sale of the channel’s £100m headquarters in central London.

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Source: The Drum