By John Glenday

Culture secretary John Whittingdale has been put on the defensive by skeptical MP’s critical of his proposals to reform the BBC as he declared that a decision on the possible part-privatisation of Channel 4 will be taken ‘quite soon’.

During a Commons committee hearing Whittingdale was pressed by fellow Conservative MP’s over the proposals, with Jessie Norman asserting that there was a ‘lot of concern’ amongst MP’s in relation to the impartiality of proposed BBC board members.

SNP MP John Nicolson was amongst those to intervene by voicing concern at a lack of political independence in a proposed new board of governance Read full story ›

Source: The Drum