Rishi Sunak is facing a Tory backlash amid claims he wants to hike corporation tax in the March Budget. The Chancellor is desperately seeking ways to restore the public finances after they were hammered by coronavirus, with fears borrowing will top £400billion this year. Grim forecasts suggest the economy is on track for a double-dip … Read more
Rishi Sunak is facing a Tory backlash amid claims he wants to hike corporation tax in the March Budget. The Chancellor is desperately seeking ways to restore the public finances after they were hammered by coronavirus, with fears borrowing will top £400billion this year. Grim forecasts suggest the economy is on track for a double-dip … Read more
BBC’s anti-bias boss: Senior executive is paid £325,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial Ken MacQuarrie given title of Executive Sponsor Safeguarding Impartiality Stood down as BBC director for nationals and regions at the end of last year He joined the BBC as a researcher in 1975 and BBC say new role … Read more
BBC’s anti-bias boss: Senior executive is paid £330,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial Kevin MacQuarrie given title of Executive Sponsor Safeguarding Impartiality Stood down as BBC director for nationals and regions at the end of last year He cited the BBC1 drama Roadkill as an example of ‘partial’ broadcasting By Gareth … Read more
‘The BBC really is like W1A’: Former news boss compares top of the corporation to the comedy show and says too many big decisions are made by ‘white liberals’ Ex BBC News head Roger Mosey said mockumentary W1A reflects ‘a lot of truth’ He said too many of the BBC’s decisions are made in London … Read more
The BBC’s News at Six and News at 10 bulletins could be axed within a decade as coverage moves online, the corporation’s head of news has said. Fran Unsworth has predicted that news will be in ‘the digital space’ and the BBC’s output will be consumed via iPlayer on tablets and smartphones ‘for young people’. … Read more
BBC diversity boss June Sarpong admits corporation is ‘nowhere near’ hitting its own targets and says it will ‘take longer than we hoped’ to reach them June Sarpong said BBC not diverse enough at ‘mid-level and senior leadership’ She added it will take ‘longer than hoped’ to reach its BAME leadership target The 43-year-old was … Read more
The BBC has announced plans to cut around 450 jobs across England which could see a number of familiar faces in local journalism disappear from screens. The broadcaster has said that BBC England must save £25 million by the end of March 2022. BBC England is the home of the corporation’s local radio stations and regional … Read more
Google has been blasted for paying just £44million in corporation tax in the UK last year despite handing out more than £1billion in pay and bonuses to staff. The payment is down on the £66million paid in 2018, due to profits falling following the hiring of 800 workers, including 400 new research and development (R&D) … Read more