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Dame Elan Closs Stephens named acting BBC chair after Richard Sharp saga

Dame Elan was appointed by Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer to replace Richard Sharp, who stepped down after an investigation found he had breached rules around public appointments

Daily Mirror

UK Government appoints new acting chair of BBC after Tory donor forced out

THE UK Government has named the new acting chair of the BBC after Tory donor Richard Sharp was forced to step down ...

The National (Scotland)

‘Tedious’ Boris on the back foot as more Chequers diary details revealed

A Cabinet Office source says the Conservative Party has ‘had its fill’ of Johnson now

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Diary entries show Richard Sharp among Boris Johnson's lockdown visitors

OUTGOING BBC chairman Richard Sharp has been named amongst the guests who allegedly visited Boris Johnson at Chequers despite lockdown prohibiting…

The National (Scotland)

‘Tedious’ Boris on the back foot as more Chequers diary details revealed

A Cabinet Office source says the Conservative Party has ‘had its fill’ of Johnson now

The Independent UK

Chillaxing at Chequers: how Boris Johnson used the PM’s country house

The 16th-century mansion was given to the nation to allow its leader to unwind, and Johnson took full advantage

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson paid £3.8m cash for nine-bed mansion – after 'complaints about £160k salary'

The former Prime Minister is said to have complained about his £164,080 salary while in power – but has managed to find a way to splash £3.8m in cash on a grand new manor house for Carrie and the family

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Rishi Sunak ‘should say something interesting’ about BBC chair rules – Lord Hall

Lord Tony Hall, who was director-general, also said the Prime Minister ‘ought to’ give up the power to choose who should take on the role.

The Independent UK

Ofcom will keep an eye out for ‘GB News behaving itself’

The watchdog also explained why it has not fined the broadcaster over Covid claims made on one of its shows.

The Independent UK

BBC board members to be required to declare drinks with cabinet ministers

Move to oblige board members to declare social events involving ministers follows Richard Sharp resignation

The Guardian - UK

No excuses for ‘anti-Semitic’ cartoon, says fellow Guardian cartoonist

Henny Beaumont criticises fellow cartoonist Martin Rowson for his caricature of Richard Sharp

Evening Standard

‘No concerns’ about Richard Sharp’s integrity while he was BBC chairman – review

He resigned from the role last month over a cronyism row.

The Independent UK

Culture Secretary says she's 'in charge of BBC' and looking 'closely' at licence fee

THE Culture Secretary has said she is “in charge of the BBC”, as she dismissed calls to remove political interference from appointment next…

The National (Scotland)

Government looking 'very closely' at scrapping BBC licence fee

Lucy Frazer said a review into the corporation’s funding arrangements is looking at “a variety of sources for its funding”

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The Independent UK

Culture Secretary ‘looking very closely’ at BBC licence fee

Lucy Frazer also dismissed calls to remove political interference from the appointment of the corporation’s chair.

Daily Mirror

Tories threaten to put ANOTHER crony in charge of BBC as they ignore Gary Lineker's plea

The Match Of The Day host has warned that ministers should not get to pick the BBC Chairman, but Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer insisted Rishi Sunak will make the appointment

The Guardian - UK

Society exposes us all to anti-Jewish tropes and attitudes. The first step is to notice them

The Richard Sharp cartoon caused deep distress because it heightenedthe feeling that others don’t understand or care about antisemitism.That must change, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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UK PM Sunak says not seen report into BBC Chairman Sharp breaching rules

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday he had not seen the report into BBC Chairman Richard Sharp who resigned after an independent report found he breached rules for public appointments.

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Evening Standard

Boris Johnson collects £2.4m advance for US speaking engagements

Boris Johnson has claimed £2.4million ahead of a speaking tour of the United States, according to the latest register of interest for the MP.

The Guardian - UK

Antisemitic cartoon was appalling and avoidable

Letters: Readers respond to the Guardian’s publication of a cartoon that contained racist tropes, which was later withdrawn with an apology

The Independent UK

Good case for ‘all-party’ involvement in BBC chair appointment, says Lord Patten

The former BBC Trust chairman said that Richard Sharp did the ‘right and sensible’ thing in quitting.

Evening Standard

Guardian editor apologises to BBC chairman Richard Sharp over ‘antisemitic’ cartoon

The controversial piece depicted Mr Sharp, who is Jewish, with exaggeratedly large facial features

The Guardian - UK

An image that should never have been published, and lessons that must be learned

Errors led to the publication of a cartoon of BBC chairman Richard Sharp, its withdrawal and an apology, says Elisabeth Ribbans, the Guardian and Observer’s global readers’ editor

The Independent UK

Ex-BBC chief calls on Government to ‘overhaul’ public appointments process

It follows the resignation of BBC chairman Richard Sharp.

The Guardian - UK

Is it time up for Simon Case, the mandarin who’s never out of the media?

The civil service is ‘a team without a captain’, argues Anthony Seldon. But can Sunak stomach ousting Case before the election?

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