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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jim Waterson Media editor

REVEALED: Culture secretary recommends dropping channel 4 privatisation | Rare Historical Photos

Michelle Donelan
Donelan said Channel 4’s role in supporting the independent production sector ‘would be very disrupted by a sale at a time when growth and economic stability are our priorities’. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

The culture secretary has recommended the government drop its plans to privatise Channel 4, according to a leaked letter that suggests ministers will instead push the broadcaster to move jobs out of London.

Michelle Donelan set out her plans for the climbdown in a document sent to the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, which states that there is little appetite for privatisation of the broadcaster among MPs.

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