CAMPAIGNERS have blasted plans to privatise Channel 4 announced in the Queen’s Speech today.
The Media Bill, to be introduced in the new parliamentary term, pledges to “reform decades-old laws” to “offer a boost to public service broadcasters,” and also contains the contentious privatisation of Channel 4.
The proposals come as ministers face a mounting Tory rebellion in Parliament over their plans for the TV channel, which were not in the 2019 manifesto.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare
With the news of massive pay rises for senior management while content spend dives STEPHEN ARNELL wonders when will someone call out the greed of these ‘public service’ executives


