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
Wales is second from the bottom in terms of cultural services in the EU. HELEDD FYCHAN believes that needs to change if the country is to prosper
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


