Labour under pressure to appoint Tory ex-minister as next Ofcom chair

Liz Kendall urged by online safety figures to hand job to Jeremy Wright ahead of Labour grandee Margaret Hodge Ministers are facing pressure to appoint a former Conservative cabinet minister as the new chair of the media regulator Ofcom, as he battles for the job against a Labour peer. The job of running the regulator has become a key post in public life,…

Key takeaways

Quick scan — what you need to know:

• Liz Kendall urged by online safety figures to hand job to Jeremy Wright ahead of Labour grandee Margaret Hodge Ministers are facing pressure to appoint a former Conservative cabinet minister as the…
• The job of running the regulator has become a key post in public life, as concern over online content has grown rapidly, alongside the rise of more politically partisan broadcasting .
• No successor has yet been named to replace Michael Grade, the former BBC chair who has just weeks left in the job.
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Background

What led here, in plain terms:

• Liz Kendall urged by online safety figures to hand job to Jeremy Wright ahead of Labour grandee Margaret Hodge Ministers are facing pressure to appoint a former Conservative cabinet minister as the…
• The job of running the regulator has become a key post in public life, as concern over online content has grown rapidly, alongside the rise of more politically partisan broadcasting.
• No successor has yet been named to replace Michael Grade, the former BBC chair who has just weeks left in the job.
• Continue reading...

Why it matters

Why readers and decision-makers should care:

• Liz Kendall urged by online safety figures to hand job to Jeremy Wright ahead of Labour grandee Margaret Hodge Ministers are facing pressure to appoint a former Conservative cabinet minister as the…
• The job of running the regulator has become a key post in public life, as concern over online content has grown rapidly, alongside the rise of more politically partisan broadcasting.
• No successor has yet been named to replace Michael Grade, the former BBC chair who has just weeks left in the job.