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.