questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the BBC on how the Local Democracy Reporting Service ensures political impartiality in reporting on local councils, combined authorities and other local democratic institutions.
answerText: The Secretary of State meets regularly with the BBC to discuss a wide range of issues.The BBC is operationally and editorially independent of the government. The BBC’s Principles of Operation for the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) set out that t...
heading: Local Broadcasting