MPs have called for “transparency” in top broadcasting appointments after the Government faced accusations of “interfering” in the process. Expand Close Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre (Stefan Rousseau/PA) PA / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre (Stefan Rousseau/PA)“Transparency must be at the heart of the process and this committee is determined to ensure that is what we will get. “Cabinet ministers must not indulge in public speculation or private briefing about potential appointments to either of these posts if the integrity of the appointments process is to be maintained.”The committee called on the Government to give it statutory right of veto over senior appointments to broadcasting watchdog Ofcom. During his editorship of the Daily Mail, Mr Dacre was highly critical of the BBC, while Lord Moore has previously criticised the criminalisation of people who refuse to pay the licence fee. Ofcom chairman Lord Burns is due to leave before the end of the year, while BBC chairman Sir David Clementi will stand down in February.

Source: Irish Independent October 01, 2020 09:11 UTC