Reports are emerging this morning that the government’s controversial privatisation of Channel 4 will not go ahead.
Citing a leaked letter from culture secretary Michelle Donelan to Rishi Sunak, which he has posted on Twitter, former BBC Newsnight journalist and current The Newsagents/LBC presenter and Global editor Lewis Goodall, quotes Donelan as stating that there are “better ways to ensure C4’s sustainability.”
SCOOP: Letter from Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan to Rishi Sunak confirming her recommendation is that Channel 4 privatisation does NOT go ahead. Says there are “better ways to ensure C4’s sustainability.”
Direct opposite of what the Johnson government said. pic.twitter.com/KOH78NVJjt
— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) January 4, 2023
