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It's high time that high pay was exposed in all sectors of the economy. It encourages greed and it incentivises people to work less. Let's be honest, it's chief executives who retire in their fifties and not those who work on the shop…
The media is biased against Jeremy Corbyn, LabourList readers have overwhelmingly said. Some 86 per cent of people think the mainstream media does not give the Labour leader a fair hearing, with 12 per cent disagreeing and two per cent…
John McDonnell has today accused a BBC presented of being a "scallywag" as he attacked the BBC for repeating Tory "lies" on Labour's spending plans. The shadow chancellor was insistent that Labour's "policies will be fully costed and the…
This is the full text of the letter sent by backbencher Pat McFadden and several other Labour MPs to Tony Hall, director-general of the BBC. Dear Lord Hall The BBC is a world renowned and globally respected broadcaster. Its reputation is…
Senior Labour figures have added their voices to the criticism of party supporters who booed and hissed BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg as she questioned Jeremy Corbyn yesterday. Tom Watson described their behaviour as "rude" while…
Even one year on from the last election, I am still so hard-wired to complain that I can scarcely listen to a radio bulletin or watch the TV news without instinctively reaching for my phone. I know what it’s like to sit in the Leader of the…
Harriet Harman today says that women's voices are being stifled in the EU referendum debate and warns that key arguments about the impact of Brexit on women are being blocked. The former Labour leader said men were "as usual" pushing out…
Labour today hailed a Tory u-turn on the "most extreme" elements of their reform package for the BBC - but concerns remain that much of the plan is "a ticking time bomb". Under-fire Culture Secretary John Whittingdale revealed details of a…
Tomorrow, we will finally get to see the Government’s proposals for reform of the BBC. This was a process which began with threats before the General Election, continued afterwards with the appointment of John Whittingdale, and has reached…
This is the full text of a speech given by Maria Eagle, shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, at the Voice of the Viewer and Listener Conference on the future of the BBC and public service broadcasting today. I am pleased to be…
Maria Eagle has accused John Whittingdale of "bullying" the BBC as she launched a new and wide-ranging attack on the embattled Culture Secretary. Eagle repeatedly accused Whittingdale of acting like a bully over a series of issues inducing…
Since the recent publication of the Clementi review into BBC governance the Culture Secretary, John Whittingdale, has been busy fighting a war on two fronts: both with the BBC and with his own Prime Minister, whom he has accused of…
