Local Broadcasting
Commons · Question 6295 · Tabled 2 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference the Government's December 2025 BBC Charter Review Green Paper proposing the expansion of the Local Democracy Reporting Service, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that i
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 10 Jun 2026
The content produced by Local Democracy Reporting Service journalists is made freely available to the BBC and partners to the BBC’s Local News Partnerships scheme. The BBC is operationally independent of the government and the process for determining Part...