Privatising Channel 4 ‘doesn’t make any sense’ and will cause ‘great deal of damage’, says Labour
Privatising Channel 4 “doesn’t make any sense” and will cause a “great deal of damage to jobs and opportunities”, Labour has said.
Yesterday it was revealed that the culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, is pushing ahead with controversial plans to privatise Channel 4, with the government backing proposals to sell off the broadcaster after 40 years in public ownership.
The plans had met fierce reaction from the media industry, with prominent broadcasters such as Sir David Attenborough suggesting the government was pursuing an agenda of “shortsighted political and financial attacks” on British public service broadcasters.
Shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme today:
It doesn’t make any sense. I can’t find many people are in favour of it.
I think it will cause a great deal of damage to jobs and opportunities in the creative industries, especially in Leeds and Bristol, and Manchester, and outside of London.
I fear that … rather…
