Ben Bradshaw

...recession. " The corporation has recently come under fire from politicians such as Ben Bradshaw, culture secretary, as well as commercial rivals including James Murdoch, chief executive of British Sky Broadcasting. "They all say the...

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...terms, he is arguably best known for leading a review of the BBC's role in the run-up to the renewal of the corporation's 10-year royal charter in late 2006. His three-year appointment has been approved by Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw.

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...to "a demolition job on the national budget". But Mr Bradshaw denied this was the case, adding: "It's a very, very small part of the National Health Service budget of GBP120 billion." BBC political editor Nick Robinson said the Queen's...

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Britain's cultural leaders are sleepwalking into a Conservative election victory that will threaten the BBC's independence and the funding of controversial political plays such as Enron, the culture secretary, Ben Bradshaw, has warned. In...

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...ownership structure of its commercial arm. The Trust had been asked by Ben Bradshaw, the culture secretary, to look at options including "a partial sale or an arm's length relationship". Sir Michael said a separation of Worldwide was...

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...to rapacious foreign media magnates." Yet his support for the BBC could appear a bit rich given Bradshaw's own potshots at BBC management after he was handed the culture brief in June. Heard to complain about the "arrogance" of Mark...

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...Election. Davies also recommended that the BBC should be obliged to bid for events that are listed, and recommended that Bradshaw consider relaxing the rules to allow more broadcasters to qualify to show free-to-air events. His hope is...

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