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Downing Street denies having anti-BBC agenda after bias accusations

PM says impartiality is important tenet of media industry after culture secretary accused BBC of bias and said it needed to adapt

Downing Street has denied that the government is pursuing an agenda against the BBC after the culture secretary, Lucy Frazer, accused the corporation of bias and argued that it needed to adapt or risk losing the trust of audiences.

Rishi Sunak said impartiality was an “important tenet” of the UK media industry while on a visit, but later his official spokesperson declined to say whether the prime minister agreed with Frazer’s comments about the BBC.

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