Lisa Nandy vows to give BBC permanent charter to prevent political interference

Minister says the change is needed to protect the corporation from repeated culture war' attacks

The government is to put the BBC's charter on a permanent footing for the first time, after the corporation said the change was needed to protect it from political interference.

In a significant change to the governance of the BBC, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, said she wanted to grant the corporation's demand for a permanent charter. She said she wanted to protect it from repeated culture war" attacks.