BBC Chairman Lord Patten has refused to give evidence to the Commons European Scrutiny Committee about the BBC’s coverage of EU affairs. His refusal follows an earlier Scrutiny Committee hearing in which Newswatch gave evidence that the BBC was failing in its…

BBC staff have slammed their bosses for paying double the going rate for taxi journeys made at the licence fee payers’ expense. A story in the Daily Telegraph reveals that the Corporation pays £10m a year for over 350,000 journeys by…

A decision by BBC Trustees  to reject a complaint about the BBC’s EU coverage was a ‘farce’,  leading Eurosceptic MPs Kate Hoey and Philip Hollobone have said. The complaint – based on research by Newswatch – centred on an edition of…

Newswatch reports show that Today does not give EU ‘come-outers’ the chance to properly air their case. When they do appear they are usually bracketed with ‘Loonies’, or given no chance to explain their support for leaving the EU. Today…

BBC Director General Lord Hall told the House of Commons select media committee in a hearing in October that the Corporation was determined to deliver impartiality by ensuring that a range of voices on key issues was heard. Newswatch’s latest…