4 Jun 2014:
Deputy Labour leader calls compulsory charge 'a means to an end, not an end in itself' and other methods may be considered. BY John Plunkett
31 May 2014: Catherine Bennett: We are inclined to see the potential BBC chairman as above the political fray since the Olympics. But he is, after all, another Tory peer
28 May 2014:
David Cameron reported to support appointment as successor to Lord Patten, with Boris Johnson also believed to back move. By Mark Sweney and John Reynolds