Kinnock: Labour is 'steadfast supporter' of BBC

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Health Minister Stephen Kinnock says that the Labour government is a "steadfast supporter" of the BBC, calling the Corporation "a vitally important institution". It follows Donald Trump filing a $5bn lawsuit against the broadcaster for its editing of a speech by the US President. Report by Ketchs. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00The BBC has apologised. I mean, the Director-General even resigned over this issue of,

00:06in one film, a Panorama programme I think it was, they got something wrong in the way that that was

00:12edited. They've apologised for that, but they have also said that there's no case to answer

00:18in terms of the broader question of what President Trump is accusing the BBC of having done.

00:25So I think that it's now up to the lawyers to get involved in this case to decide how best to take

00:32it forward. But what I would say is that this Labour government is a steadfast supporter of

00:39our BBC. It is a vitally important institution. It's one of the greatest sources of soft power for

00:46our country. People around the world respect the BBC. It is, I think, a fundamental part of what

00:52it means to be British to support our BBC. And we will always do that. So, you know, I hope that

00:59this case with Donald Trump can be brought to a good conclusion and that the BBC can carry on doing

01:07the vitally important work that it does in terms of informing, entertaining and educating the British

01:14British people.

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