BBC News Director Hiring Row: 'We Have to Withstand any Pressure...and We Do That Pretty Well'

BBC's director of news and current affairs, Francesca Unsworth, has defended the public broadcaster's independence after its recruitment processes have been called into question.

Unsworth had allegedly been warned over text message by Sir Robbie Gibb, a BBC non-executive and a former adviser to Theresa May, against the appointment of former HuffPost UK editor Jess Brammar to a senior editorial role because of her left-wing views.

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