The BBC stands as a cultural anchor for the UK and a global leader in journalism. Year after year, the public broadcaster sits at the top of the UK trust rankings in the Reuters Institute Digital News Report. This year, 60 per cent of Britons said it trusted BBC News.

Yet, beneath this reputation, the broadcaster faces mounting questions about its ability to deliver on its core mission. Last month, it published audience survey findings which revealed a public that still values the BBC’s core mission, but doubts its effectiveness – especially around impartiality and trust, which the BBC has made a core mandate in recent years marked by a number of controversies.

These doubts only deepened this weekend, after The Telegraph reported a leaked memo that raised concerns about how a BBC Panorama documentary (aired in October 2024) misleadingly sliced quotes by US president Trump ahead of the Capitol riots on 6 January........

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