BBC to confront 'management failings'

Lord Patten

The BBC will make a “clear statement” on the management failures that led to Newsnight shelving its Jimmy Savile expose after the “expensive” Pollard inquiry has reported, according to Lord Patten.

Errors “honestly and directly” addressed

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