Charter review can't be 'political payback'

Liberal Democrat peer Lord McNally has stepped up his call for a Puttnam-style committee to scrutinise the BBC's Charter renewal, claiming the process may be affected by the row between the BBC and the government, writes Gavin Stamp.

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