Lisa Nandy says she still has confidence in BBC leaders after Trump speech edit

Sun, 09 Nov 2025

Culture secretary has spoken to BBC chair Samir Shah about criticised edit of US president’s 6 January 2021 speech

The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said she retains confidence in the BBC’s leadership as the corporation prepares to apologise over the way it edited a Donald Trump speech.

Samir Shah, the corporation’s chair, is poised to apologise on Monday for the edit, which appeared in an edition of Panorama. The issue was one of a series of criticisms of the BBC made in a letter to its board by a former external adviser.