MP’s support comes despite saying programming was ‘matter for BBC’ when asked to grant Commons debate
Jacob Rees-Mogg has praised local
BBC programming and said it “must be kept up” after the public service broadcaster admitted it was considering cutting both the award-winning Inside Out series of investigative programmes and regional political debate shows in
England.
Rees-Mogg, the Conservative MP for North East Somerset and the leader of the House of Commons, noted that David Garmston, who presents Sunday Politics West – one of the programmes facing the axe – was “one of the most popular figures around and it is very important that local television is kept up.”