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News · 22 November 2025

BBC board member resigns over governance concerns

BBC board member resigns over governance concerns

Shumeet Banerji, a non-executive director on the BBC board, resigned on Friday citing governance issues at the corporation and claiming he was not consulted about events leading to the departures of director general Tim Davie and news chief executive Deborah Turness. His resignation comes weeks before his term was due to end in December, following a scandal over a Panorama documentary that edited Donald Trump's January 6 speech in a misleading way.

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