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18/11/2025

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15/11/2025

Creative industries union Bectu has demanded the removal of Sir Robbie Gibb from the BBC board. 

In a letter to the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and BBC board chairman Samir Shah, Bectu, which is the largest union at the BBC, stated that Gibb’s position is a “distraction and is untenable”. The union’s call for his removal is related to concerns among staff that his presence prevents the BBC from maintaining its charter-mandated impartiality, particularly regarding coverage of Israel and Palestine.

The union’s letter highlighted that an individual with close ties to the Jewish Chronicle, an Israel lobby rag that has been accused of publishing biased content, should not have a say in the BBC’s editorial decisions, including on the editorial standards committee. 

A separate letter, signed anonymously by 111 BBC staff and more than 300 other media figures, also urged his removal, arguing that his role is “untenable”