Ministers are pushing ahead with the £1bn sale of Channel 4.
The government will end months of speculation by using the forthcoming Media Bill to pursue the privatisation, which would be the largest sale of a state-owned asset since Royal Mail in 2013.
Channel 4 has five regional bases, including its headquarters in Leeds, and supports numerous production companies outside of London.
Concerns have been raised that a sale will harm the government’s core levelling up agenda.
