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Midlands should be top of the agenda at BBC charter debates, MP claims

Solihull MP Julian Knight demands the state broadcaster starts to listen to the region ahead of a special debate on BBC investment

should be at the top of the BBC’s agenda in charter renewal debates, according to a MP from the region.

have been outraged at investment levels from the state broadcaster, which reinvested only 8.5 per cent of the £942 million Midland families spent on licence fees last year.

A has been organised in Westminster today, with MPs demanding the makes the issue a priority in forthcoming debates over the broadcaster’s 10-year charter.

Solihull MP plans to speak at the debate – and says the BBC must start to listen to the region.

He said: “We just want to try to get some straight answers out of the BBC in terms of the commitment to the Midlands and what it plans to offer when it comes to the charter renewal.

“From what I have heard from the BBC, it sounds like the same old messages – and that isn’t going to cut the mustard.

“They need to think more about their regional offering to reflect local communities rather than the carve up between London and Manchester which it currently is.

“We want to see this brought to the top of the agenda.”