Geeta Guru-Murthy said her comments 'didn't meet the BBC's editorial standards on impartiality'.
A BBC News presenter was forced to issue a grovelling apology today after she accused Nigel Farage of using 'customary inflammatory language'.
'When we came away from his live speech, I used language to describe it which didn't meet the BBC's editorial standards on impartiality. I'd like to apologise to Mr Farage and viewers for this.' Former Conservative, now Reform MP, Lee Anderson said the licence fee should be scrapped and called for the presenter to be sacked.
The report, which focused particularly on news and current affairs, was undertaken by policy specialist Madeleine Sumption, who spoke to more than 100 people inside and outside of the company. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Mr Farage tagged Ms Guru-Murthy - the sister of Channel 4 News host Krishnan Guru-Murthy and asked: 'What happened to impartiality?'
He said he changed the party's name from Brexit to Reform because the party is not after a 'quick hit' but seeking to 'build a base' and 'launch a serious assault' in the next election of 2028 or 2029.
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