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Crikey. It's as if they didn't know there was a Tory Government. The latest tally of daily newspapers bought by the BBC through its managed service puts The Guardian back on top. It bought 29,442 more copies of The Guardian over calendar year 2015 than it did in 2014. The total number of daily papers bought has fallen slightly, from 565,183 to 552,620.

The BBC would like me to say “As an impartial international news broadcaster with 3 rolling TV news channels, 28 foreign language services, daily paper reviews as well as various radio and TV current affairs programmes our viewers rightly expect our presenters, journalists and expert contributors to be across all the day’s stories in all the UK newspapers.

“The BBC has secured a discount through its service contract ensuring value for money.”