Say that again

It seems the BBC is not beyond a spot of re-announcing. Last night a press release told us that a new  standalone, not-for-profit body will run the Local News Partnership scheme, allowing it to seek funding from outside the BBC.

It continued: "The expansion will only go ahead after consultation with the news industry and when sufficient external funding has been found. The new services will launch in a ‘stepped approach’. As more money is raised, more of the service will be added, beginning with a new of cohort local democracy reporters. "

In March, Lord Hall told the House of Lords of plans to create a new charity to run the service: “My goal is to mobilise a powerful coalition behind the creation of a Local Democracy Foundation”