MPS blast new BBC social media rules

Corporation crackdown follows Lineker online posts row

- Christian Calgie

BBC bosses have been sent a blunt warning by Tory MPs that revised social media rules for its stars will ruin the corporation's political neutrality.

The review of its guidance was triggered in March after a row around Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker's tweets about Government immigration policy.

The work by ex-ITN chief John Hardie sets out rules on what employees may post.