A walkout was saved at the last minute by thousands of journalists, technicians and other broadcast staff this week which would have jeopardised coverage of David Cameron’s speech. Labour Party leader Ed Miliband had earlier called on BBC staff not to black out Mr Cameron’s debut speech as Prime Minister midway through the Tories’ annual conference, saying that in the “interests of impartiality and fairness” it should be broadcast. Unions are clashing with BBC management over plans to cap pensionable pay.
