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“The BBC must make sure it continues to provide distinctive and genuinely local radio services with content that reflects and represents people and communities from all corners of the UK.
“We recognise in the current fiscal context the BBC, like other organisations, is facing difficult financial decisions.
“But we are also concerned that the BBC is making such far-reaching decisions, particularly about its local news provision, without setting out further detail on how it will impact its audiences and the communities it serves.”
Penning, the MP for Hemel Hempstead, added: “The public trust local radio, like they don’t trust Newsnight or the Today programme.
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