BBC won’t reveal cost of its Glasto coverage

THE BBC has refused to reveal the cost of its Glastonbury festival coverage, and claimed doing so would breach EU human rights law.

The corporation insists it is ‘not obliged’ to disclose the cost of covering the festival – and that it protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.

The BBC also refused to disclose the guests it hosted and the cost of hospitality at the festival.

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said the BBC’s refusal to reveal the bill showed it had ‘something to hide’.

The Corporation was accused of broadcasting ‘hero-worship’ in its coverage of last month’s festival, which saw Mr Corbyn become the first opposition leader to speak on one of the event’s stages.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell also used a speech at the festival to claim the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire were ‘murdered by political decisions’.

The BBC said it has not revealed the information because of a ‘need to maintain our independence and impartiality’. It added releasing the bill would put ‘unnecessary pressure on the programme makers’.