BBC apology for Lawson climate change interview

The BBC has apologised for airing an interview with Lord Lawson in which he was allowed to deny climate change without challenge.

The corporation has now admitted that the interview was in breach of its own editorial guidelines, after the former government minister claimed that global temperatures had not risen in the past decade.

Lord Lawson made the comments in an interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, prompting a wave of complaints from listeners.

Initially, the programme rejected complaints, saying that Lord Lawson’s views were aligned with those of the “current US administration”.