A BBC freelance newsreader has been sacked by the broadcaster after creating an anti-Keir Starmer charity Christmas song. Chris Middleton, 33, unmasked himself as the brainchild behind Freezing ...

The BBC journalist responsible for the satirical political hit Freezing This Christmas has claimed he was let go from his role at the corporation following the song’s release. Chris Middleton ...

The song, which is a parody of Mud’s 1974 hit Lonely This Christmas, criticises the Government’s decision to strip 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel allowance. BBC guidelines ban ...