Rap group Kneecap were "placed in a higher category of risk" than Bob Vylan by the BBC, prior to its coverage of the Glastonbury festival, according to a letter from the corporation's director general Tim Davie to a committee of MPs. The BBC has previously said it should have cut away from a live broadcast of Bob Vylan's performance at Glastonbury.

BBC staff who had authority to cut Bob Vylan livestream ‘were at Glastonbury’ - The director-general of the BBC, Tim Davie, said it was an ‘option open to those on the ground’ to cut the livestream.