Bosses hope move away from London will soften government attempts to sell off broadcaster

Channel 4 will open its national headquarters in Leeds on Monday as it fights against a government threatening to sell it off to the highest bidder.

About 200 of the channel’s 912 staff will initially work out of what was the Majestyk nightclub, in a move that has been three years in the making after Leeds beat off competition from Birmingham and Manchester.

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