Appointment of Michael Prescott as interviewer follows move to give Paul Dacre chance to reapply
A lobbyist at a company with close connections to the Conservative party will help select the next chair of the media regulator, it has been announced, after ministers cleared the former Daily Mail editor to apply for the job for a second time.
Michael Prescott, a former political editor of the Sunday Times, has been unveiled as the senior external interviewer who will work with the veteran civil servant Sue Gray to decide which candidates should be approved.
