The BBC has been suffering from a “terrifying” institutional “complacency,” senior Government sources warned, as the national broadcaster was engulfed in its worst crisis in more than a decade.

Tim Davie resigned late on Sunday as director-general of the BBC as the corporation prepares to apologise on Monday over a botched clip of Donald Trump.

Deborah Turness, the chief executive of BBC News, also resigned after a torrid week in which the editorial judgment and future viability of the entire organisation were called into question. New Feature

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“I think there’s been a terrifying complacency at the top of the BBC,” a senior Government source told The i Paper . “It’s been a constantly frustrating process of them saying [to ministers] ‘

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