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• The BBC should apologise to Donald Trump over its mistake in editing one of his speeches, says a UK minister

• But Downing Street declined to repeat the remarks by local government minister Alison McGovern

• The Conservatives said the BBC should “grovel” to Trump

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government has backtracked after a minister said the BBC should apologise to Donald Trump over the editing of one of his speeches as the “fake news” storm engulfing the Corporation grows.

Local government minister Alison McGovern, on the morning media round for the Governm

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