Lord Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, said the Prime Minister should not ‘lean over backwards’ to avoid ...

Lord Patten’s long career includes stints as a Cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher, BBC Trust chairman and the last governor of Hong Kong - Andrew Crowley Even the dolphins of the South China Sea ...

The chancellor of Oxford University, who once told students that safe spaces on campus were “mad” and who championed free speech, has announced his retirement. Lord Patten of Barnes said he will ...

The Labour leader will be the first UK Prime Minister since Theresa May in 2018 to visit the Communist superpower ...

The Guardian reports that Lord Patten asked delegates gathered at the Royal Television Society’s conference in Cambridge if Britain would be better served if the BBC were not on the spot when Osama ...

Lord Chris Patten, the government's preferred choice to become the next BBC chairman, has refused to give up his membership of the Conservative Party or quit his paid advisory work. Speaking yesterday ...

The BBC Trust's chairman Lord Patten has declared the BBC is to make further cuts to senior management - from 3% of the workforce to 1% - and their salaries will be curbed. In a significant speech to ...

Former Labour culture minister Kim Howells has said that BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten should resign in light of the Newsnight scandal. Howells's comment follow the resignation of BBC director ...