Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 6 April 2022

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1. PM faces Tory rebellion

Senior Conservative Party members have told The Guardian that Boris Johnson will struggle to get his plans to privatise Channel 4 through parliament due to a backlash within his own party. The proposal to raise £1bn-plus by selling off the state-owned channel has been met with opposition from Ruth Davidson, the former Scottish Tory leader, and former cabinet ministers Damian Green and Jeremy Hunt. The Conservative MPs’ WhatsApp group has also seen a number of members objecting to the sale, added the paper.

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