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Roles and responsibilities

• John McAndrew is Director of Programmes for ´óÏó´«Ã½ News, responsible for the quality, consistency and editorial direction of ´óÏó´«Ã½ television and radio news programmes, including Breakfast, the One, Six and Ten O’clock News bulletins, Newsnight, the Today programme, PM, Newsbeat, Radio 5 Live.

Biography

John has more than 25 years’ experience of frontline news and current affairs and has held executive positions at several major news broadcasters, including Sky News (Executive Editor & Director of Content), NBC News International, ITN Productions and more.

He took up this position in January 2023, and prior to that he was most recently the launch editor of The Andrew Neil Show at Channel 4. Before this he spent a year as Editorial Director and Director of News and Programmes at GB News and three years as a Consulting Executive at NBC News International.

During more than a decade in senior roles at Sky News, John launched multiple programmes and formats, including The Pledge and Boulton & Co; was Executive Producer of Live at Five as well as Sky’s election coverage and Leaders’ Debates He also spent time as Head of International News, before being appointed Executive Editor & Director of Content on all platforms.

John began his news career in the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Political Research Unit, and went on to a number of ´óÏó´«Ã½ producer and editor roles, including launching and editing the Daily Politics on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two.

Annual remuneration (as at July 2024)

• £215,000 - £219,999

Expenses and central bookings

Expenses are costs incurred by ´óÏó´«Ã½ staff on behalf of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and claimed through the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s expenses system.

Central bookings are costs incurred on behalf of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and booked through the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s central bookings system. Both expenses and central bookings are published every three months.

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• John Mcandrew had no expenses paid in Q3 2023-24
• John Mcandrew's central bookings Q3 2023-24
• John Mcandrew had no expenses paid in Q4 2022-23
• John Mcandrew had no expenses paid in Q3 2022-23
• John Mcandrew had no central bookings in Q3 2022-23

Gifts and Hospitality Register

Gifts and hospitality may only be accepted in line with ´óÏó´«Ã½ policy. Information about gifts and hospitality is published every three months.

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• John Mcandrew had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2023-24
• John Mcandrew had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2023-24
• John Mcandrew had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2023-24
• John Mcandrew had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2022-23
• John Mcandrew had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2022-23

Declaration of personal interests

Staff must make a declaration of their personal and business interests, including any memberships or directorships of public or industry bodies, and any shareholdings, as well as any interests that their immediate families may also have.

A summary is published where there is something to declare and where there is nothing to declare. Occasionally an individual will have something to declare but due to the personal nature of the declaration we do not publish details as to do so would breach the General Data Protection Regulation.

This information is published annually, although if any amendments are made during the year an updated summary will be published if necessary as soon as it is available.

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