BBC Trust

The BBC Trust has launched a consultation seeking views on the BBC Executive’s proposed additional guidelines for the BBC’s reporting on a referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union.  These Guidelines are supplementary to the BBC’s usual Editorial Guidelines and help to define how the BBC will comply with its duty of due impartiality during the period leading up to and including the referendum.

The referendum will take place in 2016 or 2017, on a date that will be set by the Government.

We’re inviting your views on whether these Guidelines are relevant and appropriate. The Trust will then take these views into account when considering whether they should approve the Guidelines.

Once approved, the Guidelines, along with consultation responses will be published. We anticipate this will be in February 2016.

Please click on the links below to read the proposed referendum Guidelines and consultation document, as well as information on how to give your views.  The consultation closing date is 15 January 2016.