Home Office removed image of Huw Edwards from tweet about migration bill after BBC complaints

Exclusive: BBC asked department to remove footage from tweet of video explainer of legislation

Home Office officials altered a Twitter post about the controversial “illegal migration bill” to remove the appearance of newsreader Huw Edwards after complaints from the BBC.

The tweet, which contains a video explainer for the divisive legislation, was posted on Tuesday by the Home Office from its official account and initially the accompanying image seen on Twitter feeds was of Edwards, the veteran broadcaster.