Alan Sugar 'angry about Webber BBC role'

Sir Alan Sugar is reportedly angry about Andrew Lloyd Webber being allowed on the BBC during the general election campaign.

The millionaire businessman is apparently annoyed that Webber, who is a well known Conservative party supporter, has been allowed to continue with his talent show Over The Rainbow.

Sugar's own BBC reality series The Apprentice was pushed back in the schedules from its traditional April and May slot over fears that the broadcaster would be breaching rules on impartiality. Conservative MPs had previously called for the BBC to axe the series after the Labour party appointed Sugar as an enterprise tsar in the House of Lords.

According to The Mirror, Sugar sent BBC director general Mark Thompson an email explaining that he had not been allowed to be "seen anywhere near" Labour leader Gordon Brown. He allegedly requested "an answer" over Webber's presence on the channel during the election coverage.

The first ever series of Junior Apprentice starts next Wednesday at 9pm on BBC One.