The BBC’s funding model is “completely outdated” and the UK government is ready to implement a new way of funding the public service broadcaster, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has said.
The BBC is primarily funded by licence fees, which is paid by every UK household which owns a television set or consumes BBC content on other devices.
In an interview with The Spectator magazine, Dorries said the licence fee model is “completely outdated.”
She said the government will “very soon announce that we are going to be looking very seriously about how we fund the BBC” and is “ready to implement a new way of funding the BBC.”
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