Category: licence fee

BBC Funding Model Is ‘Completely Outdated’: UK Culture Secretary

April 28, 2022
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The BBC’s funding model is “completely outdated” and the UK government is ready to implement a new way of funding the public service broadcaster, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has said.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…

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BBC Licence Fee Will End in Our Lifetimes, Former UK Culture Secretary Claims

April 21, 2022
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Former culture secretary John Whittingdale has said he expects to see the end of the BBC licence fee “in our lifetimes”. However, the Conservative MP added he does not think it will be possible to axe the charge in time for the next licence fee settlement in 2027. Current Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries previously announced…

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BBC Should Be Partly Privatised: UK Taxpayers’ Alliance

October 26, 2021
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The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA), a UK pressure group campaigning for a low-tax society, has called for the part privatisation of the BBC and the scrapping of the “outdated” licence fee. In a new report (pdf) released on Tuesday, the TPA said that “a part privatisation of the BBC would abolish the outdated licence fee and…

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UK Has ‘No Option’ but to Keep BBC Licence Fee Until 2038, MPs Say

March 25, 2021
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The UK will not be able to do away with the BBC licence fee for at least another 17 years, a group of MPs has said. The government “will be forced” to maintain the licence fee as a result of its failure to enable a viable alternative form of funding for the BBC, the Department…

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