Government announcement will force broadcaster to make deep cuts to its programme budgets
Summary
- The BBC will have to make deep cuts to its programme budgets after the government said the broadcaster’s funding would be frozen for the next two years, with the licence fee abolished completely in 2027.
- Dorries said: “This licence fee announcement will be the last.
- The BBC will have to negotiate with the government over an entirely new funding model when the final licence fee funding deal expires in 2027 – with potential options including a subscription service, part-privatisation, or direct government funding.
- This will be the last BBC licence fee negotiation ever.
- A BBC source said of the licence fee proposals: “There has been similar speculation before.