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BBC suggests licence fee could be cut if more people pay
BBC plans licence fee reform including possible fee cut if more households pay, aiming to address £1bn evasion and ensure sustainable funding amid rising costs and streaming competition.
- This week the British Broadcasting Corporation suggested cutting the TV licence fee in the near future if more people pay, while the annual charge rises to £180 from April 1.
- Amid cost-of-living pressures, the BBC warns the current funding model 'can no longer sustain the BBC’s public service mission' as only 80% of the 94% of adults using its services pay the licence fee.
- The BBC proposes replacing the licence fee with a 'universal funding model', exploring a household levy via council tax, and opening iPlayer to ITV and Channel 4.
- Ministers will now examine the BBC's submission and publish a White Paper later this year, while Downing Street is likely wary of measures branded a new 'TV tax'; Director-General Tim Davie leaves next month with Rhodri Talfan Davies interim from April 3.
- The BBC warns that replacing the licence fee could affect more than 24 million households, rejects advertising or subscription models as non-universal, and urges Government to fully fund the BBC World Service.
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