Culture SecretaryNadine Dorries announces that the United Kingdom's state broadcasterBBC will be reformed, with the television licence fee being abolished in 2027. Funding of the BBC will also be frozen for the next two years.
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries announces that the United Kingdom's state broadcaster BBC will be reformed with the television licence fee, introduced in 1923, being abolished in 2027. Funding of the BBC will also be frozen for the next two years. Dorries says "This licence fee announcement will be the last. The days of the elderly being threatened with prison sentences and bailiffs knocking on doors are over".
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries announces that the United Kingdom's state broadcaster BBC will be reformed, with the television licence fee being abolished in 2027. Funding of the BBC will also be frozen for the next two years.