Broadcaster suffered severe cuts under Conservatives, which reneged on inflation-linked dealLabour will support the BBC licence fee, Keir Starmer has pledged, in stark contrast to the years of Conservative opposition to the funding model.The levy of £159 a year on households with a television used to receive live broadcasts (or watch BBC iPlayer) raises £3.2bn annually for the BBC and the Welsh channel S4C. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-07-12 21:30:02
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Keir Starmer commits to keeping BBC licence fee after years of Tory hostility
