BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen

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Licence fee freeze will cost BBC £285m and hit programmes - director general
BBC services and shows will have to be cut as a result of a £285m funding gap arising from the latest licence fee deal, its director general has said.

Tim Davie said the settlement, which will see the cost of a TV licence frozen for the next two years, "will affect our frontline output".

Asked what might be cut, he said "everything's on the agenda".

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