BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen

[natashajacobs]

It’s about all of the elements they bring that enrich all of our lives and our society. Impartial news, original British kids content, BBC Bitesize and their huge array of educational outreach content, the World Service.

Part of the problem is that whenever there's any hint that the BBC might not receive as much money as it would like, all of those things are amongst the very FIRST things that the BBC choose to cut, rather than the very last.

There doesn't seem to have been any suggestion that maybe the corporation could survive with fewer, or no, editions of a near-daily soap opera, for example. But if the licence fee is supposed to guarantee the life-enriching public service broadcasting which the commercial sector have no incentive to provide, why is the the kind of programming that you CAN already find on many other channels prioritised over the kind which is genuinely not provided elsewhere?

Good question, that’s one for the BBC management. I imagine because they currently have to persuade people to pay a licence fee rather than having a guaranteed income from tax.