BBC licence fee could be cut, government says

Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, attacks 'extraordinary and outrageous' waste and predicts tough settlement

The BBC licence fee could be cut as part of the government's public spending austerity drive, the culture secretary has said.

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While I am not too bothered by cuts in funding to the BBC (and I do think they should be forced to offset some ventures by playing the same rules as others by making them commercial entities... I hear Radio 1 is only pop music etc, so that should be funded through adverts...) I do wonder how much this as to do with the unholy alliance between Cameron and Murdoch before the elections?

I saw the press review on SKY News last night and I do think the channel is slowly but surely morphing into something else.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.