Corporation faces stark challenge as it struggles to reach younger audiences who are watching Netflix and YouTubeHalf a million households cancelled their licence fee last year as the BBC struggled to connect with younger...
Read MoreBroadcaster 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...
Read MoreImminent announcement likely to signal further cuts to broadcaster’s staffing and programmesThe BBC will receive a below-inflation increase to the licence fee, the culture secretary, Lucy Frazer, has effectively...
Read MoreEfficiencies and savings have been made at the broadcaster after the government froze its fundingThe prime minister has said that cuts at the BBC are “welcome” and that it is appropriate for the corporation to make...
Read MoreRows about the football pundit’s tweets and the appointment of a Tory donor as chairman have prompted concerns about political pressures on the corporationA root and branch review of the BBC’s operations –...
Read MoreThis live blog is now closed. Read the latest story on the Gary Linker row below:Gary Lineker suspension echoes Putin’s Russia, says LabourHumza Yousaf, the Scottish health secretary who is seen by many as the frontrunner...
Read MoreOpposition amendment to stop the government barring small boat arrivals claiming asylum defeated by 312 votes to 249Junior hospital doctors in England started a 72-hour strike this morning. My colleagues Denis Campbell and...
Read MoreHome secretary does not say whether same exemption will apply to pregnant women amid concern from senior ToriesJunior hospital doctors in England started a 72-hour strike this morning. My colleagues Denis Campbell and Aubrey...
Read MoreUnder the proposal all households would pay for the BBC through their local authority billThe TV licence fee could be abolished and replaced with a new levy on council tax bills, according to a House of Lords committee that...
Read MoreBoris Johnson says ministers should focus on ‘cutting costs of government’ after William Hague says his position is ‘untenable’. This live blog is now closedRebel Tories plan ‘vote strikes’ to...
Read MoreCulture secretary confirms fee will remain at £159 until 2024, but softens stance on its permanent abolitionThe culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, has confirmed that the BBC’s funding will be frozen for the next two...
Read MoreMinister overseeing BBC licence negotiations challenged over tweet to corporation’s political editorThe culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, has insisted she does not use her financial power over the BBC to put pressure on...
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