Future funding of the BBC: Lords committee report
...The BBC is principally funded through a licence fee paid by UK households; the amount is set by the government in a periodic ?licence fee settlement?. In January 2022, the government announced a licence fee settlement that would apply from April 2022 until March 2028....
https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/future-funding-of-the-bbc-lords-committee-report/
New plans to ensure the BBC?s financial sustainability set out by the ...
...The Culture Secretary has provided an update on the funding of the BBC, setting out how the government will review alternate funding options to secure the broadcaster?s long-term......
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-plans-to-ensure-the-bbcs-financial-sustainability-set-out-by-the-culture-secretary
Keir Starmer commits to BBC licence fee - BBC News
...Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out changes to how the BBC is funded until at least 2027. ?We are committed in our manifesto to the BBC and to the licensing scheme,? the prime......
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c047pmx47rno
BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027, suggests culture minister
...After more than half a year of negotiations, government officials confirmed the BBC licence fee, which provides almost three-quarters of the broadcaster?s funding, will be frozen at £159 per......
https://www.ft.com/content/fc2cee1a-25b4-4b24-b259-24cd3d0b47d8
UK government to review the BBC's long-term funding | Reuters
...Britain plans to review long-term funding for the BBC, the national broadcaster, and find alternatives to the TV licence, as it seeks to secure its future given competition from streaming......
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-govt-plans-review-funding-bbc-long-term-2024-11-29/
The future of the BBC licence fee
...The secretary of state said the previous government?s BBC funding model review would not be progressed. The government would instead consider the future of the funding model as part of the next Charter review process. The Charter review is due to begin in 2025....
https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-10050/CBP-10050.pdf
Five Principles to Debate the Future Funding of the BBC
...In January 2022, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport set out the intention to review the licence fee and look at the possibility of alternative funding models......
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statements/five-principles-to-debate-future-funding-of-the-bcc
New plans to ensure the BBC?s financial sustainability set out by the ...
...The government will use a review of the BBC?s Royal Charter to consider funding options to support the national broadcaster?s long-term future, safeguarding the world-class content that millions of people know and love....
https://www.public-sector.co.uk/article/e3fa6dee19513fb62d56de21c6799002
BBC future funding: how should the BBC be funded in the future to ...
...Severe funding cuts have been followed by a pledge to review the BBC?s current licence fee funding model, with the Culture Secretary having threatened to remove it altogether....
https://members-legacy.prospect.org.uk/library/id/2022/April/4/BBC-future-funding-Submission-by-Bectu-House-Lords-Communications-Digital-Committee?display=preferred
BBC: Departmental Overview 2022-23 - National Audit Office
...With approval from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the BBC?s commercial arm increased the borrowing limit to £600 million in 2022-23 to allow it to invest in new initiatives that will deliver greater revenue and growth in BBC Studios....
https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BBC-DO-2022-23.pdf