John Whittingdale says household levy connected to other bills similar to council tax is simplest option and would be an improvement on ‘regressive’ flat-rate feeCulture secretary John Whittingdale has offered support to replacing the BBC licence fee with a household levy collected in a similar way to the council tax,but said no decision had been made ahead of legislation expected next year.
Whittingdale’s comments to MPs on Wednesday came two days after the BBC itself backed the household levy system, outlined in the government’s green paper on the future of the BBC, and as one way of modernising the current system.
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Source: theguardian.com